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General Discussion / Motors Built Before Installed
« on: November 27, 2014, 02:15:36 PM »
I'm sure this question has been asked many times before and if I new how to research it I would have before asking. What was the average production schedule for motors to be built/assembled prior to them meeting up with there frames and body's on the production line. I have been reading the book, Echo's of Norwood and it does not go into that level of detail that I recall reading. Was it one, or two weeks. I can see stamping a motor with a number to match up with a production date, but when you look at an intake and cylinder heads dated with a one or two day production date before the motor was dated it would lead me to believe less then a week.
This book reminds me of just how great our country was back then. Yes, they had issues, but in reading the GM history and what was accomplished without the use of computer production technology to do everything is quite an accomplishment.. What was accomplished back then (and before) without the use of the modern convinces we have at our disposal still makes me thankful for all those that forged the way for the brighter minds of today. They were working with cutting edge technology back then and in 45 years if we are still around with be thinking the same thing.
We have come a long way since then, but lost some core values along the way for what hard work was really like, unless you work in the construction field. Those guys still have a hard job.
This book reminds me of just how great our country was back then. Yes, they had issues, but in reading the GM history and what was accomplished without the use of computer production technology to do everything is quite an accomplishment.. What was accomplished back then (and before) without the use of the modern convinces we have at our disposal still makes me thankful for all those that forged the way for the brighter minds of today. They were working with cutting edge technology back then and in 45 years if we are still around with be thinking the same thing.
We have come a long way since then, but lost some core values along the way for what hard work was really like, unless you work in the construction field. Those guys still have a hard job.
