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Ralph Spears
03-06-2021, 11:26 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3L-nJMyMPI
WILMASBOYL78
03-07-2021, 12:35 AM
Only one word...CLASSIC!!!

-wilma
Keith Seymore
03-07-2021, 01:15 AM
Cute!

My goodness! I can't imagine an auto manufacturer allowing that these days!

They have a cow if you touch a car without all your PPE on.

I guess that would be The Rouge, in operation since 1928.

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Tracker1
03-07-2021, 01:19 AM
Brilliant proof that music videos didn't start with MTV
Kurt S
03-07-2021, 02:39 AM
I knew of that video, but never saw it.
Yup, the Rouge. Making F150's nowadays.
Lee Stewart
03-07-2021, 11:39 AM
Nowhere To Run by Martha & the Vandellas was Motown's first music video
Too Many Projects
03-07-2021, 01:32 PM
Never had anything like that go on at the St. Paul plant in '71-72.
The guy attaching the front fender couldn't keep his eyes off them either...:grin:
Keith Seymore
03-07-2021, 01:42 PM
It should be mentioned that visitors can tour The Rouge plant during working hours.

The tours are are administrated by and depart from the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan.

https://www.thehenryford.org/visit/ford-rouge-factory-tour/
Keith Seymore
03-07-2021, 01:45 PM
The guy attaching the front fender couldn't keep his eyes off them either...:grin:

Those were the days when the appearance of any female on the shop floor would result in a wave of whoops and hollers.

You could track the individual's progress by where the sound was coming from.

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Burd
03-07-2021, 01:59 PM
I wonder who got a factory Martha hair in their paint on their hood.
bwag
03-07-2021, 02:26 PM
In 1967 our Rossford Ohio Senior Class did Detroit for a day , Greenfield Village , Henry Ford Museum and the River Rouge plant where they were building Mustangs and Cougars on the same floor. The controlled chaos and engines revving and tires squealing met our approval to finish our tour !!
Too Many Projects
03-07-2021, 09:23 PM
I wonder who got a factory Martha hair in their paint on their hood.
What are you thinking happened on a hood ??:hmmm:
njsteve
03-08-2021, 11:46 PM
So many OSHA violations in one video. I lost count. ;-)
Kurt S
03-09-2021, 02:17 AM
It should be mentioned that visitors can tour The Rouge plant during working hours.

The tours are are administrated by and depart from the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan.

https://www.thehenryford.org/visit/ford-rouge-factory-tour/

It's up in a mezzanine, looking down. A good tour, but not the same as being on the floor. If you're local, your library may have tickets that you can 'borrow'.
Keith Seymore
03-09-2021, 12:52 PM
It's pretty sanitized, I imagine on account of the sheer number of civilians passing through.

I've mentioned this before, but I used to give the tours at Flint Assembly when I was an engineering student there. Basically a quick pass up and down the "Main Aisle" between the final lines (Line 1 = pickup; Line 2 = Blazer/Suburban).

People would stand and watch the body drop for as long as you would let them.

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Keith Seymore
03-09-2021, 02:52 PM
I wonder who got a factory Martha hair in their paint on their hood.

There's a hair in the paint of my GTO.

It doesn't look like Martha's hair, though.

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Lee Stewart
03-09-2021, 03:08 PM
So many OSHA violations in one video. I lost count. ;-)

OHSA was established in 1971 BTW.
Too Many Projects
03-09-2021, 10:34 PM
I've mentioned this before, but I used to give the tours at Flint Assembly when I was an engineering student there.

People would stand and watch the body drop for as long as you would let them.

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When I worked at the St Paul plant, the body drop was cool, but the front clip always amazed me, how quickly those guys steered the whole thing into place and dropped the core support on the bolts. It was bolted up and getting adjusted in like 10 seconds.
Bill Pritchard
03-10-2021, 12:12 AM
Saw that Martha & the Vandellas video on PBS last night, on the 'Murray the K' special. Lots of other great vintage 'music videos' also. That's Murray the K you see in the hat at the very beginning of the video, and he's also the one driving the Mustang off of the line at the end. Some great music from years past....
Keith Seymore
03-10-2021, 05:14 PM
When I worked at the St Paul plant, the body drop was cool, but the front clip always amazed me, how quickly those guys steered the whole thing into place and dropped the core support on the bolts. It was bolted up and getting adjusted in like 10 seconds.

Front end sheetmetal install: Tended to vary based on whatever is was en vogue at the time. When I started in Flint, Line 1 pickups were built piecemeal (radiator support set loosely on the chassis, then LH fender, then RH fender, then hood) but Line 2 Blazer/Suburban was "buck build" as shown here. Same product, under the same roof; two different processes.

My first "real job" after graduating from GMI was as a production supervisor, Line 1 Fender Set area, second shift. We did it piecemeal, then, too. Line rate was 60 jobs per hour, or one completed vehicle per minute, so we had about 45 seconds to get both front fenders on.

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Burd
03-10-2021, 09:37 PM
Back in 6th grade, we did an overnight field trip to the Henry Ford. We did the museum, Village and we got to use the Olympic Swimming pool. I don’t remember what car was being built, I do remember watching the windshields being made. I remember the hot steel, not sure if it was part of Ford casting. It was a good time.