How They Build Them

[greg r]

I found this fascinating Youtube of early production of cars. It's Chevrolet in this one, but methods were common to all manufacturers. I was lucky to read some editions of Automotive and Aviation Industries, an industry magazine catering to the airplane and auto industries at the time; and they way they innovated production techniques was amazing. With some recent posts on cooling systems and the "freeze" or core plugs definition; at about 9minutes in to about 10 minutes they're setting up molds and pouring engine blocks; then the shaker tables to help get the sand out prior to final finish and assembly. Way interesting all the way through, hope you enjoy it.

 

[MrJLR]

Thank you for that! That was awesome!
I love old videos like that.

Amazing the amount of labor and the investment on tooling that went into one of those cars .....wow!

Jeff

 

[greg r]

There was an article in Automotive and Aviation Industries on Ford's "boneyard". They put a lot of old machinery to pasture over the years, and routinely it was resurrected and modified for retooling prior to a new design or model. I wish I could remember the name of the head of engineering who was famous for not reinventing the wheel as they say.