1968 Cadillac assembly line

YouTube suggested this to me.  Having toured the BMW plant it really isn't much different 53 years later.

Thanks for posting that, Stampie.

I have had the opportunity to tour a number of car and truck plants. I always marvel at how they can assemble a complete vehicle in such a short time, including adding fluids and bleeding the systems. They drive away from the assembly line and are ready to hit the highway.

And down the road, when you have to replace, say, a heater core, it is a miserable all-day job.  I have concluded that vehicles are designed for ease of assembly, not ease of repair.

That was a cool video. 

That pillarless white four door at the end would make a great daily driver. 

In reply to Slippery :

See I thought the Calais Coupe at the very beginning would make a great daily.

In reply to Stampie :

I thought about the coupe, but I hate holding up people at the school car lane when dropping off the kids. Its time for a four door.

In reply to Slippery :

I was only able to fool a woman long enough to have one kid. 

They should have set it to Johnny Cash´s One Piece at a Time.  

Nice. Thanks for sharing. When it comes to '68 Cadillacs, is there a wrong answer? 

Danny Shields (Forum Supporter) said:

Thanks for posting that, Stampie.

I have had the opportunity to tour a number of car and truck plants. I always marvel at how they can assemble a complete vehicle in such a short time, including adding fluids and bleeding the systems. They drive away from the assembly line and are ready to hit the highway.

And down the road, when you have to replace, say, a heater core, it is a miserable all-day job.  I have concluded that vehicles are designed for ease of assembly, not ease of repair.

I am thoroughly convinced that years ago, a design engineer caught his wife in bed with a mechanic and all these years later, we're still paying for it. 

I was working as a flat rate heavy line mechanic at that time. We were guaranteed $125 a week if we worked a full week. Customer labor rate was $5 per hour. At the end of the week I received %65 of my total production since I was working evening shift/foreign cars. I was making 10-12 K a year. Those assembly line workers made more and had better benefits.

I was a manager in the Peterbilt plant for about 5 years.  It was fun.  Cadillac and 68 has me thinking of Johnny Cash.....  one piece at a time.