Carl 1962
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I haven't recorded many 58's so I'm not sure how they built the convertibles, but in 59 Fisher built convertible bodies at Lansing that were shipped to different Chevrolet plants, such as Atlanta and Flint, to be mated to a chassis and completed. These cars are easily identifiable by having an LA (Lansing) cowl tag code and a VIN with the Chevrolet plant code. These Lansing cars were shipped with their cowl tag attached with the paint code on it, so I assume they were painted before being shipped out. 1959 convertibles were also built at St Louis and Van Nuys Fisher plants for completion next door at the attached Chevrolet plant. I haven't recorded convertibles built anywhere else in 1959, but they may also been built by Fisher at Cleveland for shipping to other Chevrolet plants, like they did for El Caminos, sedan deliveries and wagons. I know that Cleveland made convertible bodies in the 1960 model year because I've recorded a few, the earliest I've recorded being made in March 1960.
For 1961/62, convertible bodies were built by Fisher at Cleveland (EP), Framingham (FR), Janesville (JA), Lansing (LA), St Louis (SL) and Van Nuys (VN). The bodies built at Cleveland were all shipped to other Chevrolet plants (Atlanta, Baltimore, Flint and Tarrytown) for completion. I'm pretty sure they were shipped to the Chevrolet plants in their finished body color because the cowl tags were attached at Cleveland with the paint code on them already. If anyone has convertible cowl tag photos from 1958-62, post 'em up.
For 1961/62, convertible bodies were built by Fisher at Cleveland (EP), Framingham (FR), Janesville (JA), Lansing (LA), St Louis (SL) and Van Nuys (VN). The bodies built at Cleveland were all shipped to other Chevrolet plants (Atlanta, Baltimore, Flint and Tarrytown) for completion. I'm pretty sure they were shipped to the Chevrolet plants in their finished body color because the cowl tags were attached at Cleveland with the paint code on them already. If anyone has convertible cowl tag photos from 1958-62, post 'em up.
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