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Old 05-08-2008, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by johnta1
At the F-body plants, how did the 'bodies' get to the engine?
Were the engines on the subframe then mated to the body?

Yes. Engines were installed into the subframe and later "raised" into postion with the body (rather than a "body drop" as was done with a full frame vehicle).

It is described here: http://www.camaros.org/assemblyprocess.shtml

This is a little different product but should give you an idea:



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Last edited by Keith Seymore; 05-08-2008 at 02:40 PM.