<VV> GM Plant

[kaczmarek at charter.net]

Back when I was a kid they used to have an "Open House" at Tonawanda Assembly where the public could come in and watch engines being assembled, tested and painted.  The Corvair test area was noisy, and the manifolds weren't put on yet---you could see blue flames coming out the exhaust ports. 

Don't know what they were testing for, but I suppose it was to be sure the valves were cold lashed properly during assembly.

An interesting side note that I cannot verify.  Some employees told me they tested the Corvairs with CNG, some said Propane.  

Hank 
---- "kenpepke at juno.com" <kenpepke at juno.com> wrote: 
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> Kind of a different story from the Willow Run plant, home of the Corvair!  Bunch of us drove over to the old plant, now unused but for storage, to celebrate [first day of production or last day of production, can't remember which]  When spotted by the guards we were welcomed in to photo our cars in front of the place and discuss the cars with them.
> Ken P
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