I have been wondering exactly how the strike in 69 affected production? I have a Norwood 06A 69 Z28 and seems to be some things about the strike that affected my car. I have been told by several that all the cars built in the month of june are tagged 06A. This appears to be true when I due some simple math based on the end of the month production totals of may and june and throw in my vin#. It looks like I am pretty close to dead center of the month. So does any of the experts here have the story on when the strike started, ended and how it affected my car? My car has 62k original miles and all its born with drive train and major components, carb, dist, alt, starter etc. Some dates are close and some farther out. I even found a date tag on the bottom of the original carpet.

Does anyone else here have a 06A Z28 we can compare the dates on? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! Thanks to all and God bless!
Travis

No strike at Norwood anytime during the 69 model year. Was a strike at the LA plant starting the last week of April continuing thru the middle of June. The LA plant only reopened to complete the cars that were actually on the line when the strike started.

No strike at Norwood anytime during the 69 model year. Was a strike at the LA plant starting the last week of April continuing thru the middle of June. The LA plant only reopened to complete the cars that were actually on the line when the strike started.

Thanks Mark,
Why were all the norwood june built cars tagged 06A, I was told this was because of the strike.

My car is also a 6A car and seems to be built close to the middle of the month based on some production numbers i came across. Something seems to have affected production possibly.

I remember reading in another thread on here about strikes at other plants that supplied parts causing production to stop.

There was 13685 Camaros built at Norwood in June of 69. Norwood made 57 cars an hour at capacity. 16 hours a day production (2 shifts) is 912 cars per day, 5 days per week is 4560 cars a week, 18240 cars a month.

Norwood made 211922 cars over the 69 model year and averaged 14128 cars per month from Sept of 68 to November of 69. There was no slow downs caused by other plants, no strikes at the plant. Somebody just forgot to change the build week code on the trim tags.

Somebody just forgot to change the build week code on the trim tags.

Its as simple as that huh? I can see this happening, but for the whole month of June?

One would think that the guy coming in Monday morning knew that he had to change the week code on the trim tag machine. But to miss it 4 weeks in a row? No one caught it? The punches out 14K tags and doesn't catch it? Any alternative explanations?

alan

One would think that the guy coming in Monday morning knew that he had to change the week code on the trim tag machine. But to miss it 4 weeks in a row? No one caught it? The punches out 14K tags and doesn't catch it? Any alternative explanations?

alan

Thats kinda what I was thinking to Alan. Just doesn't make any sense.

Thats kinda what I was thinking to Alan. Just doesn't make any sense.

Sombody went on vacation?? ;)