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....it was apparently the 'last' known 67 Z body shell to leave the fisher body side of the Norwood plant...
Nope. See above.
Everyone thinks that the body tag was immediately attached to a body. It wasn't. It remained in queue, probably in a vinyl bag with the rest of the paperwork until Chevrolet instructed Fisher Body to start production of that specific dealer order.
But some of you believe the 07C car was built first. Absolute nonsense.
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William
I streamlined your last reply a bit so I could respond. You are incorrect. The tag was on the car, and paper was already generated even before the roof was attached. The last time I got into a discussion on this issue at two years ago with another guy on this very topic, the guy at that time had the same story that the "tag was delayed Body build up was delayed, tag not attached and that no Paper was generated on the body until the body reached the Chevrolet side". I concluded that discussion by producing the following Photograph which I took from another photo on my kitchen counter. The Glare from my kitchen light is clear on this photo that was stored on my hard drive.
Somehow this same photo was lifted and made it to the CRG technical article. As you can see the Tag was on the car even before the roof was on it and the car had already production Paper Work already.
Cars were built in order at Fisher. How in the world could GM track them any other way? This build order was the Body Number.
Cars were also built in sequence at Chevrolet Final assembly also bu VIN#. The scattering of the VIN's was a product of Downline parts availability and the staging lines where the cars were held prior to VIN assignment and computer lock for final assembly at chevrolet.
This explains why the VIN's appear to be out of sequence compared to the body build up.
Hey Kurt--If you guys at the CRG need a better copy of the photo I posted 2 years ago the last time this topic was raised (and then used by the GRG for its article) - let me know and I will send you a better one without glare from my kitchen light.
Phil