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Old 07-08-2014, 07:35 AM   #8
Keith Seymore
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Re: Square under the skin

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Originally Posted by mikentosh View Post
Keith, what year did they start dipping the cabs?

I was thinking you would be one of the few people on the board who's seen it all under the skin
It varied by assembly plant but we started dipping pickups in Flint around '78 or '79. The equipment was installed and functioning right before I started.

Line 2 (Blazer and Suburban) was a little before that.

It had a very distinctive smell. You could smell it as you drove by on I-69 or I-75.

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