[Healeys] Trabant Car

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Mon Jan 24 08:59:32 MST 2011


re: " if the panels fit correctly they wouldn't have to kick the car to align them." 

My father used to work for Ford and was based at the assembly plant in Milpitas, CA. He told me in the plant they got the biggest, strongest guy on the line and gave him a 2x4 to, ahem, 'align' the doors after they were hung. 


bs 


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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA 


if the panels fit correctly they wouldn't have to kick the car to align 
them. 

This is why the aftermarket panels don't fit our LBCs. The originals didn't 
fit either. This wasn't a problem at Abingdon. whe the cars were worked on 
by teams. I'm sure there was a hammer by each body station. 

BTW, the book I read about the decline of the British car industry said 
Longbridge turned our more cars per day, but the quality at Abingdon was 
superior. This was echoed by Geof Healey when he said he was concerned about 
the transfer of maufacturing from Longbridge to Abingdon. He then says that 
his fears were groundless and Abingdon was a better plant. 

Jack 


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