Re: [FWDLK] MODEL YEAR 57/58

[Bill Watson <wwatson6@xxxxxxx>]

Wouldn't say it was built of leftover parts, but given the difference 
between ordering date and production date it may originally meant to be a 
car built to keep the production lines going.  Thus it may have been built 
with parts that were plentiful at the time.  Or it may have started out as 
such but somewhere along the line was converted to an order a dealer placed. 
The 1973 model year was a great year for Plymouth with over 970,000 cars 
built during the model year, a record Plymouth never beat nor came close to 
equalling.  So orders may not have slacked off in the spring and thus the 
assembly lines kept humming.  The last 1973 models were built during the 
second week of August, a rather late ending for that era.

I once owned a 1972 Dodge Dart base 4 door sedan that on the earliest build 
sheet I found the car was supposed to have been equipped with a radio, wheel 
covers and the optional side protective trim.  The final build sheet listed 
no radio, no wheel covers and no side trim.

Bill
Vancouver, BC



----- Original Message ----- 
From: AdamL57@xxxxxxx
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] MODEL YEAR 57/58


I don't know about 57-58 ends of production but I do have a '73 Road Runner 
which was ordered in April of '73, built July 31 of '73 and delivered in 
August.The car appears to be a "left over parts" car which is weird being 
that '74s were almost identical but it was ordered with a tach, no tach in 
it, a 4 speed but it's an automatic, and several other differences. I have 
every piece of paper work from the write up to the dealer invoices (the 
original owner was an employee, I even have the shipping papers from the 
trucking company) and everything dated before 7/31 says 4 speed, tach, rally 
gauges, ect. everything after 7/31 says Automatic, and since they're not on 
the car doesn't mention the tach or rally gauges (which I'm assuming is a 
150 speedo because all Road Runners got the same cluster just a 120 or 150 
speedo and the tach was optional).
Adam Lindenbaum

In a message dated 3/26/2010 8:17:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
eddee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
GROUP
I was under the impression that productiuon on the new model year started 
after labor day
(sept 1)


Is that too late???






On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Edward Petrus wrote:


My 1957 Adventurer was built July 11, 1957, so production went at least 
that late.

Ed Petrus

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[mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Amberger
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 7:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] MODEL YEAR 57/58

I'm thinking the end of May, as production might've ran through June.


Bill The Magnumguy

www.moparstyle.com
Chapel and Magnum/Doba Forums
Romans 5:8

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