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Old 06-21-2011, 10:39 PM   #81
markeb01
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Re: factory 65 chevy assembly picture

Cool story, thanks for sharing.


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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore View Post
My dad built the die used to manufacture the grille in that truck.

It had small rectangular punches to form the grid pattern, and those punches were prone to breaking off (which causes you to run scrap parts).

Some of you might be familiar with the GM Suggestion program, where submitters could be paid for ideas that saved the corporation money: Dad made enough in suggestion money off that grille project that he was able to pay cash for our first pickup, a '69 GMC.

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