Re: 1969 Camaro Z/28 w/Special Order Paint
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: watk69</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Can't imagine they'd break up the paint line without putting it on some kind of hold until they had the time to paint this ONE car purple. </div></div>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Keith Seymore</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Most assembly plants have/had a special paint system, separate from the main line, where smaller paint pots could be loaded with low production volume colors, which would minimize the amount of waste when flushing the system. Typically these were done for fleet and special equipment runs (Grand Trunk RR, RCMP, Bell Telephone, etc). We also have had some plants were the special colors were run through the paint repair line rather than the main assembly process.
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Everything keeps right on flowing. Once the paint is loaded and the order is introduced to the production sequence they never miss a beat.
K
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