1969 Camaro Heater box question

[Rsconv68]

GM wasted a lot of time, money, and effort on stuff like this. Here’s an example that makes me shake my head and ask WTFO? 1968 Camaro Rally Sport option. Look at all the possible vacuum fittings…4 for the inline 6 and 8 different ones for the V8. Would a rubber plug be cheaper? Or a non drilled/filled port?
And here’s another. My car has a 6 cylinder, AC, PS, and an M35, so it gets the 796 alternator, not the 817 as called out in the C60 section in the AIM. THE 817 would be for a manual transmission right? But I also have PS, so it gets the 817 as called out in the AIM in the N40 section for you guessed it—M35. This is where I SMFH because there’s no communication. I digress.
And if anyone has or knows of a 1100817 alternator, please contact me. It’s a 61 amp. Have a great Sunday peeps.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Lynn

JMHO, but this is a really dumb decision by GM to use two different heater box covers and heater cores.

...I have no idea of the additional cost to maintain and install four different parts, but there had to be some cost involved.

Originally Posted by Rsconv68

GM wasted a lot of time, money, and effort on stuff like this.

I heard a statistic that it cost $20,000 just to pull and maintain the part number in the engineering release system.

That doesn't count designing, validating and tooling the corresponding part.

GM was not super concerned about saving money back in those days.

K