[Chrysler300] Fw: Door Latch Hardware 300C Painted? Plated?

["Wayne Graefen" <wgraefen@xxxxxxx>]

It may be helpful to the current discussion of 300F and G door latch hardware to consider how it was done during 1957 at the same Jefferson Ave. assembly plant, the only plant at which 300 Letter Cars were assembled for any year.  I would 100% expect this to be true for 1957 and '58 also.  Note however that starting  in '60 body shells were dipped in rust proofing primer so THAT change is an exception.   
Any time we consider how the appearance of any part ended up on the completed car, we have to think about the most cost efficient approach that could be used on the assembly line.   Okay, applying that to 1960 and up, I would suggest the bare body shell was dipped in the primer and all of the bolt-ons, including door assemblies and door strikers, were added afterwards.  



Excerpts below from the 300C Handbook (the full article is 2.5 printed pages):

Wayne



BODY  AND  PAINT


 
FACTORY  BODY  ASSEMBLY   AND  PAINT  APPLICATION



The doors were being sub-assembled ....after first receiving a spray of the gray alkyd enamel and a shot of sound deadening mastic on the inside of their sheet metal skin.  They received hinges, latch assemblies, rear glass channels, and glass lift hardware, except power window motors.  Not yet installed into the doors were the anti-rattle plates.


  

Main body then received the following bolt-on items: hood with hinges, door and trunk striker plates and trunk lid with hinges, latch and torsion lift bars, fuel door and hinge, the entire sheet metal of the "front clip" or "dog house" including the front fenders along with previously gray primered front inner fender splash panels and Jiffy-Jet washer bag brackets attached, lower grille panel, and grille panel side extensions.  Two screws attached the data plate to the radiator support.  The hood latch was installed later.  The completed door sub-assemblies were also bolted to the body.  Not yet installed into the body shell were the door anti-rattle brass striker plates.



The completed body was prepped, primed, painted and baked.  This is a few years prior to the rust proofing "immersion" process (1960) or "robotic" painting, so all application is by human beings.  The painter did not enter the main body cavity or trunk at any time.  The painter was able to stand in the engine compartment or "bay" to fully coat all visible and accessible surfaces.


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