Lynch Road built B-bodies

[Richard Cranium]

I learned something new this weekend. Lynch built cars have punches in the cowl identifying first and second shift. These are on both sides of the cowl.

My car is a 2nd shift car...

I checked out other cars on the Carlisle show field & took some more pictures. Another 2nd shift...

First shift....

 

[Nate S]

Oh that’s interesting! I’ve seen those forever and always wondered how such out of place dents got in there.

 

[91r/t]

So both sides of the cowl on all cars or could be on either side? Know what year they started this? I know 69 is the year most of the specific year stuff started numbers wise just curious. It’s funny the punches/tooling or marks weren’t even the same car to car. Cool stuff!

 

[Don Frelier]

I'll bet they used a "Lynch" pin.

 

[dla4567]

No punches on my 70 on either side.

 

[YY1]

Interesting.

What does our resident Lynch Road guy say?

 

[Tinker67]

Had to walk to garage and look. My '67 was a Lynch Road car , and indeed has 2 dents on pass side cowl.

 

[69hemibeep]

None on mine. There was some debate as to what they were for on moparts a few years ago. Some say it was to make them come apart easier when they stacked them up after being stamped out. I don't know if they ever got stacked ????????

 

[zyzzyx]

68 GTX Lynch Rd. car.

 

[eldubb440]

i've seen them...... and fixed them

now I have to look at my car

 

[Houle #382]

My 68 Coronet R/T was built 8/28/67 at the Lynch Rd plant and I have 2 small dents on the passenger side. How interesting !

 

[4mulas]

You made me look. 2 punches. 2nd shift.

 

[moparedtn]

Ditto here!
1968 GTX....


Very cool bit of trivia to know. Thanks!!

 

[zyzzyx]

Looks like the 1st shift guys were a bunch of Slackers! Ha!

 

[91r/t]

Lynch Rd 68 Runner…..one dot passenger side cowl.

 

[YY1]

Perhaps "unofficial" markings.

 

[69L48Z27]

Was there no 3rd shift?

 

[Richard Cranium]

So both sides of the cowl on all cars or could be on either side?

Both sides. Here's the other side of my car. ....

 

[91r/t]

Cool! I only had one side on mine. Single punch Passenger side only.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Cool! I only had one side on mine. Single punch Passenger side only.

Whoever was supposed to punch the other side must have been slacking.