[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

I'm going to assign some recommended reading:

One more - this page from the Camaro Research Group is the best there is in terms of documenting the assembly process. The assembly process is slightly different for full-frame vehicles vs unibody but you get the idea.

One other minor difference would be that, for the Pontiac Michigan location, all the activities took place on the same piece of property. Engines were cast, machined and built in the same facility while bodies were built up, painted and trimmed out. The length of time from when my cylinder block and heads were cast until the completed vehicle shipped was 9 days for my September of 1964 built '65 GTO.

http://camaros.org/assemblyprocess.shtml

If you can find copies of Eric White's "Made in Pontiac" series it is also very good. Written by a good friend it includes plant layouts and is based on an interview with an hourly employee from the Pontiac plant. This was also printed in the aforementioned "Smoke Signals" magazine as a multiple part series. I had powerpoint copies at one time but may have lost them when I had to give my laptop back when I retired.


Understanding the assembly process is crucial. I've found one has to know the process limitations if you are going to figure out how to circumvent them (whether legitimately or illegitimately).

K