Stole this one from Mark C

[Belair62]

Where in the line would a Belair cut in ??/Were they built alongside a Camaro ??? Cool.

[AnnieHartweg]

Kewl pics Jeff, thank you for sharing!
Ann

[sYc]

Hum.. I thought the full size cars were built in St.louis and the Camaros at Norwood and LA.

[Belair62]

Full size were built at a few plants but didn't know they roled up with Camaros...

[KLONECO]

maybe.............the IMPALA is carrying the parts to build the CAMAROS?...........or.......these guys are heisting RARE pieces ??????????and the IMP is a getaway mobile!

[KLONECO]

maybe the assembly line motor blew so they used her to pull the train!!!!!

[MosportGreen66]

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Hum.. I thought the full size cars were built in St.louis and the Camaros at Norwood and LA.

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Tom - I thought Corvettes were built alone at St. Louis?

[sYc]

They were, but different plants. There was a plant for 'Vettes and another one that built fullsize Chevys and pickups.

There are several guys around town here who retired from there. One I see quite often worked at both the SL and BG Corvette factorys, and Moparts' dad retired from Fisher Body, as a foreman in the paint division at the big car plant. Several years ago I had Mo's dad over at my shop and go around my Camaro explaining how the thing was built. I have pages and pages of notes from that walk around, as well as several pages of follow up notes. In addition, I still ask him questions from time to time about the process. Quite interesting to hear why things are the way they are and how Fisher Body/chevrolet did certain things.

[Pantera]

That could be a interesting subject for SCR7??? I would love to hear it. Think we could get him to share it with us?

[MosportGreen66]

Tom,

That is a very interesting topic you bring up. I was talking to a man at a local car show who worked at a Chevrolet Dealer (family owned) in NY during the early 60's. I was with a friend who was showing his 1963 Corvette Coupe. This man told us how terribly the cars were built, specifically Corvettes. He noted how bad the paint was and as a result, his dealership installed a paint booth and offered more services. He said the dealer repainted more Corvettes in the 60's then any other car; new or used. Also, he remembered one man who bought a 1963 Corvette Convertible. He ended up returning the car because the soft top would get stuck behind the rear cover. So much for buying a "trouble free" new Chevrolet. I am not knocking anyone right now, but working in a mass production factory such as a car factory cannot be easy work - work where concentration may get lost . Especially since safety rules and regulations were not installed and followed until late years (hence the lack of rear seat belts in early cars). I would think that cars would be built better if there were safety regualtions to closely follow. Buying a new Chevrolet was certainly not getting money worth. I would be fasinated to learn more about the actual assembly of original Chevys. LET US KNOW MORE!

-Dan