it could still be a 28. Because mid year changes/production come in for the following year.
AFAIK there was no shipment of the next model year until the new year actually arrived on the Calendar back in those days . . . moreover, the Chevy 6 was a major engineering change for the company.
And a contemporary writer's take - from page 11 of the Doug Bell book "Cast Iron Wonder" he states:
"On the last Saturday in December of 1928, Chevrolet had it's first public showing of the Chevrolet 6.
The engine was a three main bearing type, with gravity feed to the mains and cam bearings. It used splash to the rods, and metered pressure of the valves. Both intake and exhaust valves where the same size, and in fact were the same part number. The early cars did not have bushings in the pistons, and all the early engines had their pistons replaced with the late type, which had bronze bushings for the pins."