Data Plate Question

I was looking at the data plate on a 70 GS350 car I have the other night and noticed the number "6" in the upper right corner. I'm attaching a picture wondering if anyone may know what this means, if anything.
Thanks,
Steve

 

That's not the #6 it' a bulge in the stamping...

 

i moved a real 6 next to it, doesnt look the same at all

 

the odd stamped '6' is actually pushed into the metal surface like a traditoinial stamp whereas the tregulat trim plate "stamps" are reverse and pushed from the other side.

 

That is correct.

 

I don't know what it means but its found on many Fremont and Framingham cowl tags.

 

Well that's even more interesting. Thanks Sean!

 

...low body numbers. Don't know if relevant (maybe Sean only photographed low numbers)...

 

For each of those examples, it looks like the 6th digit of the body number was hand stamped in for some reason. If someone has the build sheet for one of those, it would verify the complete body number.

 

The pictures were selected at random. I only have two with a combination of trim tag and build sheet, one from Fremont and one from Framingham.

 

"For each of those examples, it looks like the 6th digit of the body number was hand stamped in for some reason. If someone has the build sheet for one of those, it would verify the complete body number."

That doesn't seem to work with the ID plates that are pictured.

Are you sure you are not referring to the last digit of the "Vin#" or some other number, and not the body number?
Duane

 

I pulled some data from my database on the Fremont and Framingham cars I have showing VIN, body number, stamped number, etc. It's in the attached PDF and I will upload the associated pictures that I haven't already posted.

 

More pictures...

 

Last batch of pictures...

 

My Flint car has 6 digits in the body number, zero is 1st, other plants just 5? Or only digits that are needed?

 

Not all the plants did everything exactly same way. Flint is the Buick home plant and I think Fremont and Framingham were GMAD plants.

 

The body number is stamped on the Id plate in raised numbers. In the post above that shows the tags and build sheets, the number is the same on both the tag and paperwork.

The partial vin number has 6 digits, not necessarily the body number.

You are correct Flint was run by Buick, while all the others were run by GMAD, and yes they all did things differently.

Some plants coded the parts by using the last 3 digits of the part numbers, while other plants coded them by color. You can see that by looking in the small boxes on the build sheets. You can see how the plants were set up differently.
Duane

 

The "PILOT" stamping on the 00001 tag is pretty darn cool.