BUICK RACER Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Going through collections of 'stuff' and found this picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reatta Man Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I don't know which I miss more--REAL Buicks like the Riviera, or GM being the dominant brand, making cars in the US by AMERICAN workers. That photo is priceless, and reminds me of a way of life that may be disappearing before our very eyes.....Thanks for that photo, Roberta!Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron65 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I would like to go back in time and buy that Riviera new off the showroom floor, for whatever resale was at that time, and then I'd bring it back (somehow). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I would like to go back in time and buy that Riviera new off the showroom floor, for whatever resale was at that time, and then I'd bring it back (somehow).Get yourself a "flux capacitor", install it and go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Inquiring minds would like to know : If the car is fully assembled off the frame, is it true that the front fenders and hood are not attached to the body at this point? And if so, how did they manage to match the paint on the front end components, when they may not have been needed for several days yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUICK RACER Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Inquiring minds would like to know : If the car is fully assembled off the frame, is it true that the front fenders and hood are not attached to the body at this point? And if so, how did they manage to match the paint on the front end components, when they may not have been needed for several days yet? #1 Yes, at Fisher Body, then trucked to Buick Final Assembly to be matched up with frame, engine installed and front clip#2 Could have been painted together, and I wasn't there, so don't know. But do know that later stuff, like trucks, and '86 GNs the front clip was painted in a seperate spraybooth. hence sometimes there was a difference is color, texture(orange peel, metal flakes, etc.)#3 They used paper tags on parts, and then computer punch cards, and now use bar codes or RFID on parts/carriers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest windjamer Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Roberta, What do you think the chances are you could get it out of there one piece at a time like Johny Cash and that Caddy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron65 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Get yourself a "flux capacitor", install it and go for it!Now can I make that with my welder and some sheet metal??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUICK RACER Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 Now can I make that with my welder and some sheet metal??? Aaron, I think you need to watch the movie, and get a Delorean to make it work?? LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUICK RACER Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 Roberta, What do you think the chances are you could get it out of there one piece at a time like Johny Cash and that Caddy?I know not what you speak of here, must be older than me to know! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscheib Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I don't know about a whol;e car, but I heard people that worked in a shop where they chrome plating midsize parts, would carry in a pair of headers rigged as a lunch pail, and carry them out chrome plated. This was in the 50s, so I am fairly sure the statute of limitations has expired, but don't ask me where, or when this occured.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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