Oldest Pilot Line 57 Fuelie

[Blue Flame Restorations]

Just thought I would post this here. Just painted. This is possibly the earliest 57 Fuelie in existence. They built 12 pilot line Fuelie's in 1957. This is the 4th one built. The whereabouts of the first three is unknown.

For those that do not know my profession, I restore mainly 53-62 Corvettes, specializing in 1953's. Hope you enjoy the picture.

http://i57.tinypic.com/nh1lr8.jpg

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Is this your car or a customer's ?

[Blue Flame Restorations]

Is this your car or a customer's ?

Customer car

[FU]

Look's fantastic ! Post up more pic's on progress please :handshak:

[efnfast]

What, may I ask, is a pilot line fuelie?

[Blue Flame Restorations]

What, may I ask, is a pilot line fuelie?

When a new model or option based vehicle is produced, SOP's need to be written for the assembly line people. A Pilot Line is setup to document these processes. They will build 10-25 cars on the Pilot Line and then build the cars on the main assembly line.

[LantanaTX]

Very nice! Hope to see more pictures as you progress.

[Franke]

Beautiful work there Blue Flame. I like it. Wish i owned it too. :)

[efnfast]

When a new model or option based vehicle is produced, SOP's need to be written for the assembly line people. A Pilot Line is setup to document these processes. They will build 10-25 cars on the Pilot Line and then build the cars on the main assembly line.

Thank you.