2013 Norwood Assembly Plant Reunion and Gathering

[70 copo]

Here we go--the 2013 EXPANDED Norwood reunion/gathering will happen on July 12-13 2013 at the old GM plant site in Norwood, Ohio. The Host Hotel has plenty of rooms now at a special rate.

Meet with the people who built your car! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

Friday July 12 Meet and Greet at the Hotel-display of cars all day.
Friday evening welcome meeting for invited participants and panel discussion with Norwood plant Managers, supervisors and assembly line personnel.

Saturday July 13 Reunion and Gathering of the Norwood Built cars at the GM covered parking deck.
Saturday Evening Cruise in at the old plant outdoor GM salary personnel Parking lot - hosted by Larosa's. This will be an open public event.

If you are interested in attending the Reunion/Gathering with your Norwood built car to display-- PM me here or send an E-mail to the address listed on the book website. To cover the costs of the event there will be a nominal fee for each car registered.

Coverage of the previous 2012 event is in this Month's issue of Muscle Car Review so check it out. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

[bashton]

Great to hear this will continue; what an awesome opportunity for Norwood built car enthusiasts!

BTW; congrats on the great coverage in the new Muscle Car Review!

Bashton
MCACN Managing Member

[m22mike]

Grady and myself were very glad to have been a part of lasts years gathering, usual fun hanging out in the parking lot... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif and what a great time talking with some of the former workers, just the stories made the trip worth while, wished I still had my 56 Chevy 150 now, I would take it.

Mike

[70 copo]

Mike,

Please let Grady know he got ink in MCR from last year's event! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

[m22mike]

He knows, we get the Mag, thanks Phil.

Mike

[70 copo]

Mike,

Putting together an expanded forum discussion for Friday night.... This should be fun for everybody. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

[CamarosRus]

Interested to read what members of this forum are registered to attend the 2013 reunion

[70 copo]

Going to be a great event! It is a small event by design as participation is limited, keeping the ratio of car owners to former Norwood workers at a ratio of roughly 1 car owner to 10 or more former workers. The main event is held at the old GM factory site at Norwood in the Norwood parking garage which eliminates weather as a factor.

The plant used the same garage location for GM sales promotions for the employees when the plant operated.

The last photo in this series is from 1975... I like the Van. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

[70 copo]

The Friday Night welcome meeting will feature a movie compellation showing the plant in operation during the 1970's. Primary cars of interest include a 1970 Z28 during assembly at Fisher Body and SS-396 Camaro and Trans-AM 's on the final line over at Chevrolet Chassis.

The &quot;Meet the Makers&quot; Forum discussion Panel will be expanded to four tables this year and the Room PA system will be used. Two roving microphones will be used to gather questions from the car owners and gather answers from other retirees in the room not seated at the tables in the front.

Also each participant will receive a complete copy of the 1967 Camaro pilot production specification booklet. This will be the first public release of the car-by-car build data for each pilot built at both NOR and LOS.

[ss427copo]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CamarosRus</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Interested to read what members of this forum are registered to attend the 2013 reunion </div></div>

Chuck,
Man, I wish I could add my name to the list, I really, really do! It's just not in the cards, calendar-wise. Should be a great event too......
Jeff

[68l30]

Me too, I have a family wedding that day... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif

I've read the book cover to cover almost twice already... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

A side note....Our ocal Vocational school ( Cuyahoga County) received one of the Camaros (and a truck) after the strike. I worked on that car many times and remember the lack of VIN and the GM tag that stated the donation and could never be registered or sold...Cool car, Gulf Green 350 car...and man was it clean!!


BIG

[70 copo]

I just selected the video producers that will be doing the official plant history documentary. Yes there will be an upcoming film documentary on the Norwood Plant and its history making operations.

In the tradition of film documentary work pioneered by the likes of Ken Burns- the finished film work will likely appear on either Speed, or the Discovery family of networks when complete.

Filming and interviews will begin at the reunion. I am thinking that if you need a display example for how a car was built then the display cars will provide ample backdrop for the stories of what it was like to build them.

Phil

[ss427copo]

<span style="font-weight: bold">Well....S~~T Happens! This time for the good</span>.

Met Phil at Carlisle SLS and chatted a bit and he convinced me to bring the 69 back to where she was built in Norwood and even ordered from. (Perrysburg, Ohio ~ Schmidt Chevrolet) It worked.....I'm going!

Now if I can just convince BWAG to drive 2 hours and get his ass back in the seat after he sold the car in '74, it would be a full circle for 'Ol Yeller.

[70 copo]

Great news Jeff!!

BTW....we have a stellar line up of cars in attendance this year! If any one is still on the fence shoot me a PM<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

[CamarosRus]

The two premier restored 70' L-78's will be on hand. Mike Steitz/Forest Green (Missiouri) and Scott Kiehne/Classic Copper (Minnesota) both recipients of LEGENDS awards at the recent 2013 CAMARO Nationals. 70 L-78's are very rare these days
and these two are THE BEST !!!

Ron Liebert from PA will have his beautiful Cranberry Red 70 Z-28 there.

[70 copo]

The showcase Exposition display was full..but I just had a last minute cancellation so I have two spots that just opened up. PM Me or shoot me an E-mail if you want in. Breaking....Chevrolet (GM) just announced that they are attending!

The line up of cars for the showcase is just fantastic.

[70 copo]

Thanks for the support! The exhibition showcase area is again full. Safe driving/towing to the attendees. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

[ss427copo]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 70 copo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks for the support! The exhibition showcase area is again full. Safe driving/towing to the attendees. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif </div></div>

We are locked and loaded! Heading West.....

[Xplantdad]

Be safe Jeff!!

[70 copo]

This years event has concluded and I wanted to thank all those who attended, especially Jeff with &quot;Old Yeller&quot;

While last year's event greatly exceeded everyone's expectations for employee turn out - the down side was that we actually had a car get scratched last year with people trying to squeeze in to see it. This year was more in line with the initial attendance projections from last year which was steady and consistent all day.

The Norwood Workers greatly appreciated seeing all the great cars there and they thank all of you who attended.