<VV> Re: VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 22, Issue 67

[djtcz at comcast.net]

I used to marvel at the labor and detail used in my friend's 1955 Chevy dash.  Look at all the bowties here - 
http://www.carolinarodshop.com/Store/Misc%20Store%20Items/misc_for_sale/55_chevy_parts/55ChevyParts_129.JPG

Economical Manufacturing and assembly today is a different animal than 1955 or 1965. 1955 may well have been different than 1965 as well, although neither had the CAD, robot or materials available today. --
Dan Timberlake

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> Problem is all of the regulations that have come into effect 
> starting in > 1966 and continuing to this day. Things like the FMVSS that gave us 
> safety > knobs on the dash up through the 1995 requirement  for 1998 cars and 
> 1999 > light trucks to have dual air bags.> 
> In other words for GM to build a 57 Chevvy (or a 65 Corvair) today 
> would > either be illegal, unrecognizable, or absurdly expensive.
> 
> Padgett