Fender markings

[70 copo]

Originally Posted by firstgenaddict

Is your car a RS/Z


The G is the single letter engine code for the 302 off of the Body Broadcast. And for some reason is on the front fender extension to indicatye piercing and the R is for the Rally sport emblem.

Style Trim Z28's I have seen have G M.

If I am not mistaken all of the CUI call out numbers use the same hole pattern so there would not be a need for indication of different numeral designations- (396 - 350 - 250 - 327 - 307), except the Z28 (Z28 emblem) and the COPO (nothing).

Production flow:

The fenders were unloaded and pierced in sheet metal then base coated and painted.

The extensions require only base coat and paint and then are oven dried and go directly to a feeder line.

The hood, Fenders, upper and lower valances, core support follow similar paths where the whole batch meets up together for the first time on the second floor. Directly below is the long line where body drop happens and that conveyor ends and front sheet metal assembly starts.


Given:

There is 20 feet between body drop and sheet metal drop on the final line and there is very, very, little time to do anything extra.

At sheet metal several sub assembly's are station built in advance and just in time to match the unit configuration.

One of these sub assemblies is the lower valance and the extensions.

The rest of the dog house is tied together on a jig using the core support as a main structure.

The lower valance along with the extensions now a sub assembly was bolted to the doghouse as a unit.


So then: For "Rally Sport and 302" (RG) to be relevant to a worker then the following would have to be in practice:

Workers were assembling to a large degree using option and trim combination acting in "expert based" assembly practices.
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Workers built doghouse matches based upon trim and configuration recognition.

Agree or Disagree?