<VV> How was the VIN assigned/attached on 69s?

[dave at arborlea.com]

Yep - that's what got me wondering...  I'm almost certain Fisher Body
could not actually issue the VIN, as they were not the manufacture of
record for the vehicle.  The body was just a component sourced from Fisher.
Of course, the body would have had a job number/order number associated
with it calling out the style, options, etc. which would have followed the
body down the final assembly for the correct engine/trans/options.

An additional factoid is that the body numbers and production dates do not
align with sequential VIN assignment - the last few '69's have earlier body
build dates than some 69's assembled several weeks earlier.  So body build
was certainly disconnected from VIN assignment in some fashion.

I'm sure one of you folks know the answer to this :-)

Dave

 
On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 13:13:53 EDT, BobHelt at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 9/30/2010 9:59:43 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
> dave at arborlea.com writes:
> 
> I’ve read in  several places that final assembly assigned VINs, not
> Fisher. 
>  These are  a few references I could quickly  locate:
> 
> 
> Thanks, Dave,
> Something just doesn't ring true tho. Logic would certainly tell us that

> the VIN went on before the windshield. Besides the VIN would certainly
> have 
> been  determined and known by Fisher. There was no option information or

> other details  in the VIN which contained just body information. It had
to
> be 
> installed before  the windshield went on, wouldn't it? What could have
> been a 
> reason for adding  the VIN during, or after, final assembly?  
> Regards,
> Bob Helt