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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore
It's common.
YE9 is the highest trim level, regardless of Chevy or GMC badging. It varies by plant and model year but some GMCs do show the "YE9 - Silverado" naming convention.
Also - Z88 is, in fact, the GMC nameplate conversion. What is not as wildly known is that there is a Chevy RPO too: RPO X88 = Chevy nameplate.
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One other thought relative to SPID labels: Just to re-iterate - SPIDs are not typed individually on a typewriter. There would be no way to keep up with production (typically one completed truck per minute, which allows about 45 seconds of productive time per unit). The data is loaded into a central database at the individual plant and then broadcast to all the remote areas that need the information. If there was human error involved it would have taken place before the beginning of the model year and every SPID label with that option from that plant would show the same error until corrected. 1964 Pontiacs had a "Heavey Duty Fan and Clutch" option (sic) that ran all year spelled just like that.
We have a saying here at work: “At Chevy – you don’t make a mistake; you make a million of ‘em”.
(lol)
But in this case I wouldn't consider using the Chevrolet naming convention a "mistake" - just a conscious business decision for expediency's sake.
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