OOh, your gonna like this !!

[Solitude]

Edited by Solitude on Saturday 2nd April 15:46

[Solitude]

Check out that chalk board !! Are they chassis numbers ??
Factory circa 1983.....Got more too !!
Anyone wanna look ??

Edited by Solitude on Saturday 2nd April 15:46

[Solitude]

[Solitude]

Working on the car today and a fella comes by and says:
"i went on a school visit to the factory in 1983 and took some pics ....wanna see"??
"Sure" i says, (never expecting to see him again)
Returns 30mins later and has these on a CD for me.
What a chap eh !!!

[Solitude]

There's more !!




None of this "its mine, its mine"

[Solitude]

and more !!






All done !
Hope you enjoyed em !

[adam quantrill]

Cheers Gavin. That red 350i has a strange rear window - rounded corners. Was that the style earlier on?

[mikeb]

Awesome pics.

MikeyB

[dixiebabes]

Solitude said:

Hmmm judging by the chalkboard numbers mine would be probably just been completed being 617, mine also has the rounded corners on the rear window, that could be a picture of it newborn i wonder? Looks very much alike. Even has the same chocolate brown interior i think.

Edited by dixiebabes on Saturday 2nd April 18:08

[mikeb]

Any chance you can send me the original digital files for a project I am working on?

MikeyB

[keatsie]

Excellent - I would be interested in as much info as you have available.

Cheers

[shoggyraminator]

Magic!! Blast from the past.

[york33]

How cool is that, thankyou for sharing, the more the merrier

[dixiebabes]

Must have been a pleasure to go to work every day!!!!


Dix

[adam quantrill]

Solitude said:

"i went on a school visit to the factory in 1983 and took some pics ....wanna see"??

mikeb said:

Any chance you can send me the original digital files for a project I am working on?

Errrm - surely the originals would be film negative, not digital, from 1983 ;^)

[hallsie]

Chassis 5703 is quoted in the 'Bible' as being @ USA car VIN DH1105, start of trimmed cross tube behind seats..

Whatever that means!

Have you got anymore of the silver FHC outsids the factory?

Stu

[mikeb]

adam quantrill said:

Errrm - surely the originals would be film negative, not digital, from 1983 ;^)

....'Returns 30mins later and has these on a CD for me'.

MikeyB

[Mike Brewer]

Great pictures .Just a quick question.When the chassis is removed from the jigs is the surface rust removed ?Also noticed powder coating missing near rear trailing arm .I have just got a thing about my chassis LOL.As my dear wife tells me when i crawl underneath with my paint brush etc .Mike

[mrzigazaga]

Looks like Mr Tanks No 1 production..Same colour..Top photos..
More chalk board pics? put em up..They are chassis numbers..Us spec mainly...

[Big Daft Lad]

Fantastic photographs! Great photographer for a school kid!

I love the chassis numbers and the related info on the blackboard, does anyone have one of these chassis?

I was interested to see the manifolds on the V6 engines, that's confirmed to me that they are not standard Ford item but look like they've been modified.