[SCG] Keep those 1964 Body Tags coming!

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Sun Aug 20 22:53:15 EDT 2006


Yes, those are the dates for Chevy, but Fisher would be very close to
them.
Dave

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 15:09:49 -0700 "Kent Sullivan"
<kentsu at corvairkid.com> writes:
> Hi,
> 
> According to info Dave Newell gave me years ago, '64 car production 
> @ Willow
> Run began on September 3, 1963 and ended on July 17, 1964. These are 
> dates
> for Chevy final assembly, I think. Not sure if Fisher started (and 
> stopped)
> somewhat sooner.
> 
> Thanks.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scg-list-bounces at tiger.skiblack.com
> [mailto:scg-list-bounces at tiger.skiblack.com] On Behalf Of Richard W 
> Thompson
> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 6:59 AM
> To: Bill Hubbell
> Cc: Virtual Vairs; scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com;
> scg-list-bounces at tiger.skiblack.com
> Subject: Re: [SCG] Keep those 1964 Body Tags coming!
> 
> Hi Bill,
> 
> The July end date on the bodies was 7D from my understanding. I even 
> have
> '65 casting coded cylinders on my car, but they are '64 dimensions. 
> My 500
> coupe is a July car right at the end of it, so I will try and get a 
> picture
> to you soon.
> 
> By the way, i found an interesting anomoly yesterday while working 
> on the
> 500. The body tag usually states something like "This car is 
> finished with
> Magic Mirror ....." It was a joint name/brand that DuPont and GM 
> came up
> with to describe their new lacquer finish. My July built 500 does 
> NOT have
> that anywhere on the tag. It is completely blank where that should 
> be.
> 
> I am trying to check my sources here to determine if DuPont somehow 
> lost the
> business for a while to another competitor (i.e. PPG, Sherwin 
> Williams) for
> a while which caused the notation to dissappear on the tags.
> 
> A really odd point, huh?
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Tags     
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> 
> Thanks again to all who are submitting photos of 1964 Body Tags.  
> The
> website now has 35 different tags, including 2 Canadian Corvairs.  I 
> now
> have at least one tag from each month of production EXCEPT May and 
> July (05
> 
> and 07), but I am missing many of the weeks.
> 
> http://community.webshots.com/album/552937869fLgqrp
> 
> Here is what I still need to get a complete set of weeks:
> 
> Did production begin in August?  We have an 08A, but were there any 
> 1964s
> made in July of 1963?
> 
> 08B
> 08C
> 08D
> 08E
> 
> 09B
> 09E
> 
> 10B
> 10D (We are especially interested in this one!) 10E (May not exist - 
> we have
> an 0E that we believe to represent 10E)
> 
> 11B
> 11E
> 
> 12A (We have a strange one that looks like 121) 12D 12E (Dec 30, 31 
> - did
> they work those days?)
> 
> 01A
> 01B
> 01C
> 01E
> 
> 02A (Feb 1)
> 02B
> 02C
> 02E (1964 was a Leap year)
> 
> 04B
> 04C
> 04D
> 04E
> 
> 05A (May 1, 2)
> 05B
> 05C
> 05D
> 05E
> 05F (Sunday, May 31)
> 
> 06B
> 06C
> 06D
> 06E
> 
> 07A
> 07B
> 07C
> 07D
> 07E ??  (When did they end 1964 production?)
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Bill Hubbell
> President, SCG
> 
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