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Old 09-16-2021, 09:53 AM   #940
Keith Seymore
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Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread

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Originally Posted by _Ogre View Post
i'd certainly like to see more of those assembly pics
flip down 2x4 welding helmet... he has to flip it up to reposition the spot welder every time
nothing like todays body shop, conveyor cycles and 50 robotic welders come in at once
it's pretty wild if you've never seen it happen
I'm guessing after he's done it 3 or 4 hundred times he can reposition the spot welder without looking or flipping his helmet up and down.



Now that I think about it: my guys didn't even wear a helmet or goggles, or coveralls. Just street clothes.

I had a sweater that had a bunch of holes burned in it, because they could control the direction the sparks would shoot and they would aim them at me (just for fun).

Flint Line 2 (Blazer and Suburban) cab shop shown. Line 2 was an old school manual process. Flint Line 1 (pickups) was highly automated; you fed panels in one end and a pickup cab popped out the other.
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