The plant shown is Flint Assembly, my alma mater. I saw a different reference that mentioned this was in support of the 1972 model year.
At that time the body side was Fisher Body and the chassis and final assembly took place in the other half of the plant under the auspices of Chevrolet Motor Division - all under the same roof. There was a block wall dividing the two jurisdictions with a large opening for the vehicle bodies to pass through.
The next year when the plant was retooled for pickup truck production it became wholly a Chevrolet plant. For as long as I worked there (from 1979 through 1986 as a resident, and then through the mid 2000's as a visitor) that wall, and the opening in the wall, was still there, allowing fork truck traffic and materiel to pass through from one side to the other.
I haven't been up there in a few years but I would imagine it is still like that.
K
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