The best car I owned other than the Healey was a Checker Marathon station
wagon which replaced the XK140 for the usual reason. . It was made away from
Detroit in Kalamazoo, Michigan. I was having trouble with body alignment
and, since my mother in law lived a short distance away, I took the car
back to the factory where a rubber mallet was liberally applied to the
window frames and body parts.
Jack
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
> re: "if the panels fit correctly they wouldn't have to kick the car to
> align them."
>
> My father used to work for Ford and was based at the assembly plant in
> Milpitas, CA. He told me in the plant they got the biggest, strongest guy
> on the line and gave him a 2x4 to, ahem, 'align' the doors after they were
> hung.
>
>
> bs
>
>
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> Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA
>
>
> if the panels fit correctly they wouldn't have to kick the car to align
> them.
>
> This is why the aftermarket panels don't fit our LBCs. The originals didn't
> fit either. This wasn't a problem at Abingdon. whe the cars were worked on
> by teams. I'm sure there was a hammer by each body station.
>
> BTW, the book I read about the decline of the British car industry said
> Longbridge turned our more cars per day, but the quality at Abingdon was
> superior. This was echoed by Geof Healey when he said he was concerned
> about
> the transfer of maufacturing from Longbridge to Abingdon. He then says that
> his fears were groundless and Abingdon was a better plant.
>
> Jack
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