Inside my rear window panels I found small paper tags, about 2 3/4" x 1 3/8" that are coated with adhesive on half of the tag on the back side with a perforation in the center. On the front side, a repeat pattern says FL1 and 20, but the 20's are upside down. I figure FL1 is for flint but I wonder what the upside down 20 stands for??? Thanks for any info. Paul
Here's another of the tag. This particular tag was found in a '70 Chevy Nova. Notice it says "WRN" which is the assy plant at which it was built. My father was a mechanic at a GM dealer in the 70's and told me that if the mechanic was required to remove an interior door trim panel, they were supposed to tear off 1/2 the tag (that is why it is perforated) and turn it in when the work was completed to prove that they actually removed the panel.
That's exactly what my tags look like, and Dan, my car is a 4 speed! The tags must have printed the tags with the plant code first in a continuous pattern in a roll. Then they must have printed the 20 on that preprinted tag. That could explain why the 20's are upside down. It's interesting to learn why the tag is designed the way it is to prove they did complete work. Thanks, Paul
Guys, The numbers on those tags have nothing to do with transmission options. Why would the guy putting the doors together care what transmission was in the car? You guys are funny. Duane
The GSX was built in May 1970, so any point spread would have been based on the 1969 Bears record which was 1 win and 13 losses (a bad year even for the Bears) so the 20 point spread would seem to be way too low! Maybe the upside down 20's stood for: "there are 20 ways to screw up this window assembly"
Truzi, What are you a Douglass Adams fan? Besides the answer to that would be 42. I think you and I will get along fine. I have been a Sci-fi nut for years. You would love my 3rd floor between the Sci-fi books, art, and toys that go all the way back to Buck Rogers of the 40's. Guys, this is fun, The tags have nothing to do with options, mirrors, or interior trim codes, guess again. Duane
As I understand it, the tag was there for warrantee purposes. Should a dealer tech have to perform a repair under warrantee that involved removing a door panel, half the tag was suppose to be ripped off and turned in with the car's ticket for warrantee work verification. JW Edit.. I see that Gary gave the same answer above, I also heard this from a long time GM tech at a Buick dealer (64-95)..
Jim, Everything you said is true, those tags were used by the dealerships to verify that warrantee work was performed, and that may be why they were installed at the factory in the first place, but it doesn't explain what the numbers are that are stamped on them. Those numbers have meaning, and the factory knew this, that's why they wanted half the tag, so they could check to see that it came off the car that was repaired. That is the question that Paul asked, "What do the numbers mean". Duane
