The Lordstown Production Schedule for the 1978 model year

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Trim tag!!

3HDO7 Submitted From Bryan (Stage169)..


78 Starfire SX. VIN: 3D07A8U312089:

Built a few weeks before my spyder, built on the 165th day of production, in line at slot 8790. Body was #333287 (this number counted Vans that were built at a separate plant on the same property).

Day 165 to have possibly been Wednesday, May 3rd 1978... Your build sheet should say 05-03 in the upper left hand box. The trim tag correctly displays "05A" which indicates the first week of May, 1978.

Red/red interior

The federal conformity statement at the bottom only lasted on trim tags through 05B. Not found on O5D, or any other tags thereafter. incl 79/80 models.

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Trim Tag!!

O5B < 2nd week of May, 1978

1HR27 < A rare sport nosed Notchback I found in an Arizona Junkyard.

344361 < Started life as this chassis number

19v/19x <Black interior

77L 77U < Maroon paint.

69-3681 <169th day of production. Assembly line spot 3681

191601 < VIN. This was monza # 91,601 Were now up around 600 monza's a day.

Eleven more days and my Red Spyder get's assembled.

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.It's believed that on or after this day, the small federal conformity paragraph at the bottom of the tag was no longer stamped in from here forward. It could be found on a door placard and wasn't needed on the tag anymore.

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Wednesday May 17th 1978. Here's a trim tag....

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.Friday May 19th, 1978... Oldsmobile Starfire "Firenza" Models now being assembled. Starting today.