[Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 46, Issue 37

Kevin Valentine kevinv1275 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 14 07:55:10 MST 2011


On Mar 14, 2011, at 9:28 AM, EASTJONES alan wrote:
>>
>  A car known as and built  for a  foremans friend  could,  I gather,
> get what he wanted built into his car i.e. car built using standard
> parts available on the assembly line - but creating a non standard
> car. (i.e. not a publicly advertised retail stock car)


Back in the day, I had a friend who's father worked for Chevy.  His
father wanted a Camaro with a larger (Corvette) engine than they were
currently putting in the Camaro so he had one built directly on the
line by cutting a "custom build ticket".    He kept the build ticket
and window sticker to prove the car came directly from the line.

In 1965, my father ordered a custom painted ford pickup from the
factory.  He waited almost a year for it to come in but he got it the
way he wanted it.  It was painted a non-truck color.  He had seen a
car in the show room he liked and asked the owner of the Ford
dealership if the truck could be painted that color.  The owner was a
"drinking buddy" of my father's and he ordered the truck for him.  It
was a three-on-the-tree with no extras.  No AC, no radio, no carpet,
no nothin'....  I learned to drive stick on that truck ;)

Kevin V.
Tuscarora, Pa.


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