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Originally Posted by MikeNoun
I cleared this with Tim, and he said this one was ok to post. There is a lot more information to follow, and will be released as it becomes available.
Mike
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Many grateful thanks to Mike and Tim for sharing this stuff with us here.
I like how we / they - both call them Pattern Cars
So now we can wonder - did 1,000 units become transposed into 2,000 units
as time went on ? Do we rewrite or edit all comments on here regarding "The First 2,000" ?
I am thinking that may have been a typo /error / oversight ... perhaps . possibly . maybe
idunno
They show 849 units built in January , which at least 99.5 - 99.8 % would have been Pattern Cars.
We also know the Pattern Builds continued up until 3rd week of February.
They show 1288 units for full month of Feb.
849 + 1288 = 2137
But we also know not every single Judge in February was a Pattern Car.
So ... whether or not 2,000 is 100% accurate - i think it is closer than the 1,000
written in the memo.
Some of the memo may be "generalized" from the shoulder as it was written on May 8 . It reads more like a quick brief progress report. Saying that because it is Odd it has the paragraph titled :Purpose:
5634 + 434 = 6068
not 6081
weird again
idunno
I think production beginning in Mid January is pretty accurate though.
The 1B Fremont Judge with Build Sheet mentioned - was not built on January 4th.
Jan 4 was its "proposed" build date when they finally thought they were going to start building these cars.
I have copy of it also, but no one has the PHS Invoice for it... yet.
It does have the lowest VIN (113xxx) of any Fremont Judge i know of though.
The Judge program met several delays, they were supposed to be out on the streets by Jan 1 ... originally.
The dates on the build sheets are the proposed build date.
Doesn't always , if ever , work out on that date.
1B body date tells us it didn't build out on Jan 4.
Very Very Very Doubtful the Framingham car in question was built out on Jan 9.
But can say another thing about it that has not been mentioned yet ... it has the earliest Ship Date from Zone Storage Lot than any other Pattern Judge , so far.
Jan 30
But that really means nothing overall. Just a tidbit factoid.
Have another Framingham Judge with 125xxx - but 1C body build date.
1B car has body number FM 056607 from build sheet - if that matters.
Jan 23 was the early Non-Pattern (pattern-plus a few more opts) Canadian car from Baltimore Plant. This was probably the 1st car built. imho
Jan 31 was the Non-Pattern Bob Longpre California car from Fremont Plant. 115xxx
(have no less than 2 other Fremont Judges with much lower VIN - 113xxx and 114xxx)
Most all others were held at Zone Lots until Feb 5th and later.
1B body date cars are the early birds.
Which one came off the line first - who knows.
Which plant started first - who knows for sure.
I think it was Baltimore, with Fremont right behind. pure speculation