Re: Trim Tag
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: paceme</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The body # in 69 was the Central Office order confirmation
#. This # was sent to the dealer as confirmation of the order.
It's also on BBC and window sticker.
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It's crazy to me when one notes the number of "numbers" that are used to usher a vehicle through the build process. Seems like they could have streamlined this a bit.
The dealer order number drops into the final assembly location and creates a PVI (Primary Vehicle Identifier) or CSN (Carrier Sequence Number).
One of these is used until the vehicle drops into general assembly (or Trim, for non Fisher Body plants) where the GA sequence number (or manifest sequence number) becomes paramount. The GA sequence number then is associated with the VIN and, for engineering vehicles, the engineering vehicle number (ie, "CP5085", for example).
This "central office order confimation" number that I have just learned about could be added to that list.
It is interesting to note that relative to all those numbers the VIN is the one that is never referred to during the build process. It is of secondary interest, like installing a tune up label or Mulroney window sticker.
K
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