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Were Challengers painted in batches ? #676657 04/21/10 06:28 PM 04/21/10 06:28 PM
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gold1950 OP member Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 46 Alabama	A friend and I are debating on whether or not Mopars (Challengers/Cudas) were painted certain colors in batches. My position is that 20-50 cars would be painted Black, then they would change out the 50-gal drum of paint to White or Red and they would paint until the ran out of paint, etc... otherwise it would be very wasteful to paint by special order. Anyone know ? Thank You

Re: Were Challengers painted in batches ? [Re: gold1950] #676658 04/21/10 07:34 PM 04/21/10 07:34 PM
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Alaskan_TA Fluffy Balladeer A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 29,657 Hamtramck, PA	No, they were not.

Re: Were Challengers painted in batches ? [Re: Alaskan_TA] #676659 04/21/10 07:42 PM 04/21/10 07:42 PM
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gold1950 OP member Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 46 Alabama	OK OK OK I was wrong. I can accept that Now I'm curious; How would a factory that built (just a guess) 1000 cars a day, paint them all different colors ? Wouldn't that create havoc and delays from changing out the paint guns and hoses, etc... ? I would have thought they painted blue until they ran out of blue paint, then green, etc.. I believe it, just curious what the process was.

Re: Were Challengers painted in batches ? [Re: gold1950] #676660 04/21/10 07:46 PM 04/21/10 07:46 PM
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Pat_Whalen super gas P Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,481 Mesa, AZ	Quote: OK OK OK I was wrong. I can accept that Now I'm curious; How would a factory that built (just a guess) 1000 cars a day, paint them all different colors ? Wouldn't that create havoc and delays from changing out the paint guns and hoses, etc... ? I would have thought they painted blue until they ran out of blue paint, then green, etc.. I believe it, just curious what the process was. I imagine they had different guns for different colors, and just picked up the particular gun depending on the order?

Re: Were Challengers painted in batches ? [Re: Pat_Whalen] #676661 04/21/10 07:52 PM 04/21/10 07:52 PM
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gold1950 OP member Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 46 Alabama	I guess that would work. Thanks

Re: Were Challengers painted in batches ? [Re: Pat_Whalen] #676662 04/21/10 07:52 PM 04/21/10 07:52 PM
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yorker Drugs are bad Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,937 Walmart parking lot	The new Challengers are painted in batches. Want to order a purple one? TO LATE !!!! ( SHONEN KNIFE ) MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. ONE SONG, ONE CONCERT AT A TIME FOR OVER 36 YEARS!! https://www.youtube.com/user/SHONENKNIFETV

Re: Were Challengers painted in batches ? [Re: gold1950] #676663 04/21/10 07:52 PM 04/21/10 07:52 PM
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Alaskan_TA Fluffy Balladeer A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 29,657 Hamtramck, PA	There is an article somewhere that describes the process, but I read it long ago. In a nutshell & from my hazy memory....... The paint was in huge vats. The same guns & hoses were used but there was a manifold system that allowed the paint color to be changed. Paint a car, switch colors, clear the gun until the new color starts to flow, & paint the next car. This is one reason some cars have been found with another color under the actual color the whole car was painted. Some guns were cleared by spraying the trunk or engine bay.

Re: Were Challengers painted in batches ? [Re: Alaskan_TA] #676664 04/21/10 08:08 PM 04/21/10 08:08 PM
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1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	Quote: There is an article somewhere that describes the process, but I read it long ago. In a nutshell & from my hazy memory....... The paint was in huge vats. The same guns & hoses were used but there was a manifold system that allowed the paint color to be changed. Paint a car, switch colors, clear the gun until the new color starts to flow, & paint the next car. This is one reason some cars have been found with another color under the actual color the whole car was painted. Some guns were cleared by spraying the trunk or engine bay. Almost explains my buddies Challenger coded for EB7 but was FC7 in the trunk, engine compartment & full interior....

Re: Were Challengers painted in batches ? [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #676665 04/21/10 08:15 PM 04/21/10 08:15 PM
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Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,845 Kirkland, Washington	In the heavy duty truck world most every cab/sleeper is different from the previous pair. The same guns/robots are used, the lines are simply purged with a measured amount (controlled now by software) with solvent (cheap reducer) before switching over to the paint. There are no issues with 'mixed' colors

Re: Were Challengers painted in batches ? [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #676666 04/22/10 12:07 AM 04/22/10 12:07 AM
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mr_340 master M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,505 DFW	Quote: In the heavy duty truck world most every cab/sleeper is different from the previous pair. Must be a K-Whopper guy. Are they still using Imron or have they switched to something else? I worked at Pete in Denton in the 1990s. The car companies have switched to water-born paints since then. Floyd Lippencott IV

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