very cool mine doesn't have itCan't find much info on this. Some really old threads. How common is this? View attachment 311082
"Brass hats"?I drove a bunch of those cars.. Known as "brass hats".. Got a new ride every 3000 mi. Had them ordered ahead, so I just swapped at a dealer, and he bought the old car at a discount.
Fun perk.. Drive what you want, just make sure it's loaded.
Don't recall as tho there was a special rpo #.
"Brass hats"?
Yes. Was a term we used in the organization, {zone offices}, to ID the cars we had assigned to us. All field reps, and most mgmt. personnel were allowed to have a car. Not sure who labelled them such... I had everything from a pickup to a Vette. Sometimes, we drove a vehicle that 1 of the office people wanted to have. We ran the 3k on them, then they bought them thru the dlr.
Chuck , I didn't know you worked for GM , I started in 83 , and the GN was the only thing good to come out in the 80's .FWIW, this was "back in the day", when Chevelles, Montes, Impalas Vettes were fun cars. Big block pickups were available. Fun times!
Pretty much , I think they only had the cars for 6 months at a time ........ it's been a while . lolSo they were demos basically? But they had to be returned with only 3k miles...? Mine was sold new in connecticut. Built 1/20/87
Glad they didnt trash mine lol.Pretty much , I think they only had the cars for 6 months at a time ........ it's been a while . lol
Hourly guys would buy them from the program ( Brass Hats ) real cheap , keep it 6 months and then sell for profit . If you bought a program car the one requirement was to keep it 6 months .
Chuck , I didn't know you worked for GM , I started in 83 , and the GN was the only thing good to come out in the 80's .
I started at the AC Delco plant where all the GM electric motors were made , and now at the what was once called Rochester Products where those "famous" Rochester carbs were made ..... now we make fuel injectors & truck manifolds .I guess I'm a member of the "older generation", here. Nick M. has me beat by about 2 yrs.
I started in 1970, out of zone 47, Peoria, Il.!
That was back before the emissions bs came in, and all the real engine combos were neutered...