Hello there C:

[cuda hunter]

Assembly line process walk through
This is well written and sheds some light to the dated parts that are preassembled before installation on the actual car.

 

[ceebuddy]

Hello donnythearies, I guess I was tagged because I live in Germany, too, and also have a couple of Fuselage C-bodies.

The assembly plant referred to as Jefferson was the old Chrysler main plant on 12200 E Jefferson Ave, Detroit, MI 48215. It dated back to 1908 when it was built by Maxwell-Chalmers and was torn down in 1990-1991.

 

[Captainfury]

Thanks for the build date, that explains why I haven't figured it out so far - granted I didn't try very hard on that one yet. Do you by chance have more info on scheduled build dating? How does the 32nd of August happen? Judging by the amount of people tagged I'm assuming there might either be history with 832 cars or it's seriously puzzling. Car was built in Jefferson, Michigan, by the way, heard they all had their own labelling in parts so that might be relevant info.

I don't know very much about the cars story before me, I do often wonder however what it's seen. So many important memories of my life are very influenced by and tied to the cars I drive/drove, also the historical events maybe witnessed on radio news and things like that. Also personally I constantly keep wondering about the music played in the car before. Sure thats maybe kinda deep but with a car more than double my age and also from a whole different continent I can't help but wonder sometimes.

Regarding the VIN, I still don't know it all by heart and I can't check right now, but I know the "info-part" fairly confidently is CM23K9C.
C: Chrysler; M: Medium price class; 23: 2 door hardtop; K: 440 V8 RB engine; 9: 1969; C: Jefferson, Michigan assembly plant - if I remember correctly.

Very very similar thoughts to me, about the people and places, things she saw, music and happenings that occurred in my Fury, back in California, during the it's and eighties.
Some nights, I try to imagine the first owner driving out of the dealership, and who that person was, what their career and life was like, and then how the car might have been used for work or family over the following decades. It can really stir the imagination, especially when I think about songs I.like that were coming out of her speakers when they were on the charts near the top or whatever, and someone else/ kids/ young couples in love were listening to the songs live, back in the day.
Where are their decendents now, where are the early drivers, mechanics that serviced the car, now, its all so amazing to consider and think about.