[Keith Seymore]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bergy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Phil - I know that the Norwood assembly workers don't all have the skill and/or desire to write a book. That's where your presence has been invaluable. It would be really cool, however, if one or two of the most knowledgeable of those workers could participate directly in a forum like this. Can you encourage them to do that? I actually worked at St. Louis and Tonawanda during late 60's &amp; throughout the 70s, but I never worked at Norwood. It would be great for us to be able to ask the actual worker(s) questions in a forum like this. Many of the members here won't be traveling to the Norwood events. It would be a real service to our hobby if you could encourage them to check in with us once in a while.

I'm a geezer now, but at 28 years of age I was promoted to superintendent of production at Chevrolet. At 26 I was senior engineer in charge of troubleshooting quality &amp; special projects. So, I got to see and experience a lot the production processes. It would be great to be able to &quot;compare notes&quot; on this site with others who had production experience. Memories fade (I know that mine does!). </div></div>

Bergy - thank you for highlighting your experience.

I also co- op'd, but as a GMI student out of Chevrolet Flint Assembly. My first &quot;real&quot; job was as a production supervisor, Line 1 pickups, second shift and as of now I've been with GM for 37 years in assembly, product design/development, and engineering program management. I've launched product in every GM full size truck plant in North America (about a dozen - including St Louis) and one small car plant. I also shepherded about a dozen products from inception through to full volume production (the second generation Denali, Escalade, original H2 and first gen Chevy Volt/Opel Ampera, to name a few). I'm currently on a three year special assignment creating a low volume passenger car which I am not at liberty to talk about.

My dad also worked for GM for 32 years, in manufacturing (pressed metal) for Chevrolet, and as an advanced manufacturing engineer for CPC. He is the GM patentholder for several inventions, including the hydroform process which is in use on Corvettes and full size trucks, and used to make &quot;special&quot; parts for Duntov, Smokey and Penske. He also raced semi professionally for Pontiac Motor Division through Ace Wilson's Royal Pontiac.

I am surprised our paths have not crossed previously, and I share your sentiments about keeping our memories intact...

K