E Body Assembly Sequence
ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE:
(some variation with different body types)
(from bare painted body shell)
Spray radiator saddle blackout
Rocker panel pinchweld blackout (if applicable)
Front frame rail side blackout (if applicable)
1. trunk weatherstrip
2. body rubber bumpers
3...
Completed instrument panels are sent according to Sequence Number by overhead hooks to their installation point on the Trim Line. Sometimes a highlighted broadcast sheet is taped to the glovebox or is stuffed above it by the Instrument Panel Department workers. These sheets may remain in place...
Now is a good time to illustrate one of the assembly line problems caused by the special-ordered SuperBirds. Our tour guide through time, Engineer Gil, distinctly remembers one SuperBird that was painted a color not allowed for SuperBirds.
Every dealer announcement for the SuperBird, and every...
Assembly of the body shell begins by laying the sub-assembled passenger compartment floor and forward frame rails and the sub-assembled trunk floor and frame rails onto a moving floor-level "truck" fixture. To either side of this floor pan fixture are secured (a short distance later) massive...
Chrysler assembly line
How Chrysler Built Cars
Few Mopar enthusiasts have ever seen an automotive assembly line. Fewer still saw the assembly of Mopar muscle cars. Almost no enthusiasts active today in the hobby worked at Chrysler those many years ago.
Imagine the wealth of memories a...
I learned it was cheaper to sell something for a loss. Than not to have some cash to work with.
Just the hazard knob?
The NOS from what I seen. Some are second rate and I mean some. Meaning there not suitable for the assembly line with some defect.
When the cars where built. There was some sort of quality control. Good Bad or Ugly it was some kind of control. It was just a job for most of them.
Today. You would think the venders of the products would have some sort of quality control. But their in it for the money too. I would have to say...