Got to drive my new C6 off the assembly line today

[mhassett]

Phil, I was talking to a lady that Water Tested my VETTE and she was transfered from Norwood Camaro Plant and she said there was a Very Good Chance that the Camaro would be built at Bowling Green. She hoped it wouldn't because she said they would be too crowded with the XLR/VETTE/Camaro.
Mark

[CamarosRus]

Mark, When I was the Vette Plant Tour, they were building some of the 1st ZO-6's that were earmarked for test purposes and engineering (not the normal dealer order cars). I was just a regular tour person, and had short misc conversations with a few of the workers.
I recall our tour guide saying that 17-18 Vettes were built per hour.....and the assy line moved at something like 1/2 mile per hour snaking for ?? miles around that HUGE building. You see a very limited amount of the actual assy being done, but very interesting none the less.

[Mr70]

Rus
Are these tours you speak of,open to the public?

[mhassett]

Rick, there are Public Tours and then if you are having a VETTE Built you get to WALK the ASSEMBLY LINE with your CAR. We got there Wednesday at 6:30 A.M. and left when our VETTE was FINISHED at 3:00 P.M. (the car was Painted on Monday, Tuesday it was started to be built.
It was a Real Experience to actually watch your car being built.
Just waiting now to get the car.
Mark

[Eddie M.]

Mark.....I have a 02 blue c5 is your color the same? its called electron blue

[mhassett]

Ed, the Blue for 2006 is called "LeMANS BLUE" it doesn't look like the LeMans Blue that is on the 69 Cars. We really liked the blue but couldn't deceide on the interior - we changed it from gray to Cashmere.
Mark

[Eddie M.]

sounds cool....that color looks darker to me then the lemans blue....I like it....good luck with it
Eddie

[SS427]

The public tours are cool but the private ones are priceless. Much more in depth explanations, up close and personal, you can go places the other tours won't take you, you get to start one of the cars and get a certificate and build sheet from that car, and you get to run the car through the dyno. Some of us have even gotten lucky enough to take the car out onto the track as each and every Vette is put through the paces on the track. As it was put to me after seeing this, the tour guide said they would rather have the car break while in their care then when the new owner has it. Unreal.

[enio45]

Mark, congrats on the car . .really cool to watch it being built. I did something simular with my 02 360 ferrari and my friend is the CIO for Ferrari, as a very special favor . . he sent one of his technology guys down to the assembly line over the week and they took 250 photos of the car being built. Absolutely priceless pics that i have with the car. The new vettes have the ferrari look to then with the headlamps and for 1/3rd the price....hmmmm!!

[mhassett]

Chuck, I kind of wish I would have got the "MUSEUM DELIVERY" it's too late now -- I was just worried about trailering it home if the weather was bad.
Mark