Re: Survival revisitted

Posted by Ross On 2016/4/5 11:35:35

The "plastic" forming process was only used on some inner panels to make the 127 wb hardtops. If you look up under the rear fenders of a V8 400, you will see two inner fenders at the front, 5 inches apart. Those adaptations were formed by that process. The rear quarters themselves were stamped in the normal fashion.

In all the 51-56 cars the 127 wb sedans had a 5 inch deeper C pillar area that enabled the rear seat to be set 5 inches farther back. This was a brilliant solution as it enabled the door uppers and frames and many other expensive to tool parts to be the same over the whole line. Even the rear door skins were stamped on the same die, they were just "short sheeted" and trimmed for the juniors.