[ss1970chev454]

[RixLS6]

Console.

[Dave Birdwell]

Originally Posted by RixLS6

Console.

Yup, I concur.

Short for D55, the code for the console. The trim shop would need to know the car was going to be a floor shift so they could install the correct parts.

[ss1970chev454]

makes sense. Thanks

[TJ1967SS]

well crap, that was an original scrap of paper?? I found this one in my '67 buckets, thought it was clutter from a non original re-cover..



so what is 206 then?

[Dave Birdwell]

Probably a job number. Trim shop didn't have a lot of the info that was on the build sheet, they only needed to know how to relate the parts to the job, hence the job number.

[DaveP.]

Originally Posted by ss1970chev454

I've never seen these early trim-shop tags before. What I find interesting is the serrated edge on the tag, and the hand-written script. Like it comes out of a printer, and is torn off.

I remember the time slips at the drag strip that we picked up on the return road looked just like these. They were written on some type of device that electronically transmitted the handwritten script from the tower to the shack 1/4 mile away.

It appears that this was the same thing in the trim shop. Someone in the 'office' wrote the instruction as to what to 'build', and it was transmitted to the trim-shop floor. The tag then went with the part to the 'job' number indicated on the final assy line.

I guess........

[SuperChevy402]

I'd agree with the above its a truncated option code, I found the same handwritten tag in my '72 rear seat and as I recall and on an option or two they didn't write the entire option code for. Console makes sense since the M40 is the trans code.

[ss1970chev454]

Originally Posted by DaveP.

I've never seen these early trim-shop tags before. What I find interesting is the serrated edge on the tag, and the hand-written script. Like it comes out of a printer, and is torn off.

I remember the time slips at the drag strip that we picked up on the return road looked just like these. They were written on some type of device that electronically transmitted the handwritten script from the tower to the shack 1/4 mile away.

It appears that this was the same thing in the trim shop. Someone in the 'office' wrote the instruction as to what to 'build', and it was transmitted to the trim-shop floor. The tag then went with the part to the 'job' number indicated on the final assy line.

I guess........

I have seen several of these the past couple of years on 67's and 68's. With what appears the same color of pen and hand writing that originated from the same plant...Leeds. But to be honest I never noticed the serrated edge before. I'll start watching alittle closer now.

I had actually found two, this one and another that was similar, but on the rear seat.

[DaveP.]

Originally Posted by ss1970chev454

With what appears the same color of pen and hand writing that originated from the same plant...Leeds.

The pen is "electronic" at the receiver / printer. The handwriting is the person doing the origional at the transmitting end. Stands to reason that the ink would remain the same color, and the worker doing the writing would remain the same at least during 68-69. She's certainly long since retired, or dead by now....

Regards,
Dave

[Wheelhop]

Originally Posted by DaveP.

The pen is "electronic" at the receiver / printer. The handwriting is the person doing the origional at the transmitting end. Stands to reason that the ink would remain the same color, and the worker doing the writing would remain the same at least during 68-69. She's certainly long since retired, or dead by now....

Regards,
Dave

just curious, why do you think the person who wrote this was a woman?

[ss1970chev454]

Originally Posted by DaveP.

The pen is "electronic" at the receiver / printer. The handwriting is the person doing the origional at the transmitting end. Stands to reason that the ink would remain the same color, and the worker doing the writing would remain the same at least during 68-69. She's certainly long since retired, or dead by now....

Regards,
Dave

cool. learn something new everyday.

[Dave Birdwell]

Originally Posted by Wheelhop

just curious, why do you think the person who wrote this was a woman?

Probably because there were more women doing Data Processing back then?????

[TJ1967SS]

Originally Posted by Wheelhop

just curious, why do you think the person who wrote this was a woman?

because it's legible