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Old 11-18-2019 | 08:18 PM
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Old 11-18-2019 | 08:19 PM
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Old 11-18-2019 | 08:21 PM
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Old 11-18-2019 | 08:22 PM
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Old 11-18-2019 | 09:04 PM
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They produced trucks and cars on the same line in 1953? I did not know that.
 
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Old 11-18-2019 | 09:05 PM
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They produced trucks and cars on the same line in 1953? I did not know that.

 
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Old 11-18-2019 | 10:10 PM
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...That's the sound of the men, workin' on the chain gang...

“What we have here is a failure to communicate”

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Old 11-19-2019 | 09:12 AM
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Old 11-19-2019 | 09:13 AM
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Old 11-19-2019 | 09:14 AM
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They produced trucks and cars on the same line in 1953? I did not know that.
That was supposed to be a 4X4 F 250 and ended up being a 4 door sedan...
 
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Old 11-19-2019 | 09:43 AM
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They produced trucks and cars on the same line in 1953? I did not know that.
It may have varied by plant. Some did, some didn't. What I find interesting is we've seen some pictures where the front end sheet metal is in place and the body is brought down to meet it, some where the body is in place and the nose is being brought down, and here the body is fully assembled and being dropped on the frame together.
 
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Old 11-19-2019 | 10:54 AM
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It may have varied by plant. Some did, some didn't. What I find interesting is we've seen some pictures where the front end sheet metal is in place and the body is brought down to meet it, some where the body is in place and the nose is being brought down, and here the body is fully assembled and being dropped on the frame together.
Interesting Wayne. Now every plant does it exactly the same for any given model. But with uniframe and unibody construction different models are built in different ways. Some lower the unibody onto a front subframe assembly and others bring the subframe up from below.

 
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Old 11-19-2019 | 07:19 PM
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I came across this video today. It is 57 minutes long but worth watching. Lots of old Fords and other makes.

100 Years of the Lincoln Highway


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Thanks for sharing that! I watched the whole thing then I proceeded to map out the route from Atlantic City to Wyoming. Im familiar with the stretch of highway 30 in Lancaster PA.
 
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Old 11-19-2019 | 08:42 PM
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