Barry
How about this for a theory, the production line uses all the parts that are on one rack, when finished they move onto the next rack? Clearly the important things need to match the build sheets, but I can’t see good parts that will fit not being used. I also doubt that the Factory Manager gives any spares to the Parts manager to sell via Parts, they both need to show good profitability and that may be considered as the most important factor for their bonus.
Also, with the intro of a new spec sometimes suppliers are late to change over, so to keep production going the Management and Engineers may have to build a few in between specs. I think Jaguar are famous for a series 1.5, or perhaps 2.5 E type.
And / Or, yours was part built pre August shutdown and then then finished, repaired post summer. The gap may have been several months. FYI I was once the proud owner of a new car which showed many signs of having been cut n stuck prior to me receiving it.
Out of interest does yours have a ballast resister for the coil, or ballast built into a resistance wire that looks a bit like a doorbell wire?
Mine is Dec 1973 build and is a series 2 with many differences to the series 1.
Barry
How about this for a theory, the production line uses all the parts that are on one rack, when finished they move onto the next rack? Clearly the important things need to match the build sheets, but I can’t see good parts that will fit not being used. I also doubt that the Factory Manager gives any spares to the Parts manager to sell via Parts, they both need to show good profitability and that may be considered as the most important factor for their bonus.
Also, with the intro of a new spec sometimes suppliers are late to change over, so to keep production going the Management and Engineers may have to build a few in between specs. I think Jaguar are famous for a series 1.5, or perhaps 2.5 E type.
And / Or, yours was part built pre August shutdown and then then finished, repaired post summer. The gap may have been several months. FYI I was once the proud owner of a new car which showed many signs of having been cut n stuck prior to me receiving it.
Out of interest does yours have a ballast resister for the coil, or ballast built into a resistance wire that looks a bit like a doorbell wire?
Mine is Dec 1973 build and is a series 2 with many differences to the series 1.
Hi Cornishman
Sorry for taking so long getting back to you .
Yes those theories do all sound plausible to me .
I would say that even the smallest of parts would all be used up just to be efficient , as the German workforce would always want to be efficient.
I know I might be generalising a group of people here , but I do think that they would always take pride in their work and would always be striving to be more efficient .
I work for a German company so I think I can say that is true .
Anyway
but as it’s now Christmas let’s just settle on they went off on their hols , I wonder where was the place to go to from osnabruck in the summer of 1973 ?
The Boeing 747 was just 3 years old , so far flung places had become closer than ever
Britain Ireland and Denmark had just joined the EEC , so maybe they went to visit their new cousins/ neighbours
Anyway getting back to the coupe , I attached a photo of the coil below , does it match yours???