Re: [FWDLK] MODEL YEAR 57/58

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I don't know about "left-over" parts, but I DO know that the late 
production 57 Dodges were built with the
1958 Dodge dashboard assemblies (having the forward-located  rear view 
mirrors on them),
apparently because the factory had run out of the 1957-style dashes.

Neil Vedder







Bill Watson wrote:
> 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
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> ----- 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???
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> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Edward Petrus wrote:
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> 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
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] MODEL YEAR 57/58
>
> I'm thinking the end of May, as production might've ran through June.
>
>
> Bill The Magnumguy
>
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> Romans 5:8
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