Picked this table ashtray up recently and realized that my '69 cuda had the Outer Drive body stamp on it. Jan 30. Never knew what the OD designated
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vintage MoPar 8 Mile ash tray
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for those of us who are a little slow "Outer Drive"?????
From what I understand it was the location of the body stamping facility. I found this stamping on my trunk lip but didn't know what it meant until a friend of mine who worked for Chrysler back in the late sixties enlightened me. The road was named Outer Drive and the facility was named Outer Drive Stamping. The date indicates the day my A56 cuda was stamped into a cuda shape. lol
Built in 1938 by Briggs, the Detroit plant was purchased by Chrysler in 1956. Because of its location on Outer Drive (near 8 Mile Road), it was named Outer Drive Stamping; in 1983, stamping operations were moved out and tool and die work was moved from Vernor Tool & Die (which was closed). The plant, now including pilot plant operations and engineering for new stamping technologies, was renamed Outer Drive Manufacturing Technology Center. -Google
Now you can be a little faster
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