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Will try to stay on topic with this but another thought came to mind.

So, both plants have assembly lines.
How much prior scheduling did the 2 plants prepare for in relations to amount of vehicles built per day/week?
Then I'll add in special build orders and ,
for example :
fitting in the corporate requests for the PaceCar builds; or any others that apply?

I'm going to guess the other inclusions for these possibly modified supply deliveries?

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General Discussion / Re: Van Nuys Suppliers & Timel...

Last post by RPOZ11 - December 16, 2025, 11:22:48 PM

Quote from: 169INDY on December 14, 2025, 07:43:08 PMHigh Priority Rail was surprisingly fast.

Van Nuys Assembly Plant

Good Reading Related to (LOS) [VN]
Link
https://splives.org/blue-streak-merchandise-bsm/

Interesting read.
Thanks for that.

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General Discussion / Re: Van Nuys Suppliers & Timel...

Last post by RPOZ11 - December 16, 2025, 11:09:08 PM

I'm curious to ask what majority of parts and their manufacturers were anchored in the east to Midwest.

For example, my car uses the YJ rims.
Were all supplied by one manufacturer?

Curious as to how GM determines how they selected distribution.

I suppose that my engine arrived from Tonawanda via rail?

I'm curious as to painting a picture as to how my car was built.

Fascinating to me on how all this came together.

#96

General Discussion / Re: Van Nuys Suppliers & Timel...

Last post by KurtS - December 16, 2025, 07:45:29 PM

We were launching a new starter and they helicoptered the parts to the airport rather than truck them. After the first time, they painted helicopter landing lines out in the parking lot.
You really don't want to be the supplier that shuts down the assembly plant....

#97

General Discussion / Re: Assembly line wheel weight...

Last post by bcmiller - December 16, 2025, 05:10:46 PM

I would imagine that wax dot was never on there very long. It marked the location to put the weight.

#98

General Discussion / Re: Van Nuys Suppliers & Timel...

Last post by GMAD_Van Nuys - December 16, 2025, 03:06:02 PM

I remember when GM had to charter a 747 freighter to send engines from Michigan to Van Nuys as it was determined it was cheaper to pay the shipping charges rather than stop the assembly line. After a year, the divisions were still debating who was going to pay for the shipping charges!

#99

General Discussion / Re: Muncie m20 id tag?

Last post by GMAD_Van Nuys - December 16, 2025, 02:57:55 PM

I could only find one posting for tag # 3924704:

https://www.chevelles.com/threads/help-decoding-trans.60068/

#100

General Discussion / Re: Muncie m20 id tag?

Last post by bcmiller - December 16, 2025, 12:42:41 PM

Merry Christmas Walt.

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