1959 GM Assembly line pics

[cmayna]

Found this thread and link on our sister forum, concoursmustang.com, to a bunch of pics of the Tarrytown, NY GM assembly line during 1959. Though it is not of Fords, still think it's pretty neat.


http://www.xframechevy.com/tarrytown-ny-assembly-plant-1959-chevrolet/

 

[nymustang]

That is very cool

 

[Flysure1]

Neat pics, I got the sense that everything was "heavy duty" just from the pics, they didn't yet know how to build them "cheap!"

 

[Larry G]

Pretty cool. I like the picture with the racks of 409's.

 

[RyanG85]

Pretty cool. Hard to believe they didn't get over spray from one paint job on to another. Notice most painters didn't even wear a mask at all?

 

[opentrackerSteve]

Pretty neat.

For those of you into our history, here is one that I find cool

In 1955, Hughes Aircraft Company purchased the Nash factory that was on Imperial Highway (right across from LAX). Here are a couple of pictures from that building right after the sale. This building is also where all of the F-14 radar systems (AWG-9 and APG-71) were produced in the 70's through late 90's.