1969 Camaro Heater box question

[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