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Few more pics

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Few more

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Couple more. 3rd pic is from the Pontiac Assembly plant. They used GMC too.

A board member says that Pontiac used the trucks in pic 3 to transport workers around on the property from building to building.

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Few more.

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Couple from the Freemont assembly plant....these may have been posted in the 66 assembly plant thread or may be new.

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A few more pics of the assembly process from Tarrytown 1959/1960

1.These show Pouring of the hot metal from the cupola into the ladle at the foundry.
2.Machines finishing the outer ends of the rear axle housing for wheel bearings and brakes.
3.Removing of cylinder block casting from the sand mold.
4.Machine finishing the cylinder bores on v8 engine blocks.
5.Engines being run under their own power in the final engine inspection test.

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1.Inspecting the ring gear and pinions prior to assembly
2.Forming, sizing and coining (stamping) the wheel rims.
3.Coil spring for rear ends are compressed as frame moves down the line. (may have been a different process for the trucks...this is a car x frame).
4.Chassis assembly is complete and painted wheels are added.
I have many more car pics from the assembly line, but thought that some of these process's hadn't been shown here yet that I could find, and thought there might be some interest in them.

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These are some cool old pics I found.

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They look like some old NC pictures. Tons of tobacco grown in these parts of the sandhills...and a little corn shine still being made too.

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Great pictures. I was thinking the same thing. Looks like North Carolina, or a bordering state to it.

Bill

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I've heard that there is some up in VA and WV too....of course I've only heard that. :lol: I have some family in Mingo County, up in Williamson, WV and i've got some decent shine up in those parts a few years ago.

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Very cool that one car frame looks to be in the 30's or 40's resembles my 48 car frame..even the bicycle tires...keep'em coming.

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Man I love them ole pics with old cars and trucks. that's why I love watching them ole t.v. shows from when I grew up in the 70's. wished I could find some of my dad's pictures of his 71 GMC 4x4. my uncle had a lot of 50's and 70's trucks I remember a 69 he had that had a 396 in it, had the engine built up a little it was awesome, he also had a 63 Impala with a 409 dual quad 4 spd posi, sounds like a song don't it. I know this is worthless without pics, so let me do some digging.

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Rob,
Is that Lloyd Center area...?

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It's important to look your best when attempting to take over the world.

K

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The used Carryalls to shuttle the drivers back and forth between plants (on property).

K



(Map courtesy of Eric White's "Made in Pontiac" series)
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Thanks for the update Keith. Ill be sure to edit the post to reflect that.

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watching Emergency 51 on t.v. and just saw yellow 60's panel couldn't see the front.

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Wow In my past life I was a fry cook at Sambos
Restaurant in Seattle Wa on California ave
Now its a RiteAid

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I'm not sure.
Just a cool pic I found online.
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I think this is the coolest pic.
Yep, there's one of our trucks down the hill there.
Looks to be a service truck.
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Well there ya go, Rob.
I sure thought that was the Astoria-Megler Bridge....shot looking north, across the mouth of the Columbia.
But it sure isn't.

Very cool anyhow.

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Franklin Co Virginia, just below me, is known as the Moonshine Capital of the World. There has been many, but the largest Still ever was something like 30 400 Gallon Tanks. The record before that was something like 20 275 Gallon Tanks. The current record Still was located and busted-up just a short while back in the 1990's. Moonshine probably has about a 100 year history around here.

Bill

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It's the old Carquinez Bridge in Crockett, CA. .

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This is a sweet thread! Love the pictures. :smoke:

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In that first pic. on bottom left looks like a 69 Camaro with SS stripes.:chevy::flagw:

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Same bridge.

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That looks like an old Peterbilt 352 cabover and maybe an old Kenworth W-925 conventional with the tanker trailers.

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I saw that, Lugnutz.
She's looking real good, but it looks like your left park light is burned out.

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Naw, that conventional is a Pete too. Not sure if it's a 359 or earlier

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Naw! Not burned out. I was signaling to pass! LOL!!!!:metal:

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Here is a picture of my father's 1965 truck in Fairbanks, Alaska, vintage 1968 to 1970. If I remember right that is a Corvette in front to the right, it did not move in the winter. The temperature was probably 30 to 40 degrees below zero during the daytime, colder at night. In the background you can see the ice fog being made by the city coal fired power plant down on the Cheenah River, along w/some home heating furnaces. I think we could burn 500 gals of heating oil in 2-3 week period during cold spells.

Thought pic could make some feel better about cold weather we are facing this week, just think you could be in Fairbanks.

The truck did really well in the cold.
Les

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For the Fairbanks crew we lived on Gilmore St., off Airport Road toward the river.
Les

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Thanks for sharing! Love the pics with family history. I'm such a pansy when it comes to cold weather. :lol: I can't imagine living in those kinda conditions. Definitely puts things into perspective, especially when you think it's cold around here.

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Was in the 30's here this am and the old truck fired right up. Really thinking about seat warmers when I do the seat again.

Thanks for sharing the pic and does look like a vette in front of the truck. Cool pic and history.

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homina homina homina homina!

what i would do with all those beautys!

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