[William]

I have the only 67 Z-28 that any person has come forward with or that is publicly known that has an 07C cowl tag.

True

07C is after 07B as far as the GM dating sequence...

Of course. But get ‘GM’ out of your mind. The body tag existed only for Fisher Body. Chevrolet did not look at, use or refer to it during the assembly process.

My cowl tag was made after any 07B cowl tag...

Probably true but there was more than one machine making them.

So I have still a few questions...are you saying that the cowl tags got made..mine being made in the 07C week..but the cars did not even get started while the cowl tags were just all stored in a folder for a while??

Under normal operating conditions Fisher would convert Chevy build info into their system. At some point they released their production order paperwork including the body tag. You ALWAYS have a queue of released orders; 1, 2 days worth, whatever. All this stuff sat in a folder, bag, tray whatever until Chevrolet sent them the build schedule. Chevrolet, not Fisher, dictated the build schedule based on material availability, paint color, dealer/customer importance, geographical shipping location and probably other stuff. Under normal conditions body tag dates flow with VINs and build dates. July 1967 was not normal.

Remember this was the end of the model year and at the July 4th holiday when the plant was not at capacity. It is obvious from the CRG db info and the ’67 Z/28 that we had when the workers returned there was a backlog of released but not started orders at Fisher-how else could our 06E Z/28 have an engine dated July 6th? When Chevrolet started scheduling the remaining ’67 Camaro orders the backlog included tags processed 06E, 07A, 07B. That date meant nothing to Chevy; the cars were scheduled according to their criteria. As I have stated those dates are interspersed. The Z/28 I know of has a very rare option that likely held it up. As the last orders trickled in [07C] they were processed as usual but a backlog remained. Your car got released to production probably a few hours prior to the 07B Z/28 car and ended up with a lower VIN as a result.

and as far as the GM of Canada stuff...Was a Camaro built all in the same day...I realize that many were built each day, but were they started , painted, and completely built in one day??? I'd find that hard to believe..but I really don't know...so, what does the build date actually mean anyway??? Start date?? Finish date?? Ya know what I mean???

No. The body tag date is when Fisher released its sub-assembly order. Our 06E car was built by Chevrolet in early July.

The latest pic sure seems to prove that the trim tag was on the car before it left the Fisher side?? But then again, it does not prove that the cars are in body sequence order on the line...soooo???

The tag may have been the first part Fisher attached to anything. Correct-bodies not built in ‘Fisher’ sequence.