<VV> Re: Engine block codes/ Assy date decoding

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Craig
As far as I can determine, the Fisher bodytag is stamped by Fisher at the
time when the body is built. The tag list options that require special
operations on the Fisher side. The bodytags are not restamped by Chevrolet.
This of course could be different with Corvettes since the bodies are built
by Chevrolet.
Here is how it was explained to me:

Fisher had plants adjacent to EVERY Chevy, Olds, BOP, Cad etc. CAR assembly
plant. Sometimes they were in separate buildings, connected by a conveyor;
sometimes the buildings were physically attached, and sometimes they were
under the same roof but divided by a wall, as in Van Nuys. In all cases,
though, they were autonomous financially and in management from the car
division (Chevrolet, Buick etc.) "side" of the plant, though they had to
work together intimately. Each body delivered to the car division was bought
from Fisher by the division, if accepted. Any repairs due to Fisher goofs
were charged back to the Fisher side. There were also certain assembly
operations that were done by Fisher for Chevy, and vice versa, but I won't
get into those now.

            Fisher was only involved with car bodies. Chevy & GMC truck
bodies were designed and built by Chevrolet. And Fisher didn't do the
Corvette body...again, it was entirely a Chevy body. Also, there was no
Fisher Body in Canada, and no Fisher plant at Oshawa. The Corvairs were
built entirely under one roof. Sure, the cars had Fisher on the sill plate
since they were designed by Fisher, and Fisher liaison engineers spent time
in Oshawa, but the bodies were built by GM of Canada.



Regards

Bigwave Dave

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Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: Engine block codes/ Assy date decoding


> You bring up some very interesting points.  Your description of
> engine/body/and final assy dates is actually quite parallel to Corvettes
though.  Corvette
> bodys were built off-site by Chevrolet and A.O. Smith, ahead of need.
Later
> they were mated with a chassis and engine and the body tag was re-stamped
to
> include the final assy date.
>
> If you look in Bob's book, he has a photo of his body plate.  Notice the
> mis-aligned "09A" in the upper left?  This would be the final assy date in
a
> Corvette (the tags are basically identical.  In the Corvette world, this
would be
> August 9. In another portion of the book, Bob states that he bought his
new '62
> early in the fall, this statement is consistent with use of the Corvette
> final assy decoding.  Also note that the "09A" is mis-aligned, just as
they are in
> Corvettes, due to adding this info to an already existing tag.  I also
note
> that Bob's example doesn't have a "body date" but rather a sequence
number,
> this is consistent with Corvettes.  I can't speak with any authority, but
there
> are straight parallels to the well documented Chevrolet Corvette system.
I'm
> all ears though, and this weekend, when I'm 3000 miles closer to my
library, my
> '65 Corvette and my 65,6,7 Corvairs, I'll do some more checking.
> I think we are learning something here.
> Craig Nicol