B or O on 69 trim tag

[boomer632]

Saw this car for sale and wondered about this tag

[KurtS]

NBR is a known typo that happened for a short time period.

[boomer632]

Interesting. Is there any further reading on that error on CRG or anywhere else?

[william]

Body tag anomalies are not chronicled on this site for obvious reasons.

NBR/0A tags appear to be the result of a set-up error at Fisher Body. The tag was punched when the production order was released; the 3,300 or so tags Fisher processed during the first week [09A] of September '68 are correct. It was a short work week due to Labor Day; possibly someone unfamiliar with the machine muffed the changeover for 09B. About 1,600 NBR/0A tags were produced before the error was corrected. Those cars were built late 2nd week/early 3rd. The body tag was not referenced by Chevrolet final assembly, no need to correct them.

 

[boomer632]

Great info William. I bet JohnZ had some great insight on this. Boy the stories he had..

[william]

John spent some time at Chevrolet Final Assembly at Norwood. He related that Chevrolet employees were not welcome to snoop around the Fisher Body plant on a whim. When the need arose, a formal procedure had to be observed, approvals required. He did have knowledge of body fab processes at Fisher but probably spent relatively little time there.

Nice to look at pictures, but they don't capture the pace of manufacturing at the plants. Phil Borris, author of the excellent book "Echoes of Norwood" invited retired workers to MCACN a few years ago for a Q & A session. They had video of the plant from the '70s, looked to be a tough, physical place to work. At 57 units per hour, workers had just over 60 seconds to perform some assembly operations.

[boomer632]

JohnZ write up about GM workers not being permitted 
to go through the hole in the wall to Fisher is pretty funny. Almost like 39th parallel.

[CantRepeat]

JohnZ write up about GM workers not being permitted 
to go through the hole in the wall to Fisher is pretty funny. Almost like 39th parallel.

38th?

Did John identify as a South Korean? lol

[boomer632]

JohnZ write up about GM workers not being permitted 
to go through the hole in the wall to Fisher is pretty funny. Almost like 39th parallel.

38th?

Did John identify as a South Korean? lol

Typo on that.. there should have been DMZ between Fisher and GM