I think I talked about this on the main site. My friend's father worked on the assembly line in Janesville, WI. Some of the stories he told were priceless and I had always thought it would have been a great idea to get their stories down before those stories were lost forever. Unfortunately he passed away a few years ago. But he did tell me stories of painting wheels a color they weren't supposed to be, of how some guys would occasionally add things to a car they knew had been ordered by a buddy...he told me how he wished he had kept all the stray emblems, fasteners, etc. that he'd sweep up after shift, of how those parts would have been so valuable today. I mention it on the main site that there was no rhyme or reason for anything back then. A lot of cars were delivered to their original owners with some oddball anomalies and no doubt the people that built them were often times responsible. That's why I hate it when some "expert" at a car show is quick to say "they weren't built like that"....example - my Chevelle was delivered to its original owner with hood pins installed because he asked the dealership to put them on for him. That's a day 1 configuration and I left it like that. It drives me crazy when someone comments on the hood pins. Granted, not a factory alteration, but still an alteration made to the car before its first owner took possession. And that's the way it's going to stay.

Mark