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Originally Posted by unruhjonny
PCPO?
Were both Norwood cars?
I ask, because if you have two Norwood cars with 524/525-big spring hinges with the same build date, or just before my car (06A), then that makes me curious about the smaller springs on my hinges;
It reads like the smaller springs were earlier, and phased out during the 524/525 run.
Maybe it was just chance that hinges with the smaller springs were on my car(?);
The assemblers were grabbing from the bottom of the bin when my car came down the line(?) - LOL.
This has been an an interesting discussion, I have learned some new stuff through this.
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PCPO. is a parts change pick order.
Both my 1970 Camaros were Norwood cars.
FIFO.. If you ever worked around food or items with an expiration date, FIFO. is mandatory. FIFO = First in, First out. So, " grabbing from the bottom of the bin" didn't happen, BUT Its easy to assume that a crate of hinge springs got pushed back as more came in, and
was grabbed as a PCPO came in unless it had a engineering manufacturing directive on top.
Picture a room the size of a huge Wallmart with just " parts" for sub assemblies, and hardware.
Now picture a room the size of a football field with " Finished" sub assemblies. Few folks on fork trucks filling PCPO' S, replenishments and a couple in charge of getting designated parts to a drive line sub assembly ( let's use an M-13) then another grabbing the correct 12 bolt ( paper tag on brake drum) and getting it staged for same car.
Not always was logic used as GM wanted" faster, faster"
And workers didn't want to move at the speed of 1 F body every 45 seconds out the door..
Deviations in what we see as Normal are more common than people think.
Like 2 different brands of screws holding the nose together on the same car...