Chrysler assembly line workers!

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heres some
 

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I've got a bunch of old photos and documentation. I've also been in contact with the original owner who ordered the car. he was the parts department manager for Roger Otto Motors in Glenwood Iowa
 
65dartcharger said:
I talked with a guy working at the assembly plant in Los Angeles after he returned from WW2 stationed in Hawaii. He worked there until 1973 when he retired.

All parts arriving to the plant was unloaded and if the parts were needed right away the parts bin were sent to the assembly line right away. That meant that the parts were natural with nothing on. If parts was going to be stored for a longer time, parts was placed on a conveyor and got a shot of black paint just to cover. No perfect paint, only to cover so the parts didn't arrive dark rust red at the line later on.

Some parts were strored outside before ending up on the assembly line. For that reason parts got rusty.

Due to this procedure the parts for a front axle would be natural, black or rust red!!
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That woulda been the Van Nuys (sp) plant, it closed in the late 70s early 80s sometime and lots of their employees transfered to my plant in Texas.
 
I used to have an article from Crysler about how the slant 6 came to be, it was for hood clearance because when the cars were shipped on rail the loading process was weird. They were backed up a ramp into the side of the rail car, the ramp was then elevated upwards leaving the back of the car almost straight up and the front pointing down, had pics with the article too.
 

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Some fool was showing off an unauthorized employee so I took a pic, this was last summer and way way not the first one ever to slither in LOL.
 
I worked at Trenton Engine Plant !! Page 2 of this thread are pics of TEP, the one that says 15,000,000 , the gentleman on the left was my Plant Manager, OMG !!! Where did you guys get these pics? Very cool pics. I hired in at TEP, only 18 years old, right out of high school, on July 23, 1968 and retired July 31, 1998. Started on a Sunday night, 3rd shift, 7 days a week. I worked in Dept 84, V8, R&RB crankshafts. I had a machine that cut the keyway on the end of the crank & I had to Champer the oil holes, also. I think I had to do 300 @ night. Then I moved up to Balancing the cranks, had to do 200 @ night. After 9 years of production I got my apprenticeship to become an electrician for my last 21 years. When I walked in there on my first day, I was scared to death, the place was massive. You couldn't see very far cause of all the overhead conveyors, just like in those pics. I was totally lost, had to follow my co-workers around for awhile, breaks/lunch/in-out. At the end of the motor line, there was an area called the; THE MERRY-GO-ROUND. About 20 engine stands that went round & around, 1 engine would leave the area & another from the motor line would take it's spot. IMAGINE; 20 engines (383, 440, & 6pk) all running at the same time. I'll never forget the sound. Workers started them, timed them, and ran the heck out of them. Once in awhile, BLAM & the engine quit, off to the repair area. Our engines had NO carbs, fan, exhaust manifolds when it left TEP. Again, I'm 18, single, living at home, 3 months on the job I buy a new 1969 Road Runner, B5, bench seats, 4 on the floor, 383, flat black strips, redline tires. Well .... 9 months later, 23 pts on my driving license, lost my license for 60 days, I traded it in. Now I get a new 1969 Charger, 318 bummer, auto/console, a/c, light green, it was SWEET!! True story, TWO new 1969's within 9 months. about $3200 for RR & about $3700 for Charger. I wished I could have kept them. Retiring at the age of 48, I did not sit on my butt. I started a lawn cutting business & did some side work as an electrician until the age of 60, THEN, I officially retired. In my avatar you can see my 1969 Barracuda that I own now, something about the "69" mopars, that I truly love. Sorry about the length of my post, omg, the pics of TEP bring back so many memories !!!
 
