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1964 GM Plant - Fremont, Ca. Pics
As promised - About 20 yrs. ago I was given two large commemorative folders from the chief of all security at the Fremont plant. These were souvenirs from the Grand opening in March 1964. Because I was into the GTO's 24/7 back in those days Mr. Gonsalves thought I would like to have them, and he was right. COOL History! Although there aren't any pics of GTO's, it still shows some OEM in color. Enjoy, Chris.
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Thanks,Chris. Mr. Gonsalves gave you a nice little gift there.Everything looks in mint condition! Larry B.
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Awesome........my 71 was made there! Neet to see that.
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Looks like the next car to drop down is a LeMans in the last pic.............JB.
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Cool pics, Chris!
I've always wanted to see how they carried the engine. That 4th pic is great.
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Thanks for sharing Chris my Lemans was built in Fremont
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Interesting. That last pic looks like it might be a slightly different view of the same car, in this previously published photo:
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It appears that the A arms in the third pic are bare metal. The forth shows them black, along with the brake line. Must have went thru the blackout process.
And the oil filter is painted blue like the engine. Last edited by 442dude; 10-17-2009 at 08:59 PM. |
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As you can see by the picture, they all rolled down the same assembly line. In my opinion Fremont made the best A Body cars. That plant must have been state of the art in it's day.
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That last picture is cool, seeing an Olds, Buick, & then a Pontiac on the same line.
Thanks for posting.
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The engine drop line has the Pontiac installed, the Buick ready, and the Olds coming to the line.
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Keith I like the guy in the pit on your pic it looks like he he has some kind of alignment tool for when they drop the body. Can anyone make out what # is on the trans? 30 or 130?
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A few more pics
More color from Fremont. I sure wish there was a GTO pic.
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Still cool pics.
We can imagine a GTO on the lifts.
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John Wallace - johnta1 Pontiac Power RULES !!! www.wallaceracing.com Winner of Top Class at Pontiac Nationals, 2004 Cordova Winner of Quick 16 At Ames 2004 Pontiac Tripower Nats KRE's MR-1 - 1st 5 second Pontiac block ever! "Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts." "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." – Socrates |
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MORE!!! This is great stuff. |
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It looks like a "30" to me; it might be the build sequence number or the last two of the VIN. My '87 pickup was number "87"! K
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Great Stuff, Thanks Guys.
The bare control arm/drum pic is interesting. I didn't think they would have been painted after the engine was set? I did note the Oil filter as that has been a pc of assy' debate for years. What also caught me was the lack of any overspray on the trans/bell. That is another pc that is always debated. Anyhow Great stuff. Keep em' coming.
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