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Old 09-19-2017, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by scuncio View Post
Just thinking out loud, I suspect that is Flint Assembly, where engines would have been shipped from other plants to install in any of the Chevy vehicles supported by that plant.
You are correct. I have seen this photo attributed to the Flint Assembly archives on other forums.

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Originally Posted by travlnz28 View Post
Painted bell housings on the big block and unpainted on the small block. I guess I just find that curious.
That's because they are from different engine plants: Big blocks from Tonawanda; small blocks from the V8 plant in Flint.

The V8 plant, Metal Fab and Flint Assembly are all co-located on the same piece of property, bounded by Bristol Rd and Van Slyke to the east and south, and surrounded by I-69 and I-75. GMARC, or the GM Assembly Research Center (where the first 300 Corvettes were assembled), was also located on the North-East corner of the same property.

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