Mo,
You don't know how much I'd love to give your Dad that opportunity. It would be more of a priviledge (and education) for me though to have him look it over and relate many details from his production experience. If I was only as lucky as Tom to be so close. I will be in K.C. Sept. 15-18, but sadly, not with the car.
As to that mysterious "17" stamped on the tag, I have many examples of tags with (what I call) misc. numbers stamped on them from the front. I call them "misc" because they don't appear in an area designated for something normal, and they don't mean anything "normal". They're off on one corner or another, and sometimes sideways or at an angle. They range from 1 to as high as about 22 or so. I've been trying to make some correlations but still have not felt that I really know what they represent. At first, I thought they might signify the body jig (or "buck") that was used to hold together the particular pieces of a certain body style for welding. I figured that would be useful info if it was suddenly discovered windshields or trunk lids didn't fit right any more. They could go back to that jig and make the appropriate tweak.
Gee, I wonder if his "shift mark" is on my cowl???? If he put one there, there's no reason why it wouldn't still be there. (and by the way....the car had a great paint job!!)
I'll put together a short list of queries and forward them to you soon. This is the sort of thing that just doesn't happen that often, and I'm pretty tickled over it.
Verne
