[charles bledsoe]

Did different assembly plants use different cowl tag rivets. I have 2 1969 GTO's assembled in different plants, one in Atlanta GA and one in Fremont CA. They either have different type rivets securing the cowl tag, or the plant in Atlanta filled in the rivet with dum-dum like material where the one from Fremont did not. Does anyone have a 69 GTO built in Fremont with the rivets filled in?

[Jerry H.]

On earlier cars in is common to find that some plants did this and others did not. I wouldn't be concerned about it.

[charles bledsoe]

I noticed that my 1968 Olds 442 which is also from the Fremont CA plant has the same non-filled in rivets as the 69 GTO from the Fremont plant. Not sure if the factory were the ones who attached the cowl tags, or the Fisher Body plant was. Does anyone know if the Oldsmobile and Pontiac lines were close to one another at the Fremont GM assembly plant and did any procedures carry over from one division to another?
Thanks.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by charles bledsoe

I noticed that my 1968 Olds 442 which is also from the Fremont CA plant has the same non-filled in rivets as the 69 GTO from the Fremont plant. Not sure if the factory were the ones who attached the cowl tags, or the Fisher Body plant was. Does anyone know if the Oldsmobile and Pontiac lines were close to one another at the Fremont GM assembly plant and did any procedures carry over from one division to another?
Thanks.

Some plants filled the rivets with dum dum and some did not.

Cowl tags were installed on the Fisher Body side (in the body shop, before paint).

Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs in Fremont went down the same line. In the pic below of the Fremont body drop you can see an Oldsmobile, followed by a Buick, followed by a Pontiac.

K

[charles bledsoe]

Thanks Keith! That is a great picture!! I didn't realize they were one in front of the other going down the same line. So did the different divisions use the same hardware and fasteners? This picture looks, at least in this station, like it didn't matter which brand ( Olds, Pontiac, or Buick) was going down the line. Did they stay on the same line from start to finish, or did the line split into 3 lines eventually?

[Keith Seymore]

Yes - same fasteners and processes.

They stayed on the same line the whole way. Sometimes after the end of the assembly line, after the vehicles go through dynamic testing (roll test or brake test) they will split into separate short repair lines (but not specific to a particular nameplate/division).

K