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Re: Is your 64 in this factory picture?
Although the Arrow in the info box is indicating north, I'm pretty sure the pic was taken looking closer to east, or northeast. The entire plant was on a 45* angle to begin with. The street that the plant was on, Natural Bridge, ran on a near 45* angle.
This area of the building was the repair area.
My new 64, #08763, would have been parked there a few months later. Built probably mid/late December 63, a few months after the pic was taken. -
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Look at all the white walls and light colored cars.
KevinComment
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Some one stole all the hub capsComment
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Mine is the one with knock-off wheels, side pipes, and big block hood in the back.Comment
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Yes, looks like the "light color with w/walls" parking area. I think white was a very popular color in the early C2 era.
Notice the additude of these cars. The nose isn't sticking up in the air the way it does with todays reproduction springs. In fact, they're all slightly nose down, exactly the way I remember them when new. They don't get much newer than this. Probably rolled out that AM.Comment
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Thats my 64 satin silver S/N 3XXX on its Bday...10-17...what are the odds...Dino LannoComment
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Re: Is your 64 in this factory picture?
Dino,
Unfortunately, I would guess the odd's are not favorable. If your trim tag was date stamped 10-17, that would have happened way back at the end of the body paint process and there would have been at least a full day of assy before the completed unit rolled out the back door. So, even if your body happened to get it's tag first thing at the beginning of the shift on the 17th, it's likely the car didn't roll out until the 18th.
Also, while the plant ran later than 5:00 PM, the construction workers likely did not. That would mean that this pic had to be taken no later than that time on this day. That narrows the possible build time from "trim tag stamp" to complete unit parked in the storage lot to roughly eight hours.
It does make good conversation though. I would certainly copy/print the pic and display it with the car.Comment
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Okay let me try to get this right. My car shows a date of 4/9/64 on the trim tag. I have another picture of the finished building taken on 4/14/1964. That picture also shows a few cars in the lot. Now if mine was dated 4/9/1964 and the photo of the building was taken on 4/14/1964 should I get out the magnifier to see if I find a Daytona Blue coupe in the lot?Comment
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Re: Is your 64 in this factory picture?
Steve,
It is POSSIBLE that your car could have been in the picture. If your trim code is Thursday, 9 April, the car probably would have rolled out no earlier than Friday, the 10th. It's possible, likely in fact, that the car sat until monday before being driven over to the transit co loading area.
If, by chance, your cars trim tag was stamped and installed as one of the very last operations on Thursday, the 9th, it's possible that the car wasn't actually completed by Friday night and it ran into Monday before rollout. If that were the case, it would indeed be possible to see the car still parked at the area shown in the pic.Comment
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That's the first thing that caught my eye too, Michael. The stance and attitude of the cars.
The second is if you've seen one of Albert's plants, you've likely seen them all.Comment
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Interesting that the cars do have a slight downward attitude, but if you look close, the height between the top of the whitewall to the wheelwell on both the front and rear, it appears to be the same. If the new springs raise the height of the front end, would not the difference in height be easily noted in reference to the whitewall?
GeneComment
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Gene,
You are correct, in a way. However, the problem, or difference, is in the fact that the dimension to the top of both front and rear wheel openings is not the same, by design. In other words, if if the overall body appears to be completely level, the front/rear wheel opening dimension will not be the same, but because the body is slightly angled forward, or nose down, the wheel openings do come out to the same dim as measured to the floor.
By the numbers on the original draft, the exact body dim's for the front wheel opening upper most area is 17.83" but the dimension for the rear is 17.25", a difference of over 1/2". These dim's are collected from the original drawings and the body, at that point, is perfectly level, as determined by the sill plate.
With the overall body slightly nose down on a completed vehicle, the dimensions of the wheel opening to the floor come out nearly even between front and rear, creating the situation that you describe.Comment
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