Body # stamping oddities

Posted By: 70440+6bbl

Body # stamping oddities - 06/19/08 12:58 AM

While surfing E-bay, I cam across a '70 Challenger RT project for sale and found this a little funny. The cowl was stamped three times by the assy line worker

Reminds me that theses cars were built by humans that were probably bored out of their minds and not worried about future collectors and "experts"

Posted By: A12

Re: Body # stamping oddities - 06/19/08 01:13 AM

I think two of those are "re-stamps"....if you notice the "3" on the top one is slightly higher and to the right of the center one,........any expert can see that, I wouldn't trust this one.......

Posted By: 70440+6bbl

Re: Body # stamping oddities - 06/19/08 01:37 AM

Any other "weird" ones out there?

Posted By: 70440+6bbl

Re: Body # stamping oddities - 06/19/08 01:38 AM

Quote:

I think two of those are "re-stamps"....if you notice the "3" on the top one is slightly higher and to the right of the center one,........any expert can see that, I wouldn't trust this one.......

Yeah, the more I look at it...

Posted By: Alaskan_TA

Re: Body # stamping oddities - 06/19/08 01:39 AM

I see four times on that one.

You can see other errors here;

http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/factoryErrors.shtml

Posted By: 62maxwgn

Re: Body # stamping oddities - 06/19/08 01:53 AM

Quote:

I think two of those are "re-stamps"....if you notice the "3" on the top one is slightly higher and to the right of the center one,........any expert can see that, I wouldn't trust this one.......

Why three stamps?Regardless,all the fonts are the same.

Posted By: A12

Re: Body # stamping oddities - 06/19/08 02:08 AM

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I think two of those are "re-stamps"....if you notice the "3" on the top one is slightly higher and to the right of the center one,........any expert can see that, I wouldn't trust this one.......

Why three stamps?Regardless,all the fonts are the same.

Bill it was a joke on my part but you know an "expert" would claim re-stamp (which BTW Bill it is "re-stamped" three or four times

) and that they can see a difference in font. Here's my take; first day on this stamping job for someone, foreman tells him/her to practice and this is how you do it, now you try it. Or "Did you fix the stamper?" Don't know for sure let's give it a couple of tries on this panel

Posted By: Alaskan_TA

Re: Body # stamping oddities - 06/19/08 03:20 AM

I have seen it before on another car - seven times.

My best guesses in no particular order;

1. Stuck trigger on a pneumatic stamping tool.

2. The guy was trying to smash a bug or spider.

3. The assembly line stopped for some reason, and the stamper re-stamped the car every time his supervisor walked by to "look busy".