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Lee Stewart · #**12921** 03-07-2020, 08:04 AM

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Lee Stewart · #**12924** 03-07-2020, 08:17 AM

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-...s-how-10630837

**R68GTO** · #**12925** 03-07-2020, 08:48 AM

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Great pic showing the level of orange engine paint on the exhaust manifolds - they are completely covered! Also looks like a vertical paint mark on the frame horn similar to the one I've seen on '69's.

**Mr70** · #**12926** 03-07-2020, 01:30 PM

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**Keith Seymore** · #**12927** 03-07-2020, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

Did you know . . .

The reason why the 2nd gen Camaro was so late going into production was due to the rear fenders. Things had been right on schedule for the all-new Camaro body stampings at Fisher Body, when during what is called “final die tryouts” right before production stamping begins, the quarter-panels kept wrinkling and splitting. The body dies required too much draw for the sheetmetal to cooperate. Fisher decided to reconfigure the draw dies, which are the two halves needed to pound out a fender or panel from flat sheet stock. This required a short delay. Unfortunately, the resulting quarter-panels stamped from the new dies were worse than the previous attempt. What to do? Chevrolet delayed the intro for the Camaro—again—while Fisher created entirely new dies.

I assume the same went for the Firebird too

In case you have never seen them, here is a set of dies: Male and Female. Some refer to them as "tools or tooling."

The machines used to stamp out car hoods, fenders, etc are HUGE:

My dad was a die maker for 26 years, at Chevrolet Flint Manufacturing (aka "Chevy in the Hole"). I starting going into pressed metal plants when I was eight years old, as a result ("Explorer Scouts" is what it was called).

I have an uncle that could sleep leaning up against a massive press like that.

K

**Mr. Chevy** · #**12928** 03-07-2020, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

Maho Beach (St. Maarten)

Been there several times.. Cool place... Planes actually fly that low. I took video of a KLM 747 landing there.. You can also get "blown away" from jet blast when the planes take off... LOL

Rich

Lee Stewart · #**12929** 03-07-2020, 10:36 PM

A Thai fisherman made an extremely rare discovery while walking on a beach in Koh Samui in October 2019. He had stumbled upon a lump of ambergris, better known as whale vomit. A highly sought-after ingredient in the perfume industry, the rarity of ambergris makes it extremely valuable. Previously earning around $13 a day, the fisherman is set to net a whopping $320,000 thanks to his chance find. In 2016 three friends fishing off the coast of Qurayat in Oman struck gold after finding a large lump of the stuff, which was valued at nearly $3 million.

Lee Stewart · #**12930** 03-08-2020, 07:36 AM

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