tomcuda said:
I worked at Trenton Engine Plant !! Page 2 of this thread are pics of TEP, the one that says 15,000,000 , the gentleman on the left was my Plant Manager, OMG !!! Where did you guys get these pics? Very cool pics. I hired in at TEP, only 18 years old, right out of high school, on July 23, 1968 and retired July 31, 1998. Started on a Sunday night, 3rd shift, 7 days a week. I worked in Dept 84, V8, R&RB crankshafts. I had a machine that cut the keyway on the end of the crank & I had to Champer the oil holes, also. I think I had to do 300 @ night. Then I moved up to Balancing the cranks, had to do 200 @ night. After 9 years of production I got my apprenticeship to become an electrician for my last 21 years. When I walked in there on my first day, I was scared to death, the place was massive. You couldn't see very far cause of all the overhead conveyors, just like in those pics. I was totally lost, had to follow my co-workers around for awhile, breaks/lunch/in-out. At the end of the motor line, there was an area called the; THE MERRY-GO-ROUND. About 20 engine stands that went round & around, 1 engine would leave the area & another from the motor line would take it's spot. IMAGINE; 20 engines (383, 440, & 6pk) all running at the same time. I'll never forget the sound. Workers started them, timed them, and ran the heck out of them. Once in awhile, BLAM & the engine quit, off to the repair area. Our engines had NO carbs, fan, exhaust manifolds when it left TEP. Again, I'm 18, single, living at home, 3 months on the job I buy a new 1969 Road Runner, B5, bench seats, 4 on the floor, 383, flat black strips, redline tires. Well .... 9 months later, 23 pts on my driving license, lost my license for 60 days, I traded it in. Now I get a new 1969 Charger, 318 bummer, auto/console, a/c, light green, it was SWEET!! True story, TWO new 1969's within 9 months. about $3200 for RR & about $3700 for Charger. I wished I could have kept them. Retiring at the age of 48, I did not sit on my butt. I started a lawn cutting business & did some side work as an electrician until the age of 60, THEN, I officially retired. In my avatar you can see my 1969 Barracuda that I own now, something about the "69" mopars, that I truly love. Sorry about the length of my post, omg, the pics of TEP bring back so many memories !!!
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I'm glad for you that you could once see your old boss. Thanks for sharing the story!
 
tomcuda said:
I worked at Trenton Engine Plant !! Page 2 of this thread are pics of TEP, the one that says 15,000,000 , the gentleman on the left was my Plant Manager, OMG !!! Where did you guys get these pics? Very cool pics. I hired in at TEP, only 18 years old, right out of high school, on July 23, 1968 and retired July 31, 1998. Started on a Sunday night, 3rd shift, 7 days a week. I worked in Dept 84, V8, R&RB crankshafts. I had a machine that cut the keyway on the end of the crank & I had to Champer the oil holes, also. I think I had to do 300 @ night. Then I moved up to Balancing the cranks, had to do 200 @ night. After 9 years of production I got my apprenticeship to become an electrician for my last 21 years. When I walked in there on my first day, I was scared to death, the place was massive. You couldn't see very far cause of all the overhead conveyors, just like in those pics. I was totally lost, had to follow my co-workers around for awhile, breaks/lunch/in-out. At the end of the motor line, there was an area called the; THE MERRY-GO-ROUND. About 20 engine stands that went round & around, 1 engine would leave the area & another from the motor line would take it's spot. IMAGINE; 20 engines (383, 440, & 6pk) all running at the same time. I'll never forget the sound. Workers started them, timed them, and ran the heck out of them. Once in awhile, BLAM & the engine quit, off to the repair area. Our engines had NO carbs, fan, exhaust manifolds when it left TEP. Again, I'm 18, single, living at home, 3 months on the job I buy a new 1969 Road Runner, B5, bench seats, 4 on the floor, 383, flat black strips, redline tires. Well .... 9 months later, 23 pts on my driving license, lost my license for 60 days, I traded it in. Now I get a new 1969 Charger, 318 bummer, auto/console, a/c, light green, it was SWEET!! True story, TWO new 1969's within 9 months. about $3200 for RR & about $3700 for Charger. I wished I could have kept them. Retiring at the age of 48, I did not sit on my butt. I started a lawn cutting business & did some side work as an electrician until the age of 60, THEN, I officially retired. In my avatar you can see my 1969 Barracuda that I own now, something about the "69" mopars, that I truly love. Sorry about the length of my post, omg, the pics of TEP bring back so many memories !!!
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VERY cool, thanks for sharing!
 
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