Jeff,
At the 2018 MCACN I brought some workers from GMAD Baltimore for a table meet and greet. I will do some asking to see if there is any of the BAL salaried guys that could help and still alive.
These kinds of questions are really in the weeds and It took me literally years to develop the network and trust needed to locate the people from just Norwood with the specific information in order to piece things together - often from multiple sources.
A lot of the information you get is junk or hearsay as well so then you have to verify what is being stated. There is often a language barrier that has to be overcome. For instance If I simply ask about the 1966 Chevy II L-79 I will get blank stares, BUT if I show a photo of the unique air cleaner then I am much more likely to get information in reply.
I avoid single guys that are glib and know everything like the plague, and then if they do produce information I verify it independently prior to putting it out. As an example the Norwood Computer guy provided the information that seemed quite logical and then to verify it I had to gain a working understanding of ancient production computing as well.
SO:
Here are the period specific challenges in getting first hand technical information for the other plants:
BIG Transition period across GM, Some plants were dual division e.g. Fisher Body/Chevrolet. (Dual division/dual Management)
Other plants were already GMAD (single division single Management)
Other plants were still under the old BOP management model (Buick, OLDS, Pontiac)
Other plants also had bodies literally made at a separate location and transported to a different location for Chassis assembly also.
The good news is that NORWOOD also transitioned to GMAD management in 1971-1972 so the operation of scheduling and production is likely very similar to Baltimore.
I will see what I can find but it will likely be entirely hypothetical and based upon a Norwood based theory of operation-- unless I actually find the Baltimore Subject Matter Expert, and that takes much time and TIME is not on our side at this point.
