[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by bigborehunter

Its similar to a sales bank card. Cars were stored all over different lots for use by dealers in a sales zone to restock their inventory. This card looks like it tells the lot man where to find the car. Thsi looks like the initial one used to tell lot man where to find the car for shipment by rail elsewhere. Unusual piece of history seldom found as it would have to survive lot clean up and PDI.

Originally Posted by My442

Exactly.

At the Framingham BOP plant in 1972, there was a holding area for cars that needed repairs that could not be fixed on the line. That card kept track of the car before shipping so the problem could be fixed.

Since it says "GM of Canada Limited" preprinted on the side it would seem to relate to the assembly plant rather than a dealership.

I've never seen a card like that before, btw. Any of the plants I've been in use the inspection/repair ticket, in conjunction with strategic placement to designate where the car has to go and what repairs remain.

My guess is a rail or truck shipping document, having nothing to do with repairs but indicating where the car is staged and that it is ready to go ("track", "tri level" and "deck" sound like railhead shipping terms to me).

K