factory details

[Mr4Speed]

hey gang,
as some of you all know..i am in the middle ( well..at the beginning..) of restoring my 63 Savoy;
could anyone provide me pics of "factory" details? ( overspray, oozing of filler, paintmarks...etc etc )
thanks,
Marcel

 

[69 Runner]

Some of that is gonna be pretty common across the board. The bottom of the car will be primer and have body color overspray around the outside edges. Towards the end of the 60s (for sure) trunk seals were installed with gorilla snot, otherwise known as 3M yellow emblem adhesive. They weren't very careful with it. Let it ooze. There were probably noticeable sags in the paint on the firewall.

There will probably be paint daubs on practically every nut on the front suspension to show they were checked for tightness. I've seen orange, pink, and bright green paint used. I doubt the color mattered. On the 8.75 pumpkin there will be a mark on the plug and a stripe on the bottom under the pinion gear. I've seen a lot of white (or yellow) grease pencil marks on the back of the housing, making a circle with a B or an X inside. But that isn't always the way they were. (see pic below). This only scratches the surface.

Every car will be different, but cars from the same plant will be closest to letting you know what should (and maybe should not) be there

 

[696pack]

Some of that is gonna be pretty common across the board. The bottom of the car will be primer and have body color overspray around the outside edges. Towards the end of the 60s (for sure) trunk seals were installed with gorilla snot, otherwise known as 3M yellow emblem adhesive. They weren't very careful with it. Let it ooze. There were probably noticeable sags in the paint on the firewall.
There will probably be paint daubs on practically every nut on the front suspension to show they were checked for tightness. I've seen orange, pink, and bright green paint used. I doubt the color mattered. On the 8.75 pumpkin there will be a mark on the plug and a stripe on the bottom under the pinion gear. I've seen a lot of white (or yellow) grease pencil marks on the back of the housing, making a circle with a B or an X inside. But that isn't always the way they were. (see pic below). This only scratches the surface.

Every car will be different, but cars from the same plant will be closest to letting you know what should (and maybe should not) be there

If you are restoring it to TRUE OEM condition you will save a lot of money over what classic car buyers are typically willing to accept today.

The paint sags and runs were not limited to the firewall.:tongueflap:

It was quite common to see them anywhere from 1/4 of the side of the cars down.

Mopar figured most new buyers would not bend over that far looking that close to the paint job on their new car. If someone complained Mopar would authorize the repair, but they got away with more than they repaired.

 

[daredevil]

wow thats quality control vs money control. 40 series flows are not oem though

 

[5.7 hemi]

Torsion bars had a green dab on them also, at least mine did so it'll stay for kicks.

 

[Histoy]

I'd suggest that you check with the guys on the 62-65 Mopar site, if you haven't already. There's a lot of knowledge in that group.

 

[Mr4Speed]

i have also made a ton of pics of my other car..a 71 Charger S.E. survivor, but i don't know if most of the details were the same in the "early"days.