factory 65 chevy assembly picture

[63 Spud]

Originally Posted by 65chevysub

Thats a cool picture. Where did you find it? I need to print out one for my collection.

Click on the link in post #210.

[65chevysub]

Originally Posted by jonzcustomshop

I found this one interesting, a 60-63 (plant was built in 63, and this photo is from the construction) and this truck looks to have dual rear wheels and some sort of fender flare.....
pic is a little higher quality on oem's link---

I have this picture in my binder of the Fremont assembly plant for my Suburban that came from there. On the next page is the same water tower laying on the ground when they knocked it down to become NUMMI uilding Toyotas...yuck!

[RANDY COX]

WOWZA, For some reason I thought that all the trucks were 2-tone with white tops but guess I was wrong..but those are waaaaaaaaay KOOL Pixs....

[1963c-10]

Cool thread, just wanted to bring it back up.

[yote1234]

ttt

[65chevysub]

Seeing the Youtube slides reminds me of a really cool Chevrolet ad for the 65 Chevy cars: Nova, Corvette, Corvair and Impala. All done by the cast of Bonanza with actresses from Bewitched as well. Do a search under; 1965 Chevrolet ads.

[jonzcustomshop]

1960

[jonzcustomshop]

very neat GMC picture.. I guess these are leaving the assembly line.....

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by jonzcustomshop

very neat GMC picture.. I guess these are leaving the assembly line.....

That is called a “Factory Drive-a-way”.

If you were a customer with a large fleet order you could make arrangements to travel to the assembly plant to pick the vehicles up and drive them home.

This photo was taken in front of the Medium Duty plant in Pontiac, Michigan on South Boulevard (no longer there).

K

[aerotruk63]

At one time , I had a fan deck of special colors GMC offered to it's fleet customers. If you bought a quantity , they would paint them right at the factory your colors and combinations.
You could specify tires for each axle and spare when ordering new.

[factorystock]

Big thanks oem4me for transferring this great photo to the assembly thread. I agree this must the Canadian line. American GMC pickups did not have series indentification emblems, the first truck has emblems on upper cowl ( '65 Chevy location) The absence of V6 emblems is more fuel for the argument, but not enough alone, since straight sixes were available in both American and Canadian '64-'65 GMC's. I also agree the first truck sports a special order fleet paint job.

[The Rocknrod]

[Lokin4AReason]

Love seeing all tnese foto(s) and technical detail(s) . . .

A lost age of mechanical assembly due to electronic(s) . . .

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Lokin4AReason

Love seeing all tnese foto(s) and technical detail(s) . . .

A lost age of mechanical assembly due to electronic(s) . . .

They are still built that way.

After all, the electrical guys have to have someplace to put all those electronics.

K

[factorystock]

Question to Keith, how where the tailgate letters painted? Thinking of a stepside in particular. Assuming a large stencil with all the letters at one time. Was it a large piece that locked into position at all four corners of the tailgate? Was it made out of wood? Would think a stencil made out of steel would nick the contrasting paint.

[factorystock]

More GMC's with chrome.

[factorystock]

Heavy GMC chassis. Notice how area behind grill is blacked out pre '64, similar to Chevy. GMC should have kept the area blacked '64-'66. What were they thinking Dream job would have been working for GMC from 1950-1980, such a unique and interesting era, can't say that post 1980, the start of the decline.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by factorystock

Question to Keith, how where the tailgate letters painted? Thinking of a stepside in particular. Assuming a large stencil with all the letters at one time. Was it a large piece that locked into position at all four corners of the tailgate? Was it made out of wood? Would think a stencil made out of steel would nick the contrasting paint.

Sorry I missed this earlier:

They used a stencil. Back then made out of steel sheet, these days we use a mylar film.

The stencil is laid over the tailgate and then the color sprayed.

Over a period of time the stencil will accumulate some build up of overspray which must be cleaned or the stencil disposed of.

K

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

They used a stencil. Back then made out of steel sheet, these days we use a mylar film.

The stencil is laid over the tailgate and then the color sprayed.

Thanks, kind of figured. Must have been a large stencil to prevent overspray on the rest of the tailgate

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by yelmer

thought this looked cool 65 chevy build

Originally Posted by collins10672

those trucks were probably built in a west coast factory since the firewall is body color and not the interior fawn color like most east coast trucks were.

This is Flint Assembly in Flint Michigan.

You can see body drop is taking place at column number "X-22".

In this photo of Flint body drop during the square body era (1979) you can see the column marked "X-22". Line 2 Blazer/Suburban.

Most factory photos are taken in Flint or Pontiac, due to their proximity to "headquarters" (either the engineering staff in Pontiac or the GM Tech Center in Warren).

They wouldn't be taken at a satellite location unless there was some specific and compelling reason to travel (eg, plant opening in Fremont, or new model that's not built in the home plant area, etc).

K

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Most factory photos are taken in Flint or Pontiac, due to their proximity to "headquarters" (either the engineering staff in Pontiac or the GM Tech Center in Warren).

Very true from my findings. Brand new truck photos on the west coast are usually on haulaway trailers or at dealerships.