You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Woj

Keith, I found two of these elastic bands under the passenger side front carpet of my 1970 Chevelle, Atlanta built. Are these the plastic bands you used? When I lifted the carpet, I thought this was a snake at first. Looks like something discarded from the production line.
Phil Woj.

Looks like it, although ours were completely white rather than striped as yours appears to be.

There were a bunch of commercially available fixtures, like the rubber bands, bungees (used to support the front end of the drive shaft until engine set) etc.

And then a bunch of slave fixtures that were made locally, in the jig & fixture shop, like the master cylinder slaves, etc.

The intent was to gather them up at the point of removal and truck them back earlier in the process for re-use.

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by 1967Z28

I've got a '68 C10 pickup truck built at Fremont. Did the trucks run on a completely different assembly line there?

Yes - trucks were a separate line at Fremont.

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

In looking at the two 1964 Chevrolet assembly line photos, did they really paint the exhaust systems (but not the muffler)?

Evidentally - although that is not something we did for trucks.

There is some variation based on product ala that famous photo of the red Firebird at body marriage.

K

[m22mike]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

Not the engines, the exhaust systems:


Lee
Maybe I should have been more clear on that statement as the exhaust manifolds were on the engine when painted at the engine plant, not at assembly. Or am I missing something, that happens to us old guys

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