Original GM photo prints

[DirtyLarry]

I thought you might enjoy taking a peek as at small piece of my stash of original 8.5x11 black and white GM photo prints. I picked up about an 8 inch tall pile of these old black and white photo prints when I worked at the Chevrolet Customer Assistance Center years ago in Troy, MI. CAC was basically bootcamp when starting a career on the customer relations side of the business back then. This is pretty much all that I have for '73 - '87 trucks photo prints. I couldn't resist passing them up as were going into the trash anyway.

[bulky]

Cool photos. I wish I had a garage like that.

[Srubydo1986]

wow dude that awsome my trucks from flint michigan i wonder if in the picture some were

[DirtyLarry]

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[bigblock73]

Larry, those are sweeeeeet!!

Here are some I have.

http://www.73-87.com/7387info/Assembly%20Line.htm
http://www.73-87.com/7387info/Clay%20Models.htm
http://www.73-87.com/7387info/Paint%20Schemes.htm
http://www.73-87.com/7387info/Misc%20Images.htm

[DirtyLarry]

Here are a few more...

[cochino12]

Very cool!! I really like the first one

[mySAVIOReigns]

Wow that is AWESOME!

[84 400]

wow ! My dads side of the family is from flint ( were he grew up) My uncal has worked for Gm his whole life on the assembly line. I wonder if he was in the flint truck plant at this time. I know he did the pin stripping on the line for some time. Yeah by hand! So any of you flint truck owners with factory pin stripping there is a good chance. He then went to potiac were he hand painted. Then i dont know were. Now he is working in the HD plant in MI. It is eather in Flint or in Pontiac MI. He assembles the door panals on the 2500 Hd's and up. I really wish my truck was from Flint!! ahh well. Cool pics man

[DirtyLarry]

Originally Posted by 84 400

wow ! My dads side of the family is from flint ( were he grew up) My uncal has worked for Gm his whole life on the assembly line. I wonder if he was in the flint truck plant at this time. I know he did the pin stripping on the line for some time. Yeah by hand! So any of you flint truck owners with factory pin stripping there is a good chance. He then went to potiac were he hand painted. Then i dont know were. Now he is working in the HD plant in MI. It is eather in Flint or in Pontiac MI. He assembles the door panals on the 2500 Hd's and up. I really wish my truck was from Flint!! ahh well. Cool pics man

That's pretty cool! Hopefully, your uncle isn't one of the UAW fellas standing around with their hands in their pockes in the background of this picture.

I love this picture. Classic UAW (U Ain't Workin).

[wedgemon]

I like the Fro and Slacks - classic retro seventies!!

[boatpuller]

I like the Fro and Slacks - classic retro seventies!!

yeah man,those are groovy.

[Srubydo1986]

cool ur uncle my have done mine the its an orange pin strip brown body

[BowTieOgre]

That first pic makes me weak in the knees.

[86swb]

I did not know they did any painting by hand. Thought all was done by robots.

[beaterC10]

Where is the photo of the rust being added during assembly. I know these trucks came new with rusty rockers and corners.

[7T7]

Very cool pictures!!!

You know this guy was blowing some multi colored boogies at the end of the day.

[84 400]

Not in those days. actually if i am rembering this right the last Gm car that was hand painted was the 96 impala ss. For trucks i do not rember. IOT is really cool though cause you can find the little inperfections and human error that give your truck its style. It is really too bad what Gm did in flint though. Place has never come back. I saw a documentary and they showed the last truck to roll off the line in flint in 86 ( it think). Was red and somthing else. It is a shame.

Also he may have painted your pinstripe. I did not even know he did them untill my dad told me last year. I new he worked in the plants but never knew he did pinstripes. If i had know that i would have asked him to do something on my truck some time. He is a cool guy, and still has his first car a 78 corvette he bought new with his employee discount.

Thanks agian for posting the pics i will dwonload them and send them to him

[jeffspower]

I think they skipped the procedure in pic #5 on most of the trucks I have had

[7T7]

Originally Posted by beaterC10

Where is the photo of the rust being added during assembly. I know these trucks came new with rusty rockers and corners.

Hehe!
I don't think this guy was at work the day my truck rolled through.

[Zoomad75]

Larry. I forgot you had these. When I left I snagged all the Corvette and nascar photos. Its fun to use the wayback machine and see how they did it then.

I think this guy was sick the day my doors passed by him!

[84 400]

oh also i found this cool list of all the plants gm has and when they opened and closed.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GM_factories

for anyone that was currious

I am pretty sure that is Flint assembly #1 which is still open. Just guessing because it has the suberbans and k5's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_Truck_Assembly

[Srubydo1986]

that rust inhibiting materal that hes injecting in the door is in my siverado cause ever so offten i have a rubber boot that say rust inhibiter the company name on them says zebarts (spelling may be of but thats how its said)

[KIILew]

Awesome thread and pictures!