Little Piece of Detroit History - ACME Manufacturing

[72heavychevy]

Originally Posted by scuncio

That's way cool! I see the current HQ is in Auburn Hills - any idea where the operations were located back in the day?

I did some digging and it seems like they were originally out of Detroit, then to Ferndale, then Madison Heights, and eventually to Auburn Hills! However I believe they had multiple locations over the years.

Here's a bit more history if you're interested -
https://www.aerospacemanufacturingan...inishing-acme/

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

It's pretty typical for folks around here to make a going away or retirement gift, especially when they "make things" for a living.

My dad worked at Chevrolet Pressed Metal (aka "Chevy in the Hole") as a die maker for 26 years (32 years total with GM). He said at one point they did a run of 1/4 scale oil pans to check the draw and material flow of a new design.

For quite a while after that anybody that retired or left the group got a chromed 1/4 scale oil pan mounted to a wooden plaque as a parting gift.

The gifts that come from "the guys" are always the ones that mean the most.



I think ACME made the machines that polished the parts, rather than supplying the polished parts themselves.

K

Very cool! Yeah, I've seen a few different retirement gifts like this, however I like how this one uses the actual trim pieces and the Fisher Body logo you'd find on a door sill.

And it seems they did manufacture the machines, but I was assuming they did some of the polishing too based on the job title listed as "Acme Polish Operator". I really don't know!

Originally Posted by Burd

There used to be Acme Paints too, same company?
Very cool plaque.

Not sure! Based on the history I've found they seem to be different companies.