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67motorcat · 01-17-2012, 10:17 AM

Thought this was pretty cool. Not to much different from the modern Oshawa Camaro assembly line considering it was over 60 years ago.

http://www.dump.com/2011/07/15/fasci...ly-line-video/

v6sonoma · 01-17-2012, 11:01 AM

Amazing how advanced the process was for the time. God knows if you didn't pay attention you could easily get killed. Pretty cool.

GMteSSted · 01-17-2012, 11:05 AM

I like that video. Makes me imagine what my grandfather did when he worked on the Dodge assembly line in the 20's before the depression.

Obzen · 01-17-2012, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by v6sonoma

Amazing how advanced the process was for the time. God knows if you didn't pay attention you could easily get killed. Pretty cool.

Seriously. They are basically standing inside the machine. Put those bolts in too slow and your hand becomes a permanent part of the frame.

ZZTOM · 01-17-2012, 11:27 AM

Wow! that was fascinating, thanks for sharing.

MarylandSpeed · 01-17-2012, 11:31 AM

Neat..kinda suprises how advanced the machinery looked.

v8 · 01-17-2012, 11:31 AM

Cool Vid

Black1SS · 01-17-2012, 11:38 AM

I would have never thought that it would be that advanced in the 30's. Very cool video. Thanks for sharing

Jekyll-N-Hyde · 01-17-2012, 11:39 AM

very cool

Big C CamaroSS · 01-17-2012, 12:23 PM

That was neat! I wonder what the workers were paid per day or week and what the average pay was at the time? I wonder what plant that was and if its still producing cars? I wonder how many guys lost fingers/hands/arms in the big presses? And to comment on Obzen's comment......the workers were inside of the machines as they were moving towards the frame and back.......I guess paying attention wasn't about making a quality product, it was about going home alive!!!!

ron10 · 01-17-2012, 12:58 PM

great find , thanks for sharing.i don't think OSHA was around then.

2010 SSRS · 01-17-2012, 01:02 PM

that is awesome, thanks for posting it.

*DGthe3* · 01-17-2012, 04:04 PM

As an engineer, I find the mechanical beauty of those old systems fascinating. Things seem to be done in more or less the same sequence now as back then, but the safety and precision are drastically better, largely due to modern automation. One of the things that I noticed was how about half the workers may as well have been robots. Grab, turn, place, wait. Grab, turn, place, wait. Grab, turn, place, wait. Its enough to drive a person insane.

As for the automation back then ... doing things that way is almost becoming a lost art. A lot of those systems were based around mechanical signalling. As a piece of machinery (lets say its a ram) reaches the end of its stroke, it triggers a (usually pneumatic or hydraulic) signal which initiates the next element, that triggers a third, and so on. The mechanical signalling systems were eventually replaced with simple analog electrical ones, where in turn were replaced with complex digital electronics.

67motorcat · 01-17-2012, 05:19 PM

Yea....safety was marginal if you were not paying attention for a split second.

I did notice though that the body panel press required the operator to use BOTH hands to activate it.

01-17-2012, 10:17 AM	#1
67motorcat Blown Cool Breeze Drives: 2011 Black on Black 2SS M6 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Pinehurst NC Posts: 1,027 View My Garage	1936 Chevrolet Assembly line Video Thought this was pretty cool. Not to much different from the modern Oshawa Camaro assembly line considering it was over 60 years ago. http://www.dump.com/2011/07/15/fasci...ly-line-video/ __________________ 2011 Black on Black 2SS M6 Had a 2010 IBM 2SS M6 Enjoy life.Think of all the women on the Titanic who passed up dessert.

01-17-2012, 11:01 AM	#2
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01-17-2012, 11:27 AM	#5
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01-17-2012, 11:05 AM	#3
GMteSSted Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 877 View My Garage	I like that video. Makes me imagine what my grandfather did when he worked on the Dodge assembly line in the 20's before the depression.

01-17-2012, 11:31 AM	#6
MarylandSpeed Account Suspended Drives: 2012 ZL1 & 2010 2SS/RS Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,378	Neat..kinda suprises how advanced the machinery looked.

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Black1SS Drives: 2010 Camaro 1SS/RS 6 Speed Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: SC Posts: 427	I would have never thought that it would be that advanced in the 30's. Very cool video. Thanks for sharing

01-17-2012, 11:39 AM	#9
Jekyll-N-Hyde I put the FU back in FUN Drives: 1969 SS 396 , 2010 Camaro SS Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Between Weatherford and Azle TX hway730 Posts: 2,129	very cool

01-17-2012, 12:23 PM	#10
Big C CamaroSS Drives: Black Camaro 2SS/RS 1LE Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Belleville, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,145	That was neat! I wonder what the workers were paid per day or week and what the average pay was at the time? I wonder what plant that was and if its still producing cars? I wonder how many guys lost fingers/hands/arms in the big presses? And to comment on Obzen's comment......the workers were inside of the machines as they were moving towards the frame and back.......I guess paying attention wasn't about making a quality product, it was about going home alive!!!!

01-17-2012, 12:58 PM	#11
ron10 Drives: 2010 2SS IOM L99 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: LOUISVILLE,KY.. Posts: 7,545	great find , thanks for sharing.i don't think OSHA was around then.

01-17-2012, 04:04 PM	#13
DGthe3 Moderator.ca Drives: 05 Grand Am GT Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Niagara, Canada Posts: 25,372	As an engineer, I find the mechanical beauty of those old systems fascinating. Things seem to be done in more or less the same sequence now as back then, but the safety and precision are drastically better, largely due to modern automation. One of the things that I noticed was how about half the workers may as well have been robots. Grab, turn, place, wait. Grab, turn, place, wait. Grab, turn, place, wait. Its enough to drive a person insane. As for the automation back then ... doing things that way is almost becoming a lost art. A lot of those systems were based around mechanical signalling. As a piece of machinery (lets say its a ram) reaches the end of its stroke, it triggers a (usually pneumatic or hydraulic) signal which initiates the next element, that triggers a third, and so on. The mechanical signalling systems were eventually replaced with simple analog electrical ones, where in turn were replaced with complex digital electronics. __________________ Note, if I've gotten any facts wrong in the above, just ignore any points I made with them __________________ Originally Posted by FbodFather My sister's dentist's brother's cousin's housekeeper's dog-breeder's nephew sells coffee filters to the company that provides coffee to General Motors...... ........and HE WOULD KNOW!!!! __________________ Camaro Fest sub-forum

01-17-2012, 05:19 PM	#14
67motorcat Blown Cool Breeze Drives: 2011 Black on Black 2SS M6 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Pinehurst NC Posts: 1,027 View My Garage	Yea....safety was marginal if you were not paying attention for a split second. I did notice though that the body panel press required the operator to use BOTH hands to activate it. __________________ 2011 Black on Black 2SS M6 Had a 2010 IBM 2SS M6 Enjoy life.Think of all the women on the Titanic who passed up dessert.

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