Re: 1969 Camaro Special Order Paint Process
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bergy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Phil - I know that the Norwood assembly workers don't all have the skill and/or desire to write a book. That's where your presence has been invaluable. It would be really cool, however, if one or two of the most knowledgeable of those workers could participate directly in a forum like this. Can you encourage them to do that? I actually worked at St. Louis and Tonawanda during late 60's & throughout the 70s, but I never worked at Norwood. It would be great for us to be able to ask the actual worker(s) questions in a forum like this. Many of the members here won't be traveling to the Norwood events. It would be a real service to our hobby if you could encourage them to check in with us once in a while.
I'm a geezer now, but at 28 years of age I was promoted to superintendent of production at Chevrolet. At 26 I was senior engineer in charge of troubleshooting quality & special projects. So, I got to see and experience a lot the production processes. It would be great to be able to "compare notes" on this site with others who had production experience. Memories fade (I know that mine does!). </div></div>
I just had this discussion with them about this over the past few days. I was promptly reminded that I had written a book, and was working on a documentary and that is how we had jointly agreed to put a public face on the worker experiences.
I was cooked when both guys pointed out how the original owner was chastised for what they termed "straight talk" about his car. Bottom line was that they were clear the hobby issues on the internet were "my job" to communicate.
I cannot blame them [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] .
They prefer personal interaction face to face. That are what the events are for.
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