<VV> GM Plant - machine that would install all the bolts all at once

[Charles Lee]

Similar to putting wheels on NASCAR and Indy cars ?

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Swiatowy" <gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> GM Plant


> We had a recent NFCC meeting at Adrian's on Grand Island.
> Got a little pre-coverage in the Grand Island Gazette.
> Guy showed up who worked in the Tonawanda facility "back in the day"
> His job in the 60's was installing the oil pans on the Corvair Motor.
> Had a machine that would install the pan and all the bolts all at once.
> Gary Swiatowy
>
>
> From: <kaczmarek at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> GM Plant
>
> Back when I was a kid they used to have an "Open House" at Tonawanda
> Assembly where the public could come in and watch engines being assembled,
> tested and painted.  The Corvair test area was noisy, and the manifolds
> weren't put on yet---you could see blue flames coming out the exhaust 
> ports.
>
>
> Don't know what they were testing for, but I suppose it was to be sure the
> valves were cold lashed properly during assembly.
>
> An interesting side note that I cannot verify.  Some employees told me 
> they
> tested the Corvairs with CNG, some said Propane.
>
> Hank
> ---- "kenpepke at juno.com" <kenpepke at juno.com> wrote:
>>
>> Kind of a different story from the Willow Run plant, home of the Corvair!
> Bunch of us drove over to the old plant, now unused but for storage, to
> celebrate [first day of production or last day of production, can't 
> remember
> which]  When spotted by the guards we were welcomed in to photo our cars 
> in
> front of the place and discuss the cars with them.
>> Ken P
>>
>
>
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