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Chrisisw
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Location: Amsterdam, Holland, Europe
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 Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:23 am Post subject: L227 Stratos silver questions |
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Can anyone tell me what date this color was first used on a car and what is the oldest known Stratos Silver oval currently around?
My birth certificate says is was built on January 22, 1954
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txoval
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Location: The Woodlands, TX
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:27 pm Post subject: Re: L227 Stratos silver questions |
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| First used on 1954 model year (1/1/54)...doubt finding the first one is possible |
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Chrisisw
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:11 am Post subject: Re: L227 Stratos silver questions |
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| First used on 1954 model year (1/1/54)...doubt finding the first one is possible |
Hi TXoval. I know the books say 1-1-54 and I believe this was on a friday. What I am trying to find out if anyone knows when they actually started producing ovals in this color.
Did they start production in December so the new colors were ready for delivery on 1-1-54?
Did they actually start production on Friday January 1st?
Did they start on Monday Jan 4 with the new color range?
Or in the weekend, did they even work in the weekend?
i also expect the first car to no longer be around. I'm just wondering what the oldest (based on Vin number) stratos silver oval is, which is currently known.
Reason is I own a January 22, 1954 Stratos oval. Based on Thesamba tech section, there were 15.007 ovals built in January 54.
There were 6 colors, so assuming an even spread per color, there were 2.501 Stratos silver ovals built in January.
Assuming the same number of cars built per day, there were 81 cars built per day.
As my birth certificate says mine was built on Jan 22 so at the latest that would make mine the 1.775 Stratos silver oval ever built.
Now I know of one Stratos silver oval with an earlier vin number than mine. But I'm just wondering how many of those 1.775 ovals are still around and which is the oldest.
Important stuff, not really... but it's something I've been wondering about for some time and what better place to ask than here?
Have a great weekend!
Cheers, Chris |
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txoval
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Location: The Woodlands, TX
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:33 pm Post subject: Re: L227 Stratos silver questions |
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It's a good question, just not sure the answer exists at this point
Hopefully someone who knows the history better than me can chime. I'd imagine the first chassis stamped on 1-1-54 was the first 54... |
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