1969 SPRING CHART A new system for release of front and rear coil springs will be used for the 1969 A B F and X cars The assembly plants will use a computer to determine the correct spring based on the RPO M equipment on the dealer order Determination of the correct spring by dealer personnel will be as follows 1 lf the identification tag is still on the spring Table B will give the part number 2 lf the identification tag is not available it will be necessary to add the weight for all the RPO equipment on the vehicle This is shown on Table A Only RPO s with 5 lbs or more are given 3 After the extra weight of the vehicle is determined Table C shows the identification letters of the required spring These letters are used with Table A to determine the part number Example A 13646 Concours 4 Door Station Wagon with dual action tail gate is equipped with the following Weight to add Front Rear RPO 196 46 L35 V8 Engine 396 Cu ln 325 H P 23 9 M40 3 Speed Automatic Transmission 2 7 A33 Electric Tail Gate Window 30 0 N40 Power Steering 2 14 V55 Luggage Carrier Total 249 76 NOTE Some options have negative value and must be subtracted instead of added 1 The weights were obtained from Table B 2 Table C for this model shows the spring requirement Standard Springs front 249 requires spring GO rear All use spring BB Heavy Duty Springs front 249 requires spring GW rear All use spring 3 Table A would then be used to convert to part numbers and the customers requirements would be as follows Front Rear Standard Springs lGO 3952812 BBl3949015 Heavy Duty Springs GWl3952818 lBBl3949006 The use of this system will present two additional advantages Customer request of upgrading springs due to trunk loads etc can be easily accomplished If there is a question of improper springs installed on the car it can be easily checked 1971 CHEVROLET Moron Division GENERAL iviorons CORPORATION P A 3OA 7 503A 7 503A 7 58 REV 2 71