Fender markings

[70 copo]

Originally Posted by William

For the same reason COPOs have 427 written there-no emblem.

Not certain of what piercing entailed. If it is just fender script and engine ID there would be 12 codes. Z/28 may have been done differently as they have the same code [YA] as COPOs.

Fair enough. The lower extensions fit everything-ergo my question.

[firstgenaddict]

Is your car a RS/Z


The G is the single letter engine code for the 302 off of the Body Broadcast. And for some reason is on the front fender extension to indicatye piercing and the R is for the Rally sport emblem.

Style Trim Z28's I have seen have G M.

If I am not mistaken all of the CUI call out numbers use the same hole pattern so there would not be a need for indication of different numeral designations- (396 - 350 - 250 - 327 - 307), except the Z28 (Z28 emblem) and the COPO (nothing).

[70 copo]

Originally Posted by firstgenaddict

Is your car a RS/Z


The G is the single letter engine code for the 302 off of the Body Broadcast. And for some reason is on the front fender extension to indicatye piercing and the R is for the Rally sport emblem.

Style Trim Z28's I have seen have G M.

If I am not mistaken all of the CUI call out numbers use the same hole pattern so there would not be a need for indication of different numeral designations- (396 - 350 - 250 - 327 - 307), except the Z28 (Z28 emblem) and the COPO (nothing).

Production flow:

The fenders were unloaded and pierced in sheet metal then base coated and painted.

The extensions require only base coat and paint and then are oven dried and go directly to a feeder line.

The hood, Fenders, upper and lower valances, core support follow similar paths where the whole batch meets up together for the first time on the second floor. Directly below is the long line where body drop happens and that conveyor ends and front sheet metal assembly starts.


Given:

There is 20 feet between body drop and sheet metal drop on the final line and there is very, very, little time to do anything extra.

At sheet metal several sub assembly's are station built in advance and just in time to match the unit configuration.

One of these sub assemblies is the lower valance and the extensions.

The rest of the dog house is tied together on a jig using the core support as a main structure.

The lower valance along with the extensions now a sub assembly was bolted to the doghouse as a unit.


So then: For "Rally Sport and 302" (RG) to be relevant to a worker then the following would have to be in practice:

Workers were assembling to a large degree using option and trim combination acting in "expert based" assembly practices.
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Workers built doghouse matches based upon trim and configuration recognition.

Agree or Disagree?

[Lynn]

I am no expert on the assembly process. Sure looks like "RG" to me.

I have to REALLY use a lot of imagination to get "126' out of that. Not saying it isn't possible. Doesn't seem plausible.

Sometimes, we may have to admit we don't know why something was marked as it was.

[70 copo]

Originally Posted by Lynn

I am no expert on the assembly process. Sure looks like "RG" to me.

I have to REALLY use a lot of imagination to get "126' out of that. Not saying it isn't possible. Doesn't seem plausible.

Sometimes, we may have to admit we don't know why something was marked as it was.

Lynn,

I have to thank you for inviting me and the men of Norwood to the thread:

Originally Posted by Lynn

Is it a Norwood car?

If so, I would suggest you contact Phil Boris (sp???) on this site. "70 copo". He has some contacts with some of the Norwood employees who are still around. One of them might remember something like this.

The acceptance of knowledge is a choice. Those who decline such knowledge simply will decide "not to know".

[Jonesy]

I would agree that what I am seeing is RG.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I think you are forcing a square peg into a round hole with the '126' theory, the 'RG' on a CSilver car is a factory screw up.....

[70 copo]

Originally Posted by YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY

I think you are forcing a square peg into a round hole with the '126' theory, the 'RG' on a CSilver car is a factory screw up.....

Marlin,

It takes much more faith to call it RG when there is zero explanation to be made on one side of the argument other than the tired and frankly weak allegation of a “factory screw up”

So the same good folks that consistently argue against build sequence production pop up here in opposition once again.

[ALLZS]

the car is a rs/z28

[70 copo]

Originally Posted by ALLZS

the car is a rs/z28

Great! I am not going to participate further in the thread- but for what it is worth you have a credible and supported explanation.

Good luck with your car!