At the Mustang plant

[Keith Seymore]

It should be mentioned that visitors can tour The Rouge plant during working hours.

The tours are are administrated by and depart from the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan.

https://www.thehenryford.org/visit/f...-factory-tour/

[Kurt S]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

It should be mentioned that visitors can tour The Rouge plant during working hours.

The tours are are administrated by and depart from the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan.

https://www.thehenryford.org/visit/f...-factory-tour/

It's up in a mezzanine, looking down. A good tour, but not the same as being on the floor. If you're local, your library may have tickets that you can 'borrow'.

[Keith Seymore]

It's pretty sanitized, I imagine on account of the sheer number of civilians passing through.

I've mentioned this before, but I used to give the tours at Flint Assembly when I was an engineering student there. Basically a quick pass up and down the "Main Aisle" between the final lines (Line 1 = pickup; Line 2 = Blazer/Suburban).

People would stand and watch the body drop for as long as you would let them.

K

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

I've mentioned this before, but I used to give the tours at Flint Assembly when I was an engineering student there.

People would stand and watch the body drop for as long as you would let them.

K

When I worked at the St Paul plant, the body drop was cool, but the front clip always amazed me, how quickly those guys steered the whole thing into place and dropped the core support on the bolts. It was bolted up and getting adjusted in like 10 seconds.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

When I worked at the St Paul plant, the body drop was cool, but the front clip always amazed me, how quickly those guys steered the whole thing into place and dropped the core support on the bolts. It was bolted up and getting adjusted in like 10 seconds.

Front end sheetmetal install: Tended to vary based on whatever is was en vogue at the time. When I started in Flint, Line 1 pickups were built piecemeal (radiator support set loosely on the chassis, then LH fender, then RH fender, then hood) but Line 2 Blazer/Suburban was "buck build" as shown here. Same product, under the same roof; two different processes.

My first "real job" after graduating from GMI was as a production supervisor, Line 1 Fender Set area, second shift. We did it piecemeal, then, too. Line rate was 60 jobs per hour, or one completed vehicle per minute, so we had about 45 seconds to get both front fenders on.

K