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May I assume this is St Louis in 1964?
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definitly a 64 body so photo either 63 or 64. mike -
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Mark,
I do not remember ANY light booth in the Body or Paint shop in St Louis that was before Trim Department.
Another item I noticed is the Lack of BOND on the build truck.
If this was in St Louis I would have expected to see bond on the body truck even if this was a pilot model as the operator when the had excess bound would wipe the spatulas on the truck.
As I remember the body shop line ran through a small booth for grinding and it had no lights. The main paint oven where hot air types.
Now the Paint Repair line did have lights for working but they also had the hot air ovens for curing the wet paint.
My best guess is that this was taken at some other location.
I am sorry that I can not provide a better answer for you.Comment
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Mark, Since it is implied that this is not St. Louis assembly plant set up it could very well be an A body or A.O. Smith in Jan. of 1964 or later.
My 2nd choice is that it could be an old Earl Shibe paint booth. Sorry, don't know how to spell old Earl's name. He painted a Corvair for me many moons ago and I still have the spare tire lock from that car. Had same key number as my 63 Coupe. The key man from NM will vouch for that. Showed the round key to CC at Marlborough and said it came with my 63 but he was not amused. But it was Saturday and CC was buried in about 2 dozen 63-64's though. Most all fuel cars. Amazing so many survived. Got deduct for mine cause no tank sticker. JohnComment
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Mark,
The others are correct. This is not one of the ovens at the St Louis plant. A O Smith used this method for paint bake and reflow but St Louis did not.Comment
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Mikey, Must be an echo tonight. I answered the question right first. You must be related to RJ's buddy. Glad we agree on the A.O. Smith answer though. I am getting better at this stuff. Got my judging sheets back today from the regional. Thanks for all your fine advise and help. The engine compartment that you helped on did quite well. JohnComment
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please expand the info on "A" body cars---for along time i was under the assumption there were 2 mfg points for the body---st louis and smith---another guy i know kept refering to an "A" body or in his words and alternate body source---were there other body makers? how many and does the board know who they were---thanks,philComment
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Michael, this is also a good photo to show where overspray would be. Were the grill nuts in place at this time?
HarryComment
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Phil The AO Smith bodies in our manuals are called the A bodies. Refer to the 63-64 JM for this term. JohnComment
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That's A.O. Smith, and appears to be the I.R. oven either after wet-sand or after sealer and first lacquer coat, or the pre-bake after final lacquer (30 minutes @ 140*F); all three of those were short oven cycles at low temperature, and would only require about a 60' booth. The other bake cycles were longer, at much higher temperature, only achievable in a conventional gas-fired convection oven.
Tony's observation about lack of bond on the truck is spot-on; that photo was probably taken very early in the A.O. Smith build window (between January and July of '64), and A.O. Smith was generally more "disciplined" about housekeeping practices than St. Louis.Comment
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Harry,
The clip on grill nuts would have been installed after the entire paint and blackout operation. Wish that was a good quality color photo.Comment
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My found photo is clearer than the scanned copy posted. It appears the clip-on nuts are not yet installed.Comment
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