[Jerry H.]

Originally Posted by jegstek

I have heard of line workers "building" their own vehicles and doing so by walking them down the line. Not sure how that effects the paperwork, though. One fellow at the IH truck plant in Springfield, Ohio threw a bunch of options including the woodgrain sides and chrome bumpers on a baseline vehicle. He was subsequently caught and fired, but I've heard similar stories along the same lines as this. Not giving any creedence to this one, but it is not unheard of. Ron

I'm sure he could have probably gotten the 2+2 emblems put on it as it went down the line, no problem. But that doesn't make it a factory built 2+2. If the 2+2 was not a seperate model #, then it was an option package on the Catalina that was available on the 2 door hardtop and convertible ONLY. That package included the 421 engine, buckets, special handling springs and shocks and some other goodies. Of course you could continue to add other options on that to include a console, 8 lugs, upgrade engines, etc. But it never had the 2+2 'package', only the added emblems and as so was NOT a true 2+2.