Gary,
Thanks I now understand. Body numbers 20 through 24 were delivered on the
first truck load with number 24 being off loaded first and therefore the
first car down the production line with its appropriate chassis number. I
knew but had forgotten that the cars were delivered from Jensen in/on five
car transporters.
Also, I understand the chassis numbers were shared by other cars at BMC, so
there were gaps in the sequences. Therefore body numbers are still a more
accurate indicator of build dates and sequence, but not totally exact.
Curt
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:49 AM, <Editorgary at aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 7/15/11 9:05:08 AM, healeys-request at autox.team.net
> writes:
>
>
> > I believe that's what I said...
> > *
> > "Blair Harbor's car, the first production AH with body no. 24..."*
> >
> > However I never heard about the switching at the loading and unloading.
> I
> > assumed that Jensen would not discard the first 19 or 20 pre production
> > car
> > numbers and restart numbering with the production cars. Anyone else out
> > there know about this, or have an opinion?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Curt
> >
> Keep in mind that, at that point in production, body numbers were assigned
> at Jensen, but Car numbers weren't assigned until the body was mated with
> the engine, and then the car number was stamped and recorded to match the
> already assigned engine number. And there's no way of telling without the
> factory records the sequence or numbering of production, since the engine
> numbers
> were in series across several car lines, so consequently there were large
> gaps in car number series.
>
> G.
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