67-72 Blazer Development/Concept Photos

[hemi43]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

That looks like an interior check fixture (master for checking fitment of interior parts).
K

It is,but some exterior panels were able to be checked on this fixture as well .Here's the other half for checking the rest of the exterior panels.
BTW, all this tooling and the stamping dies were made in Japan! Is the Camaro American enough for y'all? Camaro only has around 35-40% North American content, whereas a Toyota RAV4 has double. Murica!

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by hemi43

BTW, all this tooling and the stamping dies were made in Japan!

Thank you for mentioning that! You answered a question I had not even asked yet.

I ass-umed that the fixture was made in SE Michigan somewhere and then shipped north.

K

[hemi43]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Thank you for mentioning that! You answered a question I had not even asked yet.

I ass-umed that the fixture was made in SE Michigan somewhere and then shipped north.

K

I'm not sure where the fixtures were made. I just recall we had a lot of tuning to do to get those dies to work. We couldn't even do the work ourselves because they were under "warranty", so they sent die makers from Japan to try and tune them in.
We used to build the Buick Regal also, and once the project was done all the old tooling, dies and door assembly lines went to South Korea. Service parts maybe? who knows.
I remember walking down the line during shutdowns and looking at all the boxes that the parts for the Camaro came in. 80% of the boxes said "made in China" on them. Sad!!
This Camaro body in white is the very first one made. I think it was assembled in Japan also, but can't confirm. It was eventually scrapped.

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by hemi43

I remember walking down the line during shutdowns and looking at all the boxes that the parts for the Camaro came in. 80% of the boxes said "made in China" on them. Sad!!

When I first started working in Tool and Die, I was directed to this video.

And that is probably how they still do it.

Employees inside a steel press in China - YouTube