Picture of 70 Mustangs on Assembly Line & Interview with Assembly line worker
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I stumbled across this website and thought I would pass it on here. There is a picture of 70 Mustangs on the Assembly line and an interview with a worker. The worker did not work on Mustangs but the assembly line subject matter looked interesting. He worked on the line in 72/73 and makes mention of Mustangs a couple of times. These are audio interviews and I did not listen to them all! Enjoy!

http://www.deadnutsoncars.com/interviews...isnav.html


Ford San Jose Plant Assembly Line Worker Interview
Tim didn’t build Mustangs at the San Jose Plant but you will get a real taste of what it was like to work on a Ford assembly line. Ed Meyer and myself interviewed Tim for two hours. I’ve edited it down and cut it up into four sections each lasting 15-20 minutes. Thank you Tim for sharing your memories with us. -Jack

Interview part 1 (audio)
Hiring and Training
Job description
Model year change over
Installing seat belts in 56 cars an hour
What happens when you need to go the bathroom
What happens when you can’t finish your installing your parts?
Build-sheets
Pink Pinto story
Installing jack instructions
Pay & hours
Lots and lots of drugs

Interview part 2 (audio)
Working the Commercial Line (F250 and larger trucks)
Painting red oxide primer and applying sealer on truck cabs
Axle assemblies
Lunch pail parts
Inconsistencies in assembly methods
What would happen when a tool failed
Paint dabs etc
Quality control inspectors
Painting process
Layoffs & working conditions

Interview part 3 (audio)
Miscellaneous questions start
Axle assembly
Door and hood alignment methods
Assembly mistakes, who fixes it?
Communicating with other workers down the line
The Teletype machine told you what to install
Anticipating what parts to install on the next car coming down the line
Job training
Model year change over

Interview part 4 (audio)
Miscellaneous questions continued
560 cars per 10 hour shift
The thought of using uppers to keep up with your job
Senior union workers getting easy jobs
Why they build them the way they did?



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I listened to a bit of a couple of the interviews. I thought the door alignment methods were hilarious. Only because when I was younger working as a GM Technician, I worked with an older man who spent several years at the GM plant in Freemont California. He taught me their methods of door adjustments. Various size blocks of wood, wedge them in different areas of the door jamb, use the door as leverage and start bending hinges and hopefully not sheet metal. I won't do that unless the hinges are welded in place.
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Good stuff Rare Pony! In the last audio the guy gives some insight on quality control and engineering which helps explain a lot...its a hoot!
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