The Ford Barn

Lamar Wadsworth · 03-28-2021, 05:41 PM

Would love to see pics of cars out there that were built at the Atlanta plant. My father worked there 1952-82. I know on '52-'59 the assembly plant is indicated by an A as the third character in the serial number. My father started out grinding lead in the body shop. In the early '60s, he moved to applying seam sealer on drip rails. By the mid '60s he was in the paint booth where he worked until he retired in '82. So, if you have one that was run at the Atlanta plant in the years he worked there, I'd love to see a picture of it.

58Yeoman · 03-28-2021, 06:25 PM

Two years ago, my wife and I toured the Ford Rouge plant in Dearborn. It was interesting, but I would've REALLY liked watching them build cars in the old days, where everything was done by hand.

Lamar Wadsworth · 03-29-2021, 08:13 PM

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Back in the days when NASCAR race cars started with a regular production body and frame, all of the cars supplied to the Holman-Moody and Banjo Matthews teams were run at the Atlanta assembly plant, and some of the drivers came and toured the plant. Daddy got to meet Fred Lorenzen, Ned Jarrett, Cale Yarborough, and others.

03-28-2021, 05:41 PM	#1
Lamar Wadsworth Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 314	Cars built at Atlanta assembly plant Would love to see pics of cars out there that were built at the Atlanta plant. My father worked there 1952-82. I know on '52-'59 the assembly plant is indicated by an A as the third character in the serial number. My father started out grinding lead in the body shop. In the early '60s, he moved to applying seam sealer on drip rails. By the mid '60s he was in the paint booth where he worked until he retired in '82. So, if you have one that was run at the Atlanta plant in the years he worked there, I'd love to see a picture of it.

03-28-2021, 06:25 PM	#2
58Yeoman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 187	Re: Cars built at Atlanta assembly plant Two years ago, my wife and I toured the Ford Rouge plant in Dearborn. It was interesting, but I would've REALLY liked watching them build cars in the old days, where everything was done by hand.

03-29-2021, 08:13 PM	#3
Lamar Wadsworth Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 314	Re: Cars built at Atlanta assembly plant Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Back in the days when NASCAR race cars started with a regular production body and frame, all of the cars supplied to the Holman-Moody and Banjo Matthews teams were run at the Atlanta assembly plant, and some of the drivers came and toured the plant. Daddy got to meet Fred Lorenzen, Ned Jarrett, Cale Yarborough, and others.