some very cool old assembly line photos

[Dragsinger]

http://www.348-409.com/misc.html

I 'think" the 1957 Chevy assembly line shot sports a Rochester Injection System. The photo is not the best, what do you think?

[Jack Matyas]

Larry - neat photo .......if it was a true FI car surely it would have "Fuel Injection" enblems on the front fender along with crossed flags above it.

[340Cuda]

Jack would have those emblems been on the fender back by the door or on by the guys elbow at the front of the car?

I first thought it had fuel injection also but I enlarged it some and I think what we are seeing is the firewall and the windsheld wiper motor.

I don't know much about Chevys but that's my $0.02.

Bill

[Billy Nees]

You're looking at the firewall. It's got a carb on it.

[Bruce Noland]

Thanks for the pictures. I believe all the fuel injected 57's were black. The 57 black widows had six lug wheels. I remember pumping some fine Sunoco gas in a few of them.

[Bill Belden]

The Black Widows were "Nascar" cars.
Actually there were more passenger cars with FI than Corvettes in 57

[Lynn A McCarty]

Some pictures of Phil Monteith in his beginning years working for Pontiac.

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by 340Cuda

Jack would have those emblems been on the fender back by the door or on by the guys elbow at the front of the car?

I first thought it had fuel injection also but I enlarged it some and I think what we are seeing is the firewall and the windsheld wiper motor.

I don't know much about Chevys but that's my $0.02.

Bill

All passenger cars had the emblems on the front fenders except the "Black Widow" 2 door business coupes .About ten years ago I bought a book printed by GM listing all the parts and changes for these cars ........I thought someday maybe .....its still on my bucket list .

[Dragsinger]

These old photos really bring a smile and cause me to wax nostalgic.

Those of us who came up Hot Rodding during the 60's [my age is 63] did not realize what we had.

No one had any wildest idea of today's value.

I began working at the local Chevrolet dealer in 1963. Did warranty work on all the 60's muscle cars. "Test" drove all the desirable models, built Hot Rods with cast off "warranty" parts!

Built, raced and won with basically factory parts. Even held the C/Gas and D/Gas records under the old AHRA formula rules. [Green Valley Raceway near Forth Worth TX 1966 - 1968]

The local used car lots always had good race car "cores" on hand. I once did not buy a 57 Chevy with a bad transmission because the door class was cracked! I could believe the dealer wanted $125.00 for a car with a broken door class.