Re: [FWDLK] Re Chrysler Historical

["Ron Waters" <Ronbo97@xxxxxxxx>]

Except that it's the other way around.  They're claiming that something that
the debut of the three speed automatic tranny was 57 when actually it was
56.  Ditto the unibody.

>They
>do need to get on der schtick and keepen de facts der straighten.

Yup.

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry C. Stanley <peerless@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, November 21, 1998 12:03 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] Re Chrysler Historical


>All,
>
>Another thing to remember is that in Europe the model year of a car was
>determined by the serial number and not always by the year of manufacture.
>Also, the year of a car is determined if it was made before or after
>January 1. (We had a 1950 MGTD, but the title called it a 1951 because it
>was made in November!) The Europen manufacturers often did not change the
>cars or serial nombers from one year to the next. Techinical changes were
>an on going thing, but styling changed little. (Kinda like Henry Ford.)  A
>good example of this is the VW. Around 1966, VW began to use September as
>the new model year and quit using the sequencial serial numbers they used
>from year one.
>
>Maybe the new historian is having trouble remembering that American cars
>used September as a new model year in the same years they did not. That
>would make an option on the 1958 year look like it was a 1957 to them. They
>do need to get on der schtick and keepen de facts der straighten.
>
>Larry Stanley