What trucks got heat stoves in 1969?

[IronCanine]

Here is a period pic of a 307 4WD. The valve cover decal would tend to give it away as a 1969. It obviously has a heat stove.

[IronCanine]

Here are two more pics of 69s with non heat stove air cleaner assemblies. One is FirstOwner69's (Thanks Jim) Fremont C20 (Dec 68) which has a complete known history. (Also of note is that it came with the white AC decal on the breather and not the black one.). And the other is a 69 K10--that "appears" relatively honest. Jim's was non-emissions from the factory, the white truck appears to have had a smog pump-ectomy.

[IronCanine]

Not that this is a good measuring stick...but none of the 69 brochures show it.

[IronCanine]

This thread is obviously self serving, in that we want to do what is most likely correct for our build...an Oct/Nov of 68 St. Louis 4WD truck. Without knowing for sure, I'd bet the Blazer above was built in St. Louis based on the firewall handwriting. It would make sense to me that with the 69 engine changes, early MY trucks might not have had them and later MY trucks might have. My instinct is that our truck would not have had a heat stove and would have had a white decal on the breather. And with regard to a curved dipstick on a 69 4X4....I can't find an example at this point. What am I missing? Thanks in advance for any insight.

[outfield]

Here is a pic of my original 69 K20 Fremont truck engine, no heat stove. I believe this is an earlier year '69 because it has marker reflectors, not lights, at each corner. Can you tell the build date by the VIN?

[IronCanine]

Originally Posted by outfield

Here is a pic of my original 69 K20 Fremont truck engine, no heat stove. I believe this is an earlier year '69 because it has marker reflectors, not lights, at each corner. Can you tell the build date by the VIN?

Thanks for the pic. There were no blue door decals in 69 with the “born on” date. That didn’t come along until 70. If you don’t have a build sheet (often found in the seat springs) or the protecto plate...you can only infer the build date based on the VIN. You can see how we collectively tried to do that with my Blazer with much board help from Keith Seymore and others: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=650057

[outfield]

I do have the build sheet at home, found it between the cardboard tank cover and tank, so its in great shape. I'll check it tonight.

Originally Posted by IronCanine

Thanks for the pic. There were no blue door decals in 69 with the “born on” date. That didn’t come along until 70. If you don’t have a build sheet (often found in the seat springs) or the protecto plate...you can only infer the build date based on the VIN. You can see how we collectively tried to do that with my Blazer with much board help from Keith Seymore and others: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=650057