Vintage Chev Assembly plant video

[DW31S]

Simply amazing that type of technology even existed back then. Now think of this----toake the frame, that machine that "assembled" them had to be thought of, designed and manufacturd. Same with the hydraulic press that stamped out the body panels.
I like the guy finding the dent in the roof while he was wearing gloves.

[Keith Seymore]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GaryC</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It's amazing to watch how everything works as a unit. I bet it was a nightmare to isolate when a line got out of phase somewhere. </div></div>

Yep - it's not too bad as long as everything keeps flowing.

But - introduce a change to a part, or get out of sequence, or model change over: what a mess!

I've always said &quot;...building a million is easy; building the first one is hard.&quot;

K

[Keith Seymore]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Keith Seymore</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GaryC</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It's amazing to watch how everything works as a unit. I bet it was a nightmare to isolate when a line got out of phase somewhere. </div></div>

Yep - it's not too bad as long as everything keeps flowing.

But - introduce a change to a part, or get out of sequence, or model change over: what a mess!

I've always said &quot;...building a million is easy; building the first one is hard.&quot;

K
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This really hits close to home this week; I'm in Wentzville, MO building future model year vans on the current production assembly line.

Holy crap! - what a mess. I've been doing this for 35 years and I'm still amazed we can put anything together at all....

K