Panels off the assembly line
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Panels off the assembly line
I was wondering if the early mustangs had perfectly straight body panels/lines off the factory floor. I was looking at a car the other day and the guy was telling me that I shouldn't be worried about slightly uneven panels and such saying that "they were never straight in the first place!" Is that true?
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I just wasn't sure if, for example, when you look at the back, the bumper sides sit at different heights from the quarter panel end caps, if that meant it was in a wreck or if that was the way it came and was normal. Also, places like the hood/deck lid spacing between it and the fenders, door gaps, etc. It's possible gaps in these places could mean a previous wreck or tweaked body. Maybe I should be not so worried about it though.
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look at it this way the 65-66 cars sold so well they were forced to change body styles in 1967 because the stamps were worn out and hte metal wasnt coming out as crisp
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A friend of mine had a 66 GT fastback that had never been hit or worked on. The panels did not line up that well. I have been told that this is the nature of the cars, and I believe it after looking at his.
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ORIGINAL: rmodel65
look at it this way the 65-66 cars sold so well they were forced to change body styles in 1967 because the stamps were worn out and hte metal wasnt coming out as crisp
look at it this way the 65-66 cars sold so well they were forced to change body styles in 1967 because the stamps were worn out and hte metal wasnt coming out as crisp
[edit] This is not to doubt that the dies can wear on the stamping machines. Early Jeeps had "Jeep" stamped into the side just in front of the door. Over time, that "Jeep" turned to "Joop".
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RE: Panels off the assembly line
ORIGINAL: gothand
Come on now, they can make new stamps for a revised body style but couldn't make new ones for the same body style. [sm=interesting.gif] Cars just seemed to change more frequently back in those days. Heck, the 57 Chevy Bel-Air only was built one year with those tailfins and metal body trim on the side. I don't think it is a coincidence that we have 65/66, 67/68 and 69/70 body styles. Now it seems to take 5 years or so before any sheetmetal changes.
[edit] This is not to doubt that the dies can wear on the stamping machines. Early Jeeps had "Jeep" stamped into the side just in front of the door. Over time, that "Jeep" turned to "Joop".
ORIGINAL: rmodel65
look at it this way the 65-66 cars sold so well they were forced to change body styles in 1967 because the stamps were worn out and hte metal wasnt coming out as crisp
look at it this way the 65-66 cars sold so well they were forced to change body styles in 1967 because the stamps were worn out and hte metal wasnt coming out as crisp
[edit] This is not to doubt that the dies can wear on the stamping machines. Early Jeeps had "Jeep" stamped into the side just in front of the door. Over time, that "Jeep" turned to "Joop".
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