I was born and raised in STL. One of my vague memories of the plat was driving by with my dad and he said hey Son right there is where they make the Corvette. Do you like Corvettes? Yes dad. My new 2020 Stingray is my 4th Vette so far.
St Louis built and had assembly plants for many of the big three popular models, along with the 27 years of the corvette ,there were Chargers , trucks of all three ,mini vans and many more built in St Louis . Early in the last century St Louis was the first motor city with 100 automobile companies headquartered in St. Louis . 1974--St. Louis exceeded Detroit in building cars .
A friend of mine from Quincy, Illinois drove down to the St. Louis factory to pick up his new Corvette. As he was standing there waiting for it with his buddy, a big black man smoking a cigar pulled it up to them. His buddy said: "Well Dennis, there goes two out of three things you didn't want on your new car." Then, on the drive back to Quincy, it started raining. His friend said: "Well Dennis, rain on your new Corvette is the third thing you didn't want." 😂🤣😅😳
I actually was one of the Quality managers at the plant from 1968 until 1980. No question vehicle quality was questionable at best. The plant and tooling was very old. Birdcage fixtures way passed useful life, Paint shop way outdated, body shop was terrible, and incoming part quality was very sad. No question in my mind GM held back any investment in the old plant knowing for a long time that either the end of the Corvette was close to an end or a move was in the cards. You know the rest of the story. Ralph Montileone retired GM
Quality Control is "directed" by Management and Supervision. GM Employee's carry out instructions. If there were quality control problems at St. Louis....ther same problems were in Bowling Green. The real problem was....St. Louis was a informed work force regarding the Rights of Workers and was a solid supporter of the UAW and showed it. The workload and pace of the work was greatly influenced by the workforce. Kentucky politics promised anti-UAW Union Labour laws and encouraged a anti-Union media.
Yes the "pinkish people " do tend to believe that the poorest pink person should be richer than the richest black person . It is just the way that they are .
I was born and raised in STL. One of my vague memories of the plat was driving by with my dad and he said hey Son right there is where they make the Corvette. Do you like Corvettes? Yes dad.
My new 2020 Stingray is my 4th Vette so far.
would be great to see some of those mid year corvettes being assembled from start to finish --
Bowling Green, Kentucky that’s where my 1989 C4 Corvette was born!
i worked all 3 production lines at the plant. vettes, truck and passenger cars, retired after 33 years
My uncle worked there, and I swear that looks like him in the back at 0:11 time stamp.
St Louis built and had assembly plants for many of the big three popular models, along with the 27 years of the corvette ,there were Chargers , trucks of all three ,mini vans and many more built in St Louis . Early in the last century St Louis was the first motor city with 100 automobile companies headquartered in St. Louis . 1974--St. Louis exceeded Detroit in building cars .
I'm Retired @ Chrysler Fenton, Missouri U.A.W. Local 136
word is they moved to Bowling Green because damn near the entire workforce needed to go to rehab lol! They moved to a dry county on purpose I think.
I worked at the Chevy plant on Union & Nat. Bridge 1977-79.
A friend of mine from Quincy, Illinois drove down to the St. Louis factory to pick up his new Corvette. As he was standing there waiting for it with his buddy, a big black man smoking a cigar pulled it up to them. His buddy said: "Well Dennis, there goes two out of three things you didn't want on your new car." Then, on the drive back to Quincy, it started raining. His friend said: "Well Dennis, rain on your new Corvette is the third thing you didn't want." 😂🤣😅😳
I wonder if JD worked on my 66
could only produce 6-8 vettes per hour and 2 shifts was max.
why did they move
I'm wondering the same thing?
door's not shut all the way
Quality Control in St. Louis was spotty at best. I know I owned 3 C3s out of St. Louis. 2 1980s and a 1981. Any C3 owner will have the same story.
I actually was one of the Quality managers at the plant from 1968 until 1980. No question vehicle quality was questionable at best. The plant and tooling was very old. Birdcage fixtures way passed useful life, Paint shop way outdated, body shop was terrible, and incoming part quality was very sad. No question in my mind GM held back any investment in the old plant knowing for a long time that either the end of the Corvette was close to an end or a move was in the cards. You know the rest of the story. Ralph Montileone retired GM
some how my wifes name showed here??? Ralph
Quality Control is "directed" by Management and Supervision. GM Employee's carry out instructions. If there were quality control problems at St. Louis....ther same problems were in Bowling Green. The real problem was....St. Louis was a informed work force regarding the Rights of Workers and was a solid supporter of the UAW and showed it. The workload and pace of the work was greatly influenced by the workforce. Kentucky politics promised anti-UAW Union Labour laws and encouraged a anti-Union media.
Yes the "pinkish people " do tend to believe that the poorest pink person should be richer than the richest black person . It is just the way that they are .
Most people don’t care about all that bullshit. People who constantly talk race are racist.
When the locals complain, it's time to rethink the move. Not too many places would turn down a plant like that.
" quality Control " what the fuck are you people talking about , certainly not American built autos .
St. Louis sure went to shit.