Re: Henry's 55 Constellation

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2009/3/25 10:55:09

How nice to have that little bit of history, and I applaud your efforts to preserve the information. Wish I could help with the actual #s, but can't see it that clearly either.

You know of course that by the end of 1956 there were 3 different variations of the long bars, regular, export, and 9 degree extra twist. These are identified by the last 3 digits of the part numbers stamped on the ends. I do have a spare set of 55 bars from the same car and each of these is marked with a daub of white paint near one of the ends. At least I guessing it was white, its a bit yellow now but I've assumed that's due to ageing of the paint.

Just a pure guess, but in many industries where certain manufacturing variations need to be sorted and matched before installation, color-coding with paint daubs is common. Perhaps that's what we're seeing with the various color daubs - I don't recall seeing anything about it in the TSBs or SCs though, do you have a reference?