Trying my best to re-assemble this C2 correctly.
Took out the engine, and other things for restoration.
Above the A-arms are rubber "dust shields".
Upon media stripping, the have body color paint on them.
In re-piecing the puzzle together, is this sequence correct?

1. Frame area built frame, painted it with an ashphault based black paint.

2. Parts put on frame like suspension (prepainted w normal paint), steering box (not painted), brake and fuel lines, gas tank, engine w/ exhaust manifolds, etc.

3. Body area assembled including heater, radiator support, and the dust shields.

4. Body exterior painted with overspray in engine area. Some sags on inner fenders.

5. Wheel wells and engine area painted satin black before body added. The dust shields were painted over black. No trace of body color in the engine area.

6. Body added to assembled chassis. Shims etc procedure.

7. Steering column added.

8. Radiator, heater plumbing, expansion tank

9. Engine wiring added.

When was the interior was added?

Or the headlights, tail lights, doors, etc.?

Is the ""Assembly Instruction Manual" with all the detail (nice!) printed in assembly sequence? It seems a bit random to me.

Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

Steering box from another car; what is the yellow for?

 

Larry,
Courtesy of John Z in a post from 2008:

"It's an inspector's mark from Saginaw Steering Gear; quite common on midyear steering gears."


Don

 

1. The frame was painted at the frame plant.

3. Dust shields were stapled to the inner fenders in the Body Shop; pre-primed radiator support was also installed in the Body Shop. Heater was MUCH later, after paint, in the Trim Shop.

4-5. Body exterior (including doors, hood, and deck lid) was primed/painted/baked, then the underhood area (underside of hood, firewall, and inner fenders) were sprayed semi-flat black; wheel well undercoat and blackout also done at this station.

6-7-8. Heater or A/C, pedals, instrument panel, cluster, glove box, windshield & back window and exterior reveal moldings, side glass, expansion tank, wipers, rear body harness, forward lamp harness and headlights/parking lights/taillights/license light, auto floor shifter, etc. all installed on the Trim Line prior to Body Drop.

9. Engine harness (thru '65) was installed on the Engine Dress Line before the engine was installed in the chassis.

The car was driven off the end of the Final Line through roll-test, toe-in, water test, and Paint Repair with virtually no interior in it; the driver sat on a temporary seat. The entire interior (carpets, seats, door trim panels, windshield and back window interior moldings, headliner, halo panel, quarter trim panels, seat belts, shifter console, kickpads, sill plates, etc.) was then installed on the Final Trim Line, then Final Inspection, then it was shipped.

The Assembly Manual was an Engineering document, not a Process document, and is not presented in vehicle assembly sequence; it's in UPC (Uniform Parts Classification) sequence, matching the Engineering Parts Releasing System sequence. The assembly sequence was developed and documented internally at the plant, and was never published. I'll be presenting a 2-hour Tech Session on the complete St. Louis assembly process at the 2011 NCRS National Convention in Novi, Michigan next July.

 

Thank you Don M and JohnZ.
This Forum is SO HELPFUL!