[Jeff Hamlin]

Originally Posted by Jeff Hamlin

last '67 was also a 6;

[YNOBIL]

Originally Posted by Jeff Hamlin

last '67 was also a 6;

When I worked at Kole Pontiac back in '67 I remember a new '67 GTO with the HO option that the factory had built with an air cleaner for the standard engine. Now I know it was probably Nadine Kuenzer who made the mistake. I pointed the mistake out to the dealership but they didn't care and delivered it to the customer the wrong air cleaner.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by YNOBIL

Now I know it was probably Nadine Kuenzer who made the mistake.

...IF...it came from the Pontiac plant....on the shift that Ms Kuenzer was working.

K

[Alvin]

Wonder if this 1973 option is available on current model?

[Chris65LeMans]

Finally - someone made a Vette that's useful for something!

[MikeNoun]

What the heck are they doing to this Chevy?

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

What the heck are they doing to this Chevy?

Yep - they are setting the front end on the chassis via "buck build".

Some plants did it as shown (the LIFE magazine Tarrytown photos show a buck build front end); some plants did "piecemeal".

In fact: sometimes it varied within the same plant.

When I was at Flint the Line 2 vehicles (Suburban and Blazer) were buck built; Line 1 (pickup) was piecemeal. Essentially the same architecture in the same plant - two different processes.

My first "real job" out of GMI was running the Line 1 Fender set area (2nd shift).

K