Question about 1970 Chevelle Cowl Tags..

I need to know if others have seen a number such as "1" on the extreme upper right hand corner of the cowl tag. The cowl tag in question is a Baltimore tag. Thanks

[Steven J]

Maybe it means the first LS6 built.............

[DarrenX33]

Hmmm. Well it is a pilot car. Congratulations Scott.

[yountto]

Greg, Ive heard of a guy marking them at shows ,maybe your car was the first one he saw!!

I heard that rumor to...it would have had to have been longer than 10 years ago though..last I heard "dataman" was lurking around some "supercar" show or something..I'm surprised I haven't been accused of adding it myself.. Oh..wait...Damn..that is being saved til I re-list the car for sale next time...ghee forgot about that..sorry guys..man I'm always ruining a good secret..

Seriously,

I would appreciate it if any other owners of Baltimore built 1970 Chevelles have seen a similar number or code to post..I suspected that it was something maybe to do with the Fisher Plant, but upon looking at my Atlanta built (12C) gold LS6, there isn't a number so I'm not sure..I'm inclined to think it might have had something to do with quality control at Baltimore, where certain cars were inspected for certain features or quality issues. Maybe just an internal way for Baltimore to track the car, but since the code is embossed from the underside (just like the rest of the cowl plate) it would have had to been added there. Also the font appears slightly larger then the rest of the cowl tag data..Any help appreciated..

[Musclecarkid]

Greg, My 06A Baltimore built 70 Chevelle convertible has a (2) stamped in the upper right hand corner of the Trim Tag. One idea I have is, it could designate a series of body numbers for part of the production year. My car being a late year build, having a (2) stamp and a Fisher Body number of B2556xx, and a Vin# of 136670B2004xx might indicate the 2nd series of bodies out of Fisher. Your car being an early build, probably has a Vin and body number starting with a (1), which would indicate first series for the 70 model year. Another theory, it could be the line the body was built on? Both are just my opinion, and I have seen this before on other Baltimore built cars.

Kevin,

I think your hypothesis is good..I know my car is a "1" series, so that makes sense, but I have had others say that they have seen two digits stamped there..as in "16" so I'm not sure...I wondered about a second line or another line, but did Fisher produce all Chevelle bodies on the same line or were that multiple lines..I would think the later as well.. Also why not include this on ALL of the bodies if it denotes a series production of the line...For instance why would the plant only include the number on Baltimore cars, when other plants had mulitple series as well..1xxxxx, 2xxxxx, etc..??

Kevin,

Just went out and looked at the car..The Fisher body number is a B 6354xx number so I'm not sure how that works as far as the "1" denoting a series production..The "data processing numbers" are 0111 (B D 0111) so not sure if it relates to that or not..What are yours? I have often wondered how the factory tracked cars that were on the line, and what method they used to keep track of cars with new RPO's (whether tracking for quality or assembly procedure)..Any thought?

Greg

[Musclecarkid]

Greg, I'm not sure what the other plants did. Try to contact Dale's Place on Team Chevelle and ask his opinion on the 1-2 tag numbers. Also you could attend the Aces North East show in Maryland this summer and see if my theory is close. I'm sure there will be many Baltimore cars there to conduct an investigation.