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1963 Corvette assembly line
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I'd have thought that top sitting off to the left would have been on the body previous to final assembly??
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Also why are the wheel covers on the car They were in the car to be installed at the dealer/
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No wheel covers during shipping
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I'm just spit balling, perhaps like everybody else, but I can think of a couple things: For the top: Maybe it's unrelated and just extra stock sitting there. You can see a bunch of cardboard boxes that look like they were just left there because there was a vacant spot to put material. Or - maybe it's not a normal part of the process but they missed just the one and it is sitting there awaiting the correct vehicle. In the truck plant the axles came in 5 lug, 6 lug, or 8 lug hubs. We used to have a whole library of "wrong" tire/wheel assemblies sitting at the install area in case we had a wrong axle. The corresponding "wrong" wheel would get installed so that the line could keep running and it would get fixed out back in heavy repair. Something like that; Or - maybe that was the process. Everybody wants their part to be the very last one put on. It is a constant battle to push workload upstream in the process. For the hubcaps - my guess - staged publicity photo. If the work area is relatively clean and there aren't a bunch of people around, that says to me "staged photo". K
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In my (albeit brief) research I found some good write ups by John Z, which included some corresponding photos.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-pictures.html (post #11) A couple of these indicate the convertible tops were installed earlier in the process. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best Last edited by Keith Seymore; 02-01-2024 at 11:24 PM. |
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So what happened if the body was cracked during assembly?
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1963
More Splits.
I love viewing these old vintage Black & Whites of the assembly line.
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This SWC looks to be an F.I. car.
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