Old Picture of Flint MI Plant>Chevy Cars & Trucks Being Assembled

[77 ChevySport]

Hay Keith Seymore: Just curious>do you of any other GM plant that had "parallel assembly lines" like this?? Larry

[Keith Seymore]

None that come to mind.

St Louis built both passenger cars and truck (and Corvettes) but I believe they were separate facilities.

Oshawa also built both passenger cars and trucks, but I believe that was also separate facilities.

When I started at Flint they built Pickups on Line 1 (60 jobs per hour) and Blazer/Suburban on Line 2 (36 jobs per hour). We were the only plant producing GM SUVs at the time.

The area between the two final lines was called "the Main Aisle" and that's were all of the plant tours and public festivities took place.

For more Flint Assembly pics see:http://www.73-87.com/7387info/Assembly%20Line.htm

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K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by 77 ChevySport

Hay Keith Seymore: Just curious>do you of any other GM plant that had "parallel assembly lines" like this?? Larry

I wasn't satisfied with my answer and wanted to verify with a series of charts that I created with a friend:

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=614225

Unfortunately he passed away and the charts are locked up in his photobucket account.

I see in the thread that I printed a set of hardcopies for review. If I stumble across those I'll let you know if I find something different.

K

[v30crewcab]

where did your family move from Keith?

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by v30crewcab

where did your family move from Keith?

Southeast Missouri (the part that looks like a “Boot Heel”); my mom is from Kennett and my dad is from Senath. They moved north in 1955 .

I was working in Wentzville a couple years ago and it occurred to me: hey – why did my family moved to Michigan? Why didn’t they just go to St. Louis or Kansas City to work for GM?

(Lol)