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My original 1957 Fury was an August '57 manufactured car, delivered in September 1957, and it came through with the oval '58 air cleaners. So they ran out of the over the side cannisters and put on the ovals. Easy for them but a big dissapointment for me.
John Paxos -----Original Message----- From: David Homstad <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 23:57:51 -0600 Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Believe it, or don't...(true facts), ... I have to agree with Neil on this one. It is not uncommon for all manufacturers to substitute the next year parts on the end of the old year's models, if they are interchangeable. I have seen it before. My guess is that they are never totally sure how many late orders are going to come in near the end of the model year. So as not to get stuck with leftover parts, they order short on the old stuff and incorporate the new year's parts early when they run out. I have seen the opposite too. My 56 Dodge (built October 1955) has provisions in the frame to locate the mounts for a TorqueFlite transmission. These never reached production until the end of the 56 model year's production, and then were only installed on some Chryslers and Imperials. Mopar planned in advance to install these in 56 Dodges, but never did. Dave Homstad 56 Dodge D500 -----Original Message----- From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of eastern sierra Adj Services Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:20 PM To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [FWDLK] Believe it, or don't...(true facts), ... ....but I have seen/verified a relative-LOT of "late-year" 1957 Dodges, which sported 1958 dashes, complete with r/view mirrors, & 1-piece speaker/vent grilles, & parking brake handles. The Detroit factory, quite simply, ran-out of 57 dashes, before the m.y. expired.... For the oldetymers, who remember the WPC Club, of the ought-80's, Dick Kocher's all-black CRL 2-dr HT D500 featured the 1958 dashboard. This, alas, is not a Tale-fin, but a true-fact. Neil Vedder ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options,
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