Nostalgia - Pics in Time.

[forestb]

I got it one peace at a time and it didn't cost me a dime.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Chevy Fleetside

jbgroby posted this in a different post so I thought I would put it here. Cool Picture Jb

In all seriousness - I believe I have seen that photo described elsewhere as the end of line "Audit Area" at the Flint Assembly plant.

Makes sense, since Flint built both passenger cars and trucks in the same plant.

Random vehicles are selected as they come off the line and sent to a separate area of the plant, where they are scrutinized in great detail. The data is captured and published to Central Office, where it is reviewed by executives (who use it to decide where to build new products), and also to the other assembly plants (so they can see where they fall in the Quality rankings). You can see what looks like some run charts tracking the data posted on the wall.

Normally the audit was performed by hourly inspectors, but since these guys are wearing ties I would assume the are supervisors that have been called in to explain how some build errors made it this far and what they are going to do about it. Often the responsible assembler is brought back to rub his nose in it, or the entire group to meet surrounding the subject vehicle.

Pure speculation on my part, relative to the photo, but a very real scenario with regards to working in the assembly plant.

K

[jbgroby]

cool to know.

[oem4me]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Often the responsible assembler is brought back to rub his nose in it, or the entire group to meet surrounding the subject vehicle.

Nice insight there. One of my trucks has some serious original paint blems that somebody shoulda had their nose rubbed in. Ha!

[jbgroby]

Originally Posted by oem4me

Nice insight there. One of my trucks has some serious original paint blems that somebody shoulda had their nose rubbed in. Ha!

I think I can say with certainty what Chevy might tell you to do with your blemish.........

[likaroc13]

some others I saw & saved from Facebook...

A guy on the C/10 Club- TN page shared the 1st pic stating that it's public square in Nashville in 1967:

[Greg63]

Nice!
I want to live where the freight trains share the main street with the automobiles.
Greg.

[jbgroby]

Except the part where the stepside gets cut in half - it's a find place to live

[Troy Sr]

Originally Posted by jbgroby

Except the part where the stepside gets cut in half - it's a find place to live

Hard way to to get a SWB!!!

[jayoldschool]

Are there any non-GM vehicles in that pic?? Including the F unit!

[Captainfab]

I believe the red truck on the left is a D100.

Originally Posted by jayoldschool

Are there any non-GM vehicles in that pic?? Including the F unit!

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Troy Sr

Hard way to to get a SWB!!!

I'd call it a "1/2 WB".

K

[ImpalaJim]

green and white one to the right(first car) is a Desoto I do believe

[factorystock]

This photo has got me thinking. Don't recall ever seeing a '63 C 20 custom cab stock restoration over the last 10 years on this site. Kinda sad in a way.

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[andyh1956]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

It looks like it might fit.

What do you suppose the guy that is standing up is stealing off the pickup?

K

Wouldn't it be fun to get in the WayBack Machine w/ your tool bag & go parts shopping! Then mail the parts to yourself & go back to find them on your porch waiting for you!

[andyh1956]

Originally Posted by oem4me

Yes, great color combo!. GM ad people knew it would look great against the fancy mahogany cruisers (big boats) of the day. Nowadays, those boats are a tough sell. So elegant, yet so demanding for maintenance. Quite a bargain on the style points per dollar scale though. Love those wooden beauties!

Man the memories! In the early 60s my grand dad had a big 52 footer Cris-Craft, Teak & Mahogany. Two 430 Lincoln engines. It was kept at Go Day Marina in Guntersville Alabama. We used to get in those boats & three or four boat loads would go up the Tennessee river every summer around to the north side of Chattanooga to a place called Loret Villa & spend a week. There were Jukes all up & down the river, big dance floors & live bands & Bar B Q!
My Aunt like to have had a heart attack when it cost $70 to fill that boat up with gas!
Here's a photo of Loret from late 50's early 60's.
In the photo we used to dock on the long pier in the background where the large white boat is docked. Caught many fish offa that pier! At the end of the pier in the foreground was an island that I used to go over to & chase the ducks!
Thanks for letting me ramble!

Was a much different world back then...

[Hilandr451]

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...812&stc=1&d=15



http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...&stc=1&d=15144
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...98975914489759


1. Dad's '63 C-10 "Custom Cab" Brady Texas in 1964 (yeah that's me) ...2. My brother in '72 gettin' "run over" by my dad's '63 somewhere in the Colorado Rockies... 3. All us kids in back goin' to the park in Colorado Springs 1972

[andyh1956]

Great family! Love that movie camera!
Is that truck Pink? Looks like my 1st car, Pink & White '57 Chevy 210.
Was a great time to be an American. Pre Viet Nam days...

[Hilandr451]

Thanks!
Dad's truck was originally beige and white. He was in a fender-bender around 1966 and he had the truck painted to match the interior cab color "Saddle Fawn" you can see that in the pics from '72 (apparently he didn't like beige) Still got the camera somewhere - an old Bell & Howell 8mm.

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