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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy
In spite of considering myself to be an "old school" mechanic, I couldn't find the bottle opener that I thought was in my tool box.
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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy
Today is a special day; it's my "Seniority date".
It was 31 years ago today that I started at Chevrolet Flint Assembly! K ![]()
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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy
Congrats Keith! You've been an inspiration to us all!
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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy
Congratulations. Is that a 31 year old bottle of Coke? Here in the southwest, the Mexican supermarkets sell Coke in an old style bottle like that - imported from Mexico made with real cane sugar, not high fructose corn syrup. They cost about $1 per bottle.
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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy
Yes - I was saving it for my daughter's wedding....
![]() ...I'm kidding, of course. I got that at Costco, and it is as you say - bottled in Mexico with real cane sugar. In spite of my highly specialized Coke tastebuds, I haven't been able to tell much of a difference so far (other than the bottles are so danged cute). K
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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy
The Mexican Cokes have been sold around here for a while now too. I can tell a difference and it makes for a nice change of pace every now and again.
And like you said, it's cool to drink it from a bottle ![]()
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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy
Dig the tow bar pics. Cold beverages taste much better out of glass than plastic or aluminum imo
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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy
A little truck just like yours passed me today, it looked pretty nice but im sure it wasn't as nice as yours.
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Hi Keith
Great post... i was reading it at work yesterday but it blocked pics so i sent it to my laptop you are a resource for info! im restoring an old 74 K5 ... NY has taken its toll on an old GA truck but its worth saving IMO. hey BTW you can open those cokes with a Bic Lighter ( I know from my old days drinking Bud Longnecks and Blues....LOL ill show ya sometime.. nice to meet a real GM guy...
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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy
A couple notable updates:
a) I forgot to mention, but back more towards the first part of the month I participated in a car show with the truck. It was hosted by a friend of mine, and he was always supportive of me when I was doing a local church sponsored show, so I wanted to be there and show him support for his show. The weather was really awful, so rather than taking one of the Pontiacs I decided to take the truck. Drove it over there (in the rain) and didn't even wipe it off during the judging. You probably have already guessed where this is heading: I won "Best Truck"... ![]() ![]() b) Also - I'm now a "double member" of the board. I bought a '97 Suburban earlier this week. We have enough drivers at home that we needed one more vehicle, and decided this one needed to have passenger carrying capability. Bought it from the original owner, super well maintained - and - it didn't hurt that it was "black"! ![]() Should have no problem hauling kids or (...hidden agenda...) pulling the trailer. K
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Did you use the Duplicolor aerosol cans to paint the metal on your interior and door jams? How is it holding up? Getting ready to do my 87 V2500 and am curious.
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Yes - it is holding up fine. K
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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy
Keith- I have a couple of questions for you about my newly purchased suburban...How can I get the paint codes from the custom paint job that was done I assume by a dealership as a conversion package? And Do All trucks have the VIN# etched into every window. This is the first time I've actually noticed the etching in the lower corner of all 8windows. (Barn doors)
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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy
Regarding paint codes: you'll have to get those through the dealer (or whomever did the "conversion", like Starcraft). Those paint stripes happened some time after final assembly.
Similarly, the VIN etching is not something that was required at the time nor was it done at the assembly plant. Probably something the dealership did as well. K PS - I was just thinking about those power mirrors the other day. In hindsight, I can't believe we actually did that (lol).
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The previous owner said he took the ground effects step piece off the spanned from the from wheel well to wheel well. There are no stickers that indicate where the conversion was done. I'm in the process of changing to white painted bumpers and white grill. I think will give it a nice clean appearance. As always thanks for your insight.
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Wow What a resume Keith U rock sir u will defintely be an asset Welcome to the Site i know my self i have built 3 of these trucks my favorite year is the 87 i love the tbi i have an 87 GMC and a custom deluxe I love my Chevy IM A BOWTIE DRIVER AND LOVER FOR LIFE GM ROCKS nothin runs like a Chevy
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Which ones are you bringing to the car show on the 28th? I know the truck will be there LOL! I thought about bringing mine (hoping to get ugliest truck) but right now the trans is down and the diesel has a serious miss (I'm hoping injector...)
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I was thinking about bringing the Grand Prix/GTO combination, but didn't get a response from car show organizers about special parking.
As such, I signed up yesterday to bring the truck... K
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Hello Keith, I have a question. Do you know if GM ever produced a truck like ours with fog lights in the air dam? I have a friend that says that he has seen some and was once asked if his truck had fog lights when buying an air dam replacement at the dealer. Let me know what you think. Thanks
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Must have been an aftermarket part. K
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Yay! Assemble on, my Flint Assembly brothers! ![]() Actually, I'm building Volts in Hamtramck and Opels at the PreProduction site in Warren. But - as the saying goes - "once a trucker, always a trucker". ![]()
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WOW!! FLINT ASSY. IS UP & RUNNING AGAIN. IT'S BEEN ABOUT 20 YEARS SINCE I'VE EVEN BEEN BY THERE, & I THOUGHT THE OLD BUILDING HAD BEEN TORN DOWN. THATS GREAT NEWS. THERE WAS AN AWFUL LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE THERE. IT'S TOO BAD WE DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER BACK IN THE EIGHTIES WHEN WE WERE BOTH THERE. I BET WE WOULD HAVE BEEN FRIENDS.
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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy
wow love your story
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Re: Intro from an old Assembly Plant guy
I forgot to mention here that last Wednesday was the GM Tech Center Employee car show...
It was supposed to rain late in the day, so I took the truck - ![]() Not much attention paid to the lil Red pickup; certainly not as much as the Lotus Seven to my left, or to the original owner '58 (that had been drag raced since '58) on my right. As if on cue, here came the rain! ![]() ![]() Complete set of show pics can be found here, if any are interested: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=414059 K
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