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In 2019 I was at a St Louis Chapter NCRS judging meet. Three or four Corvette plant retirees were telling stories.
Corvette bodies were painted with a painter on each side, they sprayed from the bottom up meeting top center. Story goes that a painter was color blind, but he knew which paint tank had which color, so no problem switching to the appropriate color as bodies came through. Well, while he was on break the tanks were refilled, but the color order was mixed up, so after break he connected to the wrong tank resulting in a body green on one side and blue on the other. - Bill W |
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Oh my.
Seems like the kind of thing one would take into consideration when passing out job assignments. But - far be it from me to judge. I had a little lady who put the LH fender grille trim on. The only problem was every 12th job was a military vehicle (aka "CUCV") and she was supposed to put the battery in on those. She was so tiny, couldn't heft the battery and couldn't get it up over the fender. Guess who put every one of those batteries in? I don't know why we didn't move her to a different job. I didn't even think of it until just a couple months ago when telling this story. K
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When I first started working at the Ford plant, workers would put cans of soup and such just inside the paint bake ovens to warm for lunch. The seasoned workers knew where to put the cans so they didn't overheat....see where this is going ?? One day a car came down the final checkout line I was working that day and the entire side looked like it had projectile vomit on it. Yep, a newbie put a can of chili too close to the heat and it exploded. Word went around the plant very quickly that the practice was to be stopped immediately. As most things like that go, the workers started sneaking cans back in after a couple months.
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[QUOTE=67since67;1639457]A friend ordered a '73 GMC short/wide, 454 with pretty much every option.
It was delivered to him with interior door panels Sierra Grande drivers side and Cheyenne Super pass side.[/ In the late 1970's I did the towing for Harry Schmerler's "Singing Ford" dealership. One day I'm in the show room and I pass by a Loaded Crown Victoria Brougham that had "Crown Victoria Brougham on the left C pillar and Grand Marquis on the right C pillar and it was a padded half roof so it happened at Ford / Mercury plants as well. Bill |
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We also used K05 block heaters to heat our coffee/tea water. K
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"Rock-a-bye your baby"....
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Boy, does that bring me back to my childhood. I remember that jingle. Now I can’t get it out of my head!
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----When Jan and I were living in Hinsdale she had a route sales job. They gave her a new Chrysler product. It was an Omni on one side and a Horizon on the other. She fondly called it her Horomni. It fit the car well....Bill S
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Could have also called it the "Chrymouth" lol
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-Dave Semper Fi! 69 Camaro SS396 L34 X66 |
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