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09/24/20 11:00 AM
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Re: Hamtramck plant article [Re: topside] #2824524
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Very interesting, thanks for posting that.


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Re: Hamtramck plant article [Re: BloFish] #2824547
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Interesting.

"Engineering drawings remain up on the walls and in their filing cabinets."

Yet, dog gone it, the build sheets from all the muscle-era cars can't be found anywhere? No mention in that article either of the "fire" that supposedly missed every other build sheet and just burnt the valuable ones?

Good photos, good story, and enjoying the commenters on the article. up


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Re: Hamtramck plant article [Re: Grizzly] #2824584
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Originally Posted by Grizzly
Interesting.

"Engineering drawings remain up on the walls and in their filing cabinets."

Yet, dog gone it, the build sheets from all the muscle-era cars can't be found anywhere? No mention in that article either of the "fire" that supposedly missed every other build sheet and just burnt the valuable ones?

Good photos, good story, and enjoying the commenters on the article. up


The buildsheets that were supposedly destroyed in a fire; was that ever confirmed? That was the story that has been told for a long time. When I contacted Chrysler historical a few years back they did state that records from 68 on up were destroyed. For all we know they could very well be in some dark corner or room somewhere.

Re: Hamtramck plant article [Re: GMP440] #2824722
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Originally Posted by GMP440


The buildsheets that were supposedly destroyed in a fire; was that ever confirmed? That was the story that has been told for a long time. When I contacted Chrysler historical a few years back they did state that records from 68 on up were destroyed. For all we know they could very well be in some dark corner or room somewhere.


I was being sarcastic.

It's an old wives' tale: Definitely was no "fire". There would be a record of it with local Fire Department. I can't believe no one has ever questioned that slight little detail. laugh2

Some Ignorant "paperwork collector" has all of it somewhere. Or, maybe not: there should also be duplicate paperwork at Chrysler Corporation Head office for legality circumstances such as recalls, cause of a death, or if one of their '70 318 Challengers is used in/for a crime. shruggy

I don't buy any of their excuses of missing records for cars that are worth 10 to 50 times their original value..........but, then again, that's the reason they can't "find" anything: because they are not making any money out of it. twocents



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