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LT1Jeep · 02-28-2009, 05:46 PM

My dad is retired from GM. He worked at the Tarrytown Plant here in NY for 26 years and was a materials manager. I remember when i was younger getting to go to work with him a couple times for special events or whatever and it was awesome. I also remember one time going down with him and one of our neighbors who purchased one of the minivans they built there at the time and he actually got to see HIS car get built along the assembly line. How cool is that?
So now i think its MY TURN. so i asked him the other day and he said he knows the former plant manager but he isn't there anymore but he'd see what he could find out. It's only an 8 hour drive. Wonder if i can just pick it up when im there :-D that would be sweet!

JMAN311 · 02-28-2009, 05:50 PM

Hate to be a downer, but don't count on it. It's been stated a number of times that there are restrictions (legal issues) of doing this since the plant is in Canada and not the U.S.

LT1Jeep · 02-28-2009, 06:27 PM

yeah i know i couldnt take it home from there, that would be too much, but i just wanna watch.

domano 68 · 02-28-2009, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by LT1Jeep

yeah i know i couldnt take it home from there, that would be too much, but i just wanna watch.

BWM in SC and Mercedes in AL allows for tours. Great idea to raise some cash. We all know GM could use some right now.

Jimmy · 02-28-2009, 07:35 PM

That would be cool. I would pay $500 to see my car being built... and I would take lots of pictures. I guess they would not probably not allow me to take pics. They would probably not make any money on it because they would have to hire someone to schedule the people coming in and take us thru the plant. I am sure these manufacturing plants can also be dangerous.

domano 68 · 02-28-2009, 07:38 PM

BMW actually places a transponder on the car so you can track where it is in production. Keepin up with the times.

Mr_Draco · 02-28-2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by LT1Jeep

yeah i know i couldnt take it home from there, that would be too much, but i just wanna watch.

Their not even allowed tours in the plants in Canada for the reasons JMAN said. Highly doubtful they'll even let you in to watch.

Number 3 · 02-28-2009, 07:41 PM

Corvette Museum Delivery would be nice.

I watched my 82 S-10 Pickup and my 87 Grand National get built in Pontiac years ago so I know it is pretty cool to watch your car get asembled.

But tougher to get in the plant these days. I think Bowling Green may be the only plant with "official" tours. And taking delivery? That would take some doing to get that to happen.

02-28-2009, 05:46 PM	#1
LT1Jeep Ecstatic Camaro SS Owner Drives: Jeep(s) [1in pieces] and 2010 SS/RS Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Westchester NY Posts: 319 View My Garage	Watching my Camaro get built ? My dad is retired from GM. He worked at the Tarrytown Plant here in NY for 26 years and was a materials manager. I remember when i was younger getting to go to work with him a couple times for special events or whatever and it was awesome. I also remember one time going down with him and one of our neighbors who purchased one of the minivans they built there at the time and he actually got to see HIS car get built along the assembly line. How cool is that? So now i think its MY TURN. so i asked him the other day and he said he knows the former plant manager but he isn't there anymore but he'd see what he could find out. It's only an 8 hour drive. Wonder if i can just pick it up when im there :-D that would be sweet! __________________

02-28-2009, 05:50 PM	#2
JMAN311 Drives: 2013 F-150 Limited Join Date: May 2008 Location: Parker, CO Posts: 2,191	Hate to be a downer, but don't count on it. It's been stated a number of times that there are restrictions (legal issues) of doing this since the plant is in Canada and not the U.S. __________________ There just might be a 2016 Camaro or Corvette in my future... _____________________________________________ Previous Chevy's 2013 Camaro ZL1 A6\|SIM 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS\|M6\|CGM Exterior\|Gray Int 2000 Camaro SS\|M6\|SLP headers\|SLP center mounted quad exhaust\|Magnaflow muffler\|Hypertech programmed 2001 Corvette\|M6\|LG Motorsports Headers\|Corsa Touring Cat-back\|Magnaflow X Pipe\|Hurst short-throw\|Dyno tuned

02-28-2009, 06:27 PM	#3
LT1Jeep Ecstatic Camaro SS Owner Drives: Jeep(s) [1in pieces] and 2010 SS/RS Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Westchester NY Posts: 319 View My Garage	yeah i know i couldnt take it home from there, that would be too much, but i just wanna watch. __________________

02-28-2009, 07:41 PM	#8
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,170 View My Garage	Corvette Museum Delivery would be nice. I watched my 82 S-10 Pickup and my 87 Grand National get built in Pontiac years ago so I know it is pretty cool to watch your car get asembled. But tougher to get in the plant these days. I think Bowling Green may be the only plant with "official" tours. And taking delivery? That would take some doing to get that to happen. __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

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02-28-2009, 07:35 PM	#5
Jimmy Drives: 2010 2SS RS Camaro Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 233	That would be cool. I would pay $500 to see my car being built... and I would take lots of pictures. I guess they would not probably not allow me to take pics. They would probably not make any money on it because they would have to hire someone to schedule the people coming in and take us thru the plant. I am sure these manufacturing plants can also be dangerous.

02-28-2009, 07:38 PM	#6
domano 68 Drives: 2014 1LE Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: SE Posts: 627 View My Garage	BMW actually places a transponder on the car so you can track where it is in production. Keepin up with the times.