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Offline ChrisV289

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San Jose Frame Rail Markings
« on: August 08, 2014, 10:09:51 PM »
Not sure if someone is keeping tabs on these but though I would share.  Was able to scrape off sound deadener on the driver side and uncovered these.  Car has a scheduled build date of 10/29/64 in SJ.  Sold new 11/6/64.  Still trying to get the passenger side done but been too warm out here.

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Re: Frame Rail Markings
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2014, 11:22:00 PM »
Thanks - possible missing a digit or two but will add them to the hundreds I've gotten

For others (as a reminder) there are the location numbers for the cars fender (different number for each fender)

65-66 San Jose detail only

Chris added the San Jose to the title ;)
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Re: San Jose Frame Rail Markings
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2014, 10:00:17 AM »
Hi, can you explain the numbers a bit more?   Why did the factory need location numbers of a fender?  It was obviously not difficult to tell a left from a right fender.
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Re: San Jose Frame Rail Markings
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2014, 10:52:02 AM »
fenders were painted off car then hung on racks. the # told which rack.
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Re: San Jose Frame Rail Markings
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2014, 02:22:29 PM »
Hi, can you explain the numbers a bit more?   Why did the factory need location numbers of a fender?  It was obviously not difficult to tell a left form a right fender.

Its not about getting one drivers and one passenger fender but getting the ones painted for the car (out of the same supply as the rest of the body) for that specific car. The fixture where the fenders were hung and painted has been described as something similar to the racking system we see in a dry cleaners. A bunch of hooks on a conveyor system that go round and round (these numbers do repeat themselves if you collect enough of the samples). Unpainted fenders were placed at the beginning of the rack and the number of each of the two hooks were written on the frame rail corresponding to the drivers and passenger side fender.  Body and parts then travel down their paths each being painted from the same source.   

Later in the line after painting the rack and body come back together, the worker identifies the correct fenders for the body by the numbers, they are removed from the rack and placed on the car. The hooks continue on their path, back around, to the start of the process again.

Don't know how this accountability was accomplished at Dearborn or NJ in 65-66 as of yet. Maybe they just eye balled it
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Re: San Jose Frame Rail Markings
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2014, 08:35:10 PM »
Jeff, here is another for your collection. It's from my SJ parts car, 5R07C2234xx, dated 19S. Now I know what it was used for.
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Re: San Jose Frame Rail Markings
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2014, 08:46:28 PM »
Jeff, here is another for your collection. It's from my SJ parts car, 5R07C2234xx, dated 19S. Now I know what it was used for.

Thanks - must say that's a rusty example for a San Jose car. Really a vast difference in the condition of the metal in those areas
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Re: San Jose Frame Rail Markings
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2014, 08:51:13 AM »
Thanks - must say that's a rusty example for a San Jose car. Really a vast difference in the condition of the metal in those areas
Yeah, it's pretty far gone. It spent some time in Duluth Minnesota, where it received a heapin' helpin' of SALT!
Amazing that that one small section of frame rail with the crayon marks still looks so good. :o
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Re: San Jose Frame Rail Markings
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2014, 06:34:52 PM »
Not sure if someone is keeping tabs on these but though I would share.  Was able to scrape off sound deadener on the driver side and uncovered these.  Car has a scheduled build date of 10/29/64 in SJ.  Sold new 11/6/64.  Still trying to get the passenger side done but been too warm out here.

Very similar to what was found on 5S003 which has a 10/26/14 SJ scheduled build date...