Stole this one from Mark C

[Pantera]

That could be a interesting subject for SCR7??? I would love to hear it. Think we could get him to share it with us?

[MosportGreen66]

Tom,

That is a very interesting topic you bring up. I was talking to a man at a local car show who worked at a Chevrolet Dealer (family owned) in NY during the early 60's. I was with a friend who was showing his 1963 Corvette Coupe. This man told us how terribly the cars were built, specifically Corvettes. He noted how bad the paint was and as a result, his dealership installed a paint booth and offered more services. He said the dealer repainted more Corvettes in the 60's then any other car; new or used. Also, he remembered one man who bought a 1963 Corvette Convertible. He ended up returning the car because the soft top would get stuck behind the rear cover. So much for buying a "trouble free" new Chevrolet. I am not knocking anyone right now, but working in a mass production factory such as a car factory cannot be easy work - work where concentration may get lost . Especially since safety rules and regulations were not installed and followed until late years (hence the lack of rear seat belts in early cars). I would think that cars would be built better if there were safety regualtions to closely follow. Buying a new Chevrolet was certainly not getting money worth. I would be fasinated to learn more about the actual assembly of original Chevys. LET US KNOW MORE!

-Dan

[sYc]

I think the part that surprised me the most was when he explained to me that the cars were not built soley by Chevrolet, but Fisher Body (firewall back) and Chevrolet (front clip and assembled the car). Two seperate companies, two seperate buidlings, side by side, building one car. Even more amazing, the firewall back was painted by Fisher body, the front clip by Chevrolet, using seperate paint systems/booths.