Dave Mellor NJ Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 This video was forwarded to me and I thought I would share it.Just For You http://www.dump.com/2011/07/<WBR>15/fascinating-1936-footage-<WBR>of-car-assembly-line-video/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Funny, I didn't see anyone painting nuts and bolts with a squirrel hair brush after assembly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Great video. I didn't see OSEA anywheres. Looks like you had to pay atention to what you were doing and actually do your job, knowing that the machine would keep you in line or kill you if you didn't. Makes you see why the USA was once a great industrial nation!!!! Wish we could say that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyardjeff Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I was supprised to see all the machinery in the plants,I dont know what I was thinking but thought much more was done by hand back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1lark Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Wow, that was a great video! (The music is 'haunting' tho.........)Are those Chryslers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Chevrolet. You can kill the rotten music by the sound control at the lower right of the screen.This would be a good video to illustrate why sedans and coupes had fabric inserts in the tops until the mid 30s. Note the size of the sheets of metal going into the stamping press around the 6 minute mark. Such wide sheets were not available before 1934. The Chevrolets shown are the Turret Top model, first to have a solid steel roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 Most all of these type videos (a lot of them have been posted here) are from Chevy. I was thinking the same thing as Rusty about the roofs, especially since the whole back and quarter panels to the beltline was incorporated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Somewhere I have seen pics of the Hudson assembly line circa 1948. The dashboard was stamped from a big sheet of steel pre printed with the woodgrain. I always wondered how they painted the wood grain, it seems they painted flat sheets of steel then stamped them to shape without damaging the paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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