Does anyone know how many cars were painted on the line before they changed colour. Was there 5 black cars in a row and then 5 white or were they random colours . Stewy
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Stewy -
In those days, "batch-painting" was not a priority, and was "future-tech". At seven per hour in the old St. Louis paint shop, color-changing wasn't an issue; they just connected the gun to a hose with thinner in it, blew out the gun into the floor grates, and re-connected to the hose with the color they needed next. They didn't even have a conveyor in the spray booths - they pushed the bodies through, and the only conveyor was through the ovens.
These days, in a high-volume plant (65 per hour), batch-painting IS a big deal, as the purge thinner for every color change costs several dollars. There are no people in spray booths today - it's all done with robots. -
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John, was told way back when St.Louis has 3 stations and color changes, if any were done when the 55 gal drum (or whatever size it was) was empty. Your thoughts on that process. Good to see ya last week. Congrats, Gary....
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Paint was purchased in large tote tanks, which were connected to a circulating system for each color; each color system had a connection and regulator in the spray booth where the sprayers connected their gun, and there was also a thinner system connection for color purge. You can see the regulators on the left side of the photo below. The booths had downdraft airflow from the ceiling through the floor grates, but no water-walls, and the sprayers didn't use filter masks. You can see the guy in the background operating the "pusher" cart that pushed the body through the spray booth until the conveyor chain picked it up at the oven entrance.Comment
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John, great - appreciate you sharing. Interesting to note in the photo they're not bending over very far are they. Probably my confusion on the size of the paint barrels. Just assumed when the ole St.Louis painter, don't recall his name and this was 30 years ago at BG told me that. My question to him was the paint and change over between colors for C1's, particularly '56-7's. Thanks, Gary....
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Paint on the St Louis assy line came in five gallon containers. Lots of them. The paint was pumped directly out of the five gallon container and into the feed line at the gun.John, great - appreciate you sharing. Interesting to note in the photo they're not bending over very far are they. Probably my confusion on the size of the paint barrels. Just assumed when the ole St.Louis painter, don't recall his name and this was 30 years ago at BG told me that. My question to him was the paint and change over between colors for C1's, particularly '56-7's. Thanks, Gary....
The bodies were pushed into and out of the spray booth by hand. One worker per side pushing on the windshield frame.Last edited by Michael H.; September 13, 2009, 04:51 PM.Comment
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I was curious because I found the car that was made before mine 1960 #1269 mine #1270 and their car is Tuxedo black and mine was also that colour ? I was wondering how many items of their car was the same as mine ? The body colour is the same but my interior is red and theirs is black. I consider this persons car to be true because they purchased it off the original owner. Is there any tell tale signs of telling what the original colour interior is. StewyComment
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