<VV> Body Tags of Pilot Cars

[Steven J. Serenska]

VVers:

I enjoyed the thread on Corvair body tags a little while ago.  I just 
stumbled onto a photo of an interesting body tag, the likes of which I 
hadn't seen before.  Instead of the 1st group, 2nd Group, etc. notation 
(e.g., like "E2ES" on my Corsa), the car's actual RPO numbers (e.g., 
L87) are stamped on the tag.

If you scroll all the way to the bottom of the following web page, 
you'll see the body tag from a "Pilot Car":

    http://www.autoarchives.org/corvair/carfind.asp?vinumber=107676W100016

The webpage's author says: "Pilot cars were built to test component fit, 
assembly methods, fixtures, timed operations etc. Many had serial 
numbers so they could be sold. They were often put into company service, 
served as show jobs or PR cars, or be dolled up as special XP cars at 
Styling. Others met their fates as test cars at the Proving Grounds, 
engineering test cars and as crash test cars. So pilot cars were 
production cars, but often have previous-year parts when the new items 
weren't yet available....Pilot cars have a special Fisher body 
tag....The actual option codes are used on a pilot car body tag."

Steven "learns something new every day" Serenska

P.S. 6" of snow last week....18 degrees this morning....Will salt season 
ever end?