Dearborn River Rouge Assembly ca. 1962

[ARCOgraphite]

Found this video while poking around for something else. (linkded below)

Excellent Movie short. I was amazed at some of the innovative tools and aids that are still in wide use today.

I hope this is not recent a re-post. Worth a remider for those who may have not seen it.

Enjoy,
-Ken

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_aRxkRCXD0

 

[Whimsey]

Thanks, this brought back a lot of memories. in 1966 I went on a tour of the Mustang plant in Edison NJ, my uncle worked there. It was fascinating to watch all the components come together to make a completed vehicle.

Whimsey

 

[carviewsonic]

Cool video, thanks for posting. If I could zap back to 1962 to option and order one for myself...

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Was that Fairlanes they were building? The Chassis for the upcoming Mustang I suppose.

 

[Whimsey]

Originally Posted by ARCOgraphite
Was that Fairlanes they were building? The Chassis for the upcoming Mustang I suppose.


I was under the impression that the Falcon chassis was used for the Mustang, similar size vehicles.

Whimsey

 

[csandste]

The YouTube comments were as interesting as the film.

 

[bullwinkle]

'62 Fairlane 500s. Guessing they also built the compact Falcon there, which shared it's chassis with the early Mustang (obviously starting in '63-'64 for the introduction of the '64 1/2 Mustang). Sad that FOMOCO has dumped their car manufacturing in the USA entirely-guessing there's not enough profit or sales in it.

 

[Tahoe4Life]

Had Fairlane 500's in my household back in the day. Great vehicles.

Thanks for posting.

 

[MolaKule]

I grew up in my earlier years in Flint and my Dad was a Buick engineer at the local plant.

 

[doitmyself]

Thanks for posting that awesome video. Although there has been a ton of changes, the basic assembly line process is still intact.

We toured the Ford Rouge F-150 plant this past summer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOVse3YUrQI

 

[PimTac]

Thanks for sharing ARCO.

 

[NO2]

The fine sand from Lake Michigan dunes was ideal for the casting sand used at the Rouge

 

[BobsArmory]

Today's OSHA would have had a meltdown in those plants.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Originally Posted by Whimsey
Originally Posted by ARCOgraphite
Was that Fairlanes they were building? The Chassis for the upcoming Mustang I suppose.


I was under the impression that the Falcon chassis was used for the Mustang, similar size vehicles.

Whimsey

Yeah, I think you are right there. The old mind is full of cobwebs.
Gen 1 Mustang, Not a great chassis even though the car is loved by many.

My dad bought a leftover '67 convertible white on black straight 6 with 3 on the floor for around 2200 bucks new at the end of the year.
Very pretty car I might have a photo somewhere. I recall there rear window was glass and was split longwise and had a rubber hinge.

He had it two years as a commuter and then was on to something else. Opel GT or SAAB Sonett V4.

We did love our '63 Galaxie 500 convertible; In the top three of best cars the family ever owned.

 

[splinter]

Bangin' 'em out. UAW folk scratching out a decent middle class paycheck.

I still get a kick out of watching those wheel and cylinder head torquing tools in action.

 

[Schmoe]

Nice vid.