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I worked at the main Pontiac plant complex as a co-op student going to General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) back then (71-74). One of the engineers had a 4 speed Grand Am with a SD in it (his name totally escapes me, not Herb Adams, although he was an instructor at GMI). The engine build area was in a locked cage in the middle of the "normal" engine production area. Apparently too many of the good "purple" parts were walking out the gate ...

You wouldn't believe the cool stuff that was in the engineering recycle bin area (locked cage again) side pipes, Weber intakes, etc, etc.

The one plant had a large scale recycle line ... NOS parts from the parts depot (that were discontinued) were sent down a line and all aluminum, stainless, etc were pulled ... I remember seeing NOS 58 Impala side spears being disassembled to pull the leaping deer (Impala) from the stainless trim. Clocks, trim, etc, etc, tons of NOS stuff being recycled, it was amazing and no, we weren't allowed to "save" anything, even if we had one of what they were destroying ...