1971 SS-Optioned MalibuFisher Body Number Plate - Los Angeles, California Assembly Plant (L)Los Angeles makes a distinction between an inline 6-cylinder engine and a V8 engine with the style number. Other 1971 final assembly plants also matched the Fisher Body style number with the exact series/model. The words/abbreviation ST (for style), L, BDY on the second line were consistent along with TR (for trim) and PNT on the third line. The body date, style year and number, body number, trim code, and paint codes were stamped for the specific car as it was scheduled for production.. Los Angeles did use a hyphen character between the year and style number such as 71-13637, the body number is padded with a leading zero to make a 5-digit body number such as L 01573. The 3-digit trim code itself was enough to distinguish between a bench and bucket seat type. For example, trim code 705 is a black vinyl bench seat whereas trim code 706 is a black vinyl bucket seat. Los Angeles did not separate the lower and upper body color letters/number with a dash (or hyphen) character. The final line of car-specific information is the Fisher Body assembly date such as 01A. Body dates of months 1 through 9 were padded with a leading zero to make a 3-character body date. The 2 6-digit numbers following the body date are data processing numbers found on their build sheet. The first 6-digit number is found in block 24 of their build sheet. The second 6-digit number is a concatenation of the SCHED. NO. found in block 10 and the 4-digit number found in block 10.
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