Codes

Fisher Body and Pontiac Plant codes

Last Update January 14, 2010

Fisher Body plant codes		Pontiac 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	Cleveland, Ohio			All 1955-57 Pontiac station wagon bodies were built at the Cleveland 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 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.
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.
Most bodies were manufactured at a Fisher Body plant close to or adjacent to the Pontiac assembly plant. The Cleveland (CL), Lansing (LA and probably L), and Euclid plants are exceptions. 57 and earlier (we don't know how far back) station wagon bodies were manufactured at the Cleveland (CL) 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. There is evidence that all 1959-60 convertible bodies were made at the Lansing (LA) plant. The Euclid plant is still a bit of a mystery.
The 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 plant also produced Buick and Oldsmobile.