63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

[Gary F.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

My April 25 car with original body has all white except for both lower front fender panels.

THANKS Mike!! With that being said, it seems where wasn't a steady stream of light gray panels even toward the end of April, so I gotta believe some cars received more than others, depending what was on hand for that days build. I did notice with mine that the small bonding strips that connect the rear tail lamp panel to the rear quarters were also light gray, but that does not necessarily mean subsequent builds after mine had them too.

[Philip C.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

WOW!!!! Jeff, awesome news!! Looks like going into May, the changeover would alnost virtually be complete!!! Before stripping mine, I was under the impression that " most " 63's were white, but that belief has quickly disolved, courtesy of owner information!!! Maybe, just maybe, the term " late " was used th signify the end of the changeover, and not necessarily the beginning.

Hi Gary the foot wells under the seats also changed over in april/may. I have been logging them for years and if anyone with cars built in may with/ without them could let me know. my last car with wells car 15962 and earliest car 12362 that doesnt have the wells. I would like the vin, body #, body build code. Phil 8063

[Joe R.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

63 8,XXX White with indentions under seats
10,XXX White with Indentions under seats
14,XXX Gray with no Indentions under seats

JR

[Kenneth S.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray


Ken

[Gary F.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

2 cool. It's apparent we have two situations over lapping one another. I did not realize the seat well survey was on-going!

Excellent info from owners who are gracious enough to supply it! To me, owner info is always the fastest way to remove the question mark from the question.

[Michael G.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

Phil, My black car #13696 has no footwells.

[Philip C.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

Phil, My black car #13696 has no footwells.

Thanks guys, keepem commin, Mike if you dont mind, body build and body number Joe could email yours Thanks Phil 8063

[Philip C.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

Ken

Thanks Ken, the A I think doesnt stand for A/C I know that, what ops does your car have? email me so we dont get off this thread. Phil 8063

[Sydney G.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

Thanks Ken, the A I think doesnt stand for A/C I know that, what ops does your car have? email me so we dont get off this thread. Phil 8063

Phil,

I don't mean to mix in but I think Ken has a typo on his serial number???
Ken, should it not be #13,209 ?

My coupe #15,240 has no foot wells
...but it does have the roller gas door.
I have no idea about the glass color.

Syd

[Kenneth S.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

Syd,
You are correct; a case of finger stutter. The serial # is 13,209.
Ken

[Sydney G.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

While stripping the paint from my coupe, I found the drivers side lock pillar & the rear tailight panel to be of lt. gray. My car is a March 18th build. Everything I've read so far about this says it happened late in the build cycle. My question is, what's considered late, & are there any real facts to back this up. I still have the deep wells under the seats & my serial number is just under 10,900, so I gotta believe my car is more of a " mid- cycle build ", where lots of stuff got changed.

The lock pillars are smooth and show no indentation as is later build cars.

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Hi Gary,

Great thread.
Can you elaborate on the early lock pillars vs. the late pillars....what indentation are you referring to??

Syd

[Gary F.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

[quote=Sydney Garber (23984);525250]---------------------------------------------------------

Hi Gary,

Great thread.
Can you elaborate on the early lock pillars vs. the late pillars....what indentation are you referring to??

Syd[/quote


Syd, I'm referring to the upper area of the pillar above the door striker where the drip rail extension ends. The joint is smooth on mine, but Noland Adams makes a reference to it that toward the end of the build cycle, the factory stopped smoothing this joint over, so there was an indent there. Do you have this indent in your car??? I don't (10,862 ) Since my car is a mid-cycle build, it is neither " early " or " late " I can only go by what I actually see on my car.

[Sydney G.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

Gary,

If you're talking about the slanted joint line, I was under the impression that all 63's had that indent in the pillar area. My coupe has it.

As you well know from your car, this slanted joint at the bottom of the drip rails is prone to rust and I always figured that cars without the visible indentation were touched up incorrectly to repair or hide that sort of damage. I've seen many pictures of door pillar areas where I presumed that the joint had been filled.

Never knew that early cars had the area smoothed from the factory.
Is that correct??

Syd

[Philip C.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

Phil,

I don't mean to mix in but I think Ken has a typo on his serial number???
Ken, should it not be #13,209 ?

My coupe #15,240 has no foot wells
...but it does have the roller gas door.
I have no idea about the glass color.

Syd

Thanks Syd, I had your car already (15,240) but if you know of any others please let me know. Phil 8063

[Gary F.]

Re: 63 Fiberglass from White to Gray

Syd....Noland Adams makes reference to this on page 25 of the 63-67 Restoration Book. He refers to this as happening " early " in production. I don't consider my car " early " but my pillars are smooth. So at what point does a build stop being " early " in this particular instance?

Since my drip rails and extensions were toast, the pillars, along with the rear quarters were pulled so that this could be properly fixed. Having a " rust belt " car, this was to be expected, and life goes on.