Codes

Fisher Body and Pontiac Plant codes

Last Update December 27, 2011

Fisher Body plant codes		Pontiac Assembly Plant codes
PO, P	Pontiac, Michigan	P	Pontiac, Michigan
BA	Doraville, Georgia	A	Atlanta, Georgia
BL	Linden, New Jersey	L	Linden, New Jersey
BC	South Gate, California	C	South Gate, California
BK	Kansas City, Kansas	K	Kansas City, Kansas
LA, L	Lansing, Michigan			Lansing is about 60 mi from Pontiac MI. We suspect L was used for Lansing in earlier years -- investigations are ongoing.
BW	Wilmington, Delaware	W	Wilmington, Delaware
BF	Framingham, Mass	F	Framingham, Mass
BT	Arlington, Texas	T	Arlington, Texas
EP	Euclid, Ohio

CL	Euclid, Ohio			All 1955-57 Pontiac station wagon bodies were built at the Euclid plant and shipped to Pontiac assembly plants around the country.

		1960 Plant code
		D	Doraville, Georgia	According to MPC, Doraville Pontiac plant was first used in 60

Notes:

Fisher Body plant code is the initial letter(s) of the "BODY No" on the Fisher Body Data Plate (cowl tag). It tells where the car body was built.
Fisher Body plant codes listed are from 1960 Pontiac Master Parts Catalog except for L and CL which were observed on cowl tags.
Up through 1958, Pontiac plant code is the first letter of the serial number (VIN) and tells where the car was assembled
Pontiac Plant codes are listed in the Master Parts Catalog for each year.
Fisher Body plant with code CL is often reported to be the Cleveland plant but it was actually a plant in Euclid, a suburb of Cleveland. The Euclid Fisher Body plant was only about 3 miles form the Cleveland plant. The code for the Euclid plant was changed from CL to EP in 1959.
Most bodies were manufactured at a Fisher Body plant close to or adjacent to the Pontiac assembly plant. The Euclid (CL and EP) and Lansing (LA and probably L) are exceptions. 1949 through 1962 (and likely later) station wagon bodies were manufactured at the Euclid Fisher Body plant and shipped to Pontiac assembly plants around the nation. 55 and earlier convertible bodies (we don't know how far back) were manufactured at the Fisher Body plant with code "L" and shipped to Pontiac assembly plants. 1956-58 convertible bodies were made at the Pontiac MI Fisher Body plant (plant code P). 1959-60 convertible bodies were made at the Lansing (LA) plant.
The Pontiac plants in Pontiac MI (Fisher Body and Pontiac assembly) produced only Pontiacs and produced more Pontiacs than any other plant. Plants other than the Pontiac MI plant also produced Buick and Oldsmobile.