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Originally Posted by oem4me
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Pretty impressive pocket protector action going on there -
I don’t think I have any of mine, but I do have this one of dad’s on display.
Part of our daily arsenal, including these VIN cards we carried everywhere (for some reason; I guess in case we had to de-code a nasty VIN while we were in the bathroom or something) and a folded piece of paper with our notes for the day. Our nerd uniform would not be complete without it.
Also – the shirts for the foremen were provided by GM. Available in the lovely pastels of the time (coral, blue, green, yellow) and, of course, white, they were emblazoned with the person’s name and the Chevrolet bowtie.
I used to wear dad’s to high school. I thought I was so cool.
The little "building inside the building" would be the production office or inspection office. There would be dozens scattered throughout the plant in the various build areas. In the production office the line foreman, general foreman and superintendent would have a desk and a place to hang his coat and put his lunch down. There was also usually a conference room for brief meetings before the shift started. The inspection office would be similar and additionally would be where the assembly manuals would be kept.
Those little offices had their own heating and cooling, and so could be a brief respite from the cold or stifling heat of the plant floor, but were usually full of smoke (cigars, cigarettes and pipes). Everybody smoked; there was no escape from it.
K