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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Pike County, KY
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Where was your truck made?
Does the location of the plant your truck made tell something about the quality of it?
I’m starting to think so. After reviewing a few trucks, I've discovered that the Canadian trucks seem to be built better. For example they seem to seam seal a little better, paint under the dash, etc. It could be that they are built better to handle the environment up there. What's your all's thoughts on this? Even if there isn't one best plant. What would be the perfect combo of plants? Like paint from one plant, drive-train from another, etc.
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Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires
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My truck was built in St. Louis. Seems pretty well built to me.
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Washington State
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There's even people who think the day of the week will decide the quality...
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Parksville, B.C. Canada
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Oshawa, Ontario, Canada The same place my wife is from.And my father-in-law used to work at the very plant my truck was built at. There may be some cosmic forces at work here.
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: South Texas....the Valley
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Not sure on mine.....was there a plant in Atlanta?
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Nebraska
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My Blazer came out of St. Louis. It has been in Nebraska all its life and seems to be doing o.k.
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Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Nebraska
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Assembly Plants
atlanta, flint, janesville, baltimore, fremont, norwood, pontiac, tarrytown, st.louis, oshawa, kansas city LMC lists all of these as assembly plants.
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#9 |
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Louisville, Ky
Posts: 329
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My trucks canadian! Oshawa. And thousands of people put their hands on these trucks and I'm sure some were better at tehir job than others.
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: The TAX State!
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Mine was built right here in Baltimore!
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Northern CA / Sac
Posts: 1,056
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Fremont, Ca
Less than two hours away, but was sent, sold and lived most of it's life in Southern California.
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Quote:
![]() Since mine spent it's life In Texas, It's been a rust free life. I'm gonna try my best to keep it that way too. I've never bought into the whole Built on Friday BAD, built on Wednesday GOOD crap. ![]() I've always wondered who has the lowest sequence number out of all the members on here that were built from St. Louis plant? ![]() I got: 184124
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Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires
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Location: Greenville, SC
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I think that means your truck was # 84,124. My truck also spent most of it's life in brownsfield, tx before it made its was to SC sometime in the early 90's, then NY in 96 and back to sc in '02 to present. Was never driven in snow.
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Austin, TX
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Mine was built in Atlanta. Its fared OK throughout the years besides having hundreds of thousands of miles put on it, and road salt slowly eat it away.....
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Reading PA
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mine was made in pontiac michigan.. and it became a rust bucket in michigan too !!!
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: sw colorado
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the only one i know is my green K20 it was made in janesville. the other two are conglomerations of different trucks
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Farmersville, TX - Northeast of Dallas
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Mine was built in St. Louis and is in pretty good shape considering it was not very loved until I got it. I am trying make it purty again as money permits.
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: South Texas....the Valley
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Atlanta it is !
Thanks 67ChevyRedneck ! |
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[QUOTE=67ChevyRedneck]I think that means your truck was # 84,124. /QUOTE]
Duh. ![]() ![]() I was asking who has the lowest production number from the trucks on this board that were built at the St. Louis Plant. Example: My number is 184124. Golly gee, since your truck was built in St. Louis too, what is your number? And so on and so on. I'm not picking on you(well, not that hard anyway), cause I think you misunderstood what I was asking.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: San Jose Ca.
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Fremont ca. Just up the road a piece.
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Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires
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Location: Greenville, SC
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I know what you were asking. I don't have my trucks vin # here at work. All I was sayin was your # is pretty high.
example: 100781 = 781st Unit Built Your truck would be #84124 unit built, not 184124 That is still a high number, must have been made at the end of the year.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Ohio
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Baltimore
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Manchester, TN
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Chalk another one up for St. Louis. #679351 so I'm out of the running for lowest number..........Who's got the highest.
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Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires
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Is that even possible?? I think they made a little less than a million trucks in 71. Don't make sense that one plant out of 11 would have made over half the trucks???
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#25 |
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: long island, new york
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mine was uilt in tarrytown ny i spent the first 6 trs of my life in that town what quincidence, -kyle
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