[Kurt S]

I asked John for clarification. His response was:

Shifter was in place with the linkage adjusted on the engine dress line (4-speeds) and on the chassis line for those with the crossmember-mounted shifter; the body drop at VN (or chassis "insertion" at Norwood) guys were pretty clever - that's why the hole in the floor was as big as it was. Would have been a nightmare to install the shifter and linkage and gage/adjust the linkage from below after body drop. Corvettes were body-dropped for years with their "T"-handle shifter in place and a MUCH smaller hole in the floor.

John


Dennis,
Camaros and F-birds only mixed at LA in 68 and 69 and Norwood in late 69.
Billing histories would have been kept by the divisions, not the plants.
All the plant paperwork is long gone.