How about a NEW squarebody?

[RetroC10Sport]

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[RetroC10Sport]

Looks like a pair of K5s on the back.

 

[Keith Seymore]

There are some photos on line.that shows the pickups being built.some line guys i think put the photos on line..they worked the line.for years and retired.there..

http://www.73-87.com/7387info/Assembly Line.htm

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The guy is not retired, though; he's still working everyday.

K

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Intro from an Old Assembly Plant Guy: http://www.gmsquarebody.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13399

 

[RetroC10Sport]

Well, a big welcome to you Keith, I am c10sport on the 67-72 board and we've spoken a few times. Very happy to have you here.

 

[Keith Seymore]

Well, a big welcome to you Keith, I am c10sport on the 67-72 board and we've spoken a few times. Very happy to have you here.

Thank you; just trying to catch up and hitting some of the high points.


K

 

[DoubleDingo]

http://www.73-87.com/7387info/Assembly Line.htm

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The guy is not retired, though; he's still working everyday.

K

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Intro from an Old Assembly Plant Guy: http://www.gmsquarebody.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13399

Those are cool photos. Too bad the companies went to mostly robots for production. In doing so they lost a lot of style in their product and sent people packing looking for jobs.

 

[Keith Seymore]

Those are cool photos. Too bad the companies went to mostly robots for production. In doing so they lost a lot of style in their product and sent people packing looking for jobs.

Well...actually - it hasn't changed much.

There's a lot of automation in the '73-87 pickup cab shop that you are not seeing. Basic sheet metal parts were fed into one end and a completed pickup cab popped out the other (one completed cab every 45 seconds or so).

The Line 2 Blazer/Suburban cab shop was much more manual labor intensive at the time.

Most of the robots are used either for spot welds (as discussed above) or for material transfer (moving individual parts or completed bodies from one point to another).

K

 

[RetroC10Sport]

Just in time for Christmas.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

These would have been from Boose (now Reichard) Chevrolet.

 

[HotRodPC]

Just in time for Christmas.

Ohhhhhh new Burbs. Look to be 4x4's or 3/4 tons too. I know wish I'd have never gotton rid of the 88 3/4 ton 2wd I had with the fantastic interior.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

Ohhhhhh new Burbs. Look to be 4x4's or 3/4 tons too. I know wish I'd have never gotton rid of the 88 3/4 ton 2wd I had with the fantastic interior.

You had no choice at the time. Something else will come along though, maybe even a 4x4 with tailgate.

 

[HotRodPC]

You had no choice at the time. Something else will come along though, maybe even a 4x4 with tailgate.

Very True. I wish I could get busy on my Diesel VIN # 85 K10 too. Only cuz if I end up in Cali, it's smog exempt is why or I'd cut loose of it too. I think I've decided to just do that truck and use the wiring harness, seat, and 454 out of the C20 just to get it running with least out of pocket. THEN, hold out for what I really want instead of all this BS I've played all these years.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

 

[CSFJ]

nice step side!