Stole this one from Mark C

[WANNA BE SYC]

Nice pics Jeff thanks for sharing

[copo9566aa]

Great Pics Thanks for sharing
I have one from a magazine but 1974 Camaro

[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

[sYc]

I think the part that surprised me the most was when he explained to me that the cars were not built soley by Chevrolet, but Fisher Body (firewall back) and Chevrolet (front clip and assembled the car). Two seperate companies, two seperate buidlings, side by side, building one car. Even more amazing, the firewall back was painted by Fisher body, the front clip by Chevrolet, using seperate paint systems/booths.

[Mark_C]

Here you go. End of the line, notice all the other models in the background. Belairs, other Camaros.

[JChlupsa]

Awesome pics Mark, Mahalo for the hindsight of saving them and not letting them get tossed out.

[Kurt S]

Notice the earthquake reinforced roof.

Here's about all you wanted to know about the production process.
http://www.camaros.org/assemblyprocess.shtml