As stated from the GRG page link above:
" Fisher Body built the body shell from the firewall back, and shipped it through a hole in their common wall to the Chevrolet plant, fully painted and trimmed, including the interior, minus the instrument panel, dash and floor-mounted components, and front carpets." Varying from VN to Norwood in their selective processes...
"Body Bank: Receives the body shell from Fisher, assigns VIN and stamps the hidden VINs, separates them by major Chevrolet equipment and option content, and schedules them in "locked" sequence to the Chevrolet Trim Line; specs for each car are "broadcast" to subassembly and feeder lines throughout the plant."
"Body-In-White Final Operations: The cowl tag was installed..."
"When the body was released from the Paint Shop and it was sequenced into the delivery conveyor to the Trim Shop, Fisher's computer generated their version of a "Broadcast Copy" for each car, called a "UOIT" (Uniform Option Identification Tag), which identified the color, trim, and options information for the Trim Shop build of that particular car; that document was placed on the car at the transfer station for worker reference."
"VIN Assignment: When the body entered the area, the clerk entered the body number from the cowl tag into the computer, which cross-referenced back to the "ident number" and dealer order number. This data resulted in generation of the precise specifications and all the Chevrolet parts required for that particular car, prepared the file that would generate the "Broadcast Copy" when the car was released, and assigned the next sequential VIN number."
So as I see it, all was based on VIN assignment requests per ordering by customers thru their local dealers at the time of deposit, for example...So, the TRIM TAG is based upon whatever information was downloaded into GM's database for each specific VIN ran...and I will guess that VIN's not special ordered received a random paint/trim combination predetermined at GM to fulfill production demands/supply????
How does this look to all?
