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| Famous race driver Ralph DePalma from the early years of automobile racing in the 20th century is shown with the manager (Elwin Kenny) of the Buick retail store. |
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| Ralph DePalma at left with Buick engineer Harry S. Golden in 1954. |
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| This shows the location of the two photographs. |
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| Ed McGraw sent this photo along for your enjoyment. And asks the question. "Have you ever seen a shop supervisors clip board handle"? He says that is a 1932 Chevrolet. My grandfather and I both worked at Chevy in the hole. He was a sit-down striker. Thanks Ed. Buick & Chevrolet in Flint will always be intertwined. |
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| In this south-east view of factory #12 you will note the raised roof structure on the south-end of the factory. This is where some of the roof structure for factory #66 (built during 1926) came from. Also used in the construction of #66 were the roof truss's from factory #01. I spent many hours in this factory. The area in the foreground would later become Buick truck receiving dock #1. This is the intersection of Leith st. & Industrial ave. |
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| A row of new Buick's lined up on Division st. This view facing north shows factory #01 at left with factory #06 trailing off in the distance. These appear to be 1909 model 10 Runabout Buick's. The model 10 series was built from 1908-1910. During the 1909 model year 8100 were built in various body styles. A breakdown of the total number of Buick's built in Flint that year are: Model F Touring 3,856, Model G Runabout 144, Model 6A Roadster 6, Model 10 Runabout 8,100, Model 16 Roadster 497, Model 17 Touring 2,003. Total for the entire year was 14,606. This information is from "THE BUICK A COMPLETE HISTORY" by Terry Dunham and Lawrence Gustin. |
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| I believe this is the Wilmington, Delaware assembly plant judging by the convertible that employee Robert Hall is looking at. My brother ordered a new convertible that year and as I recall they were only assembled in the Wilmington plant. Very rare was the instance of the line shutting down for a moment of silence. I can personally think of only one time in my years at Buick. It was for an employee killed in the factory. The date of this photo was May 16, 1970. Reuther died May 9th. |
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Pat Bowers and Cleadus Lanter ready to install a bumper.
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| Scott Weidner working on engine dress. |
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| Mark Williams (back) Bob Weber and Dennis Haney on the paint line in factory #44. |
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| Dennis Willett taking a break. |
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| One of the ever present plant tours. |
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| Slat line in factory #04. |
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| Vern Bailey tears down and rebuilds an engine for a test run. This is probably factory #36. |
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| Sam Brown (left) and Wadell Fletcher spot weld the inner fender brace in factory #12. |
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| Barbara Mitchell in the paint booth located in factory #44. |
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| Work on the bumper line. The workers are Pat Bowers (left) and Ken Patty. |
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| This is a G-body (Regal) fender being inspected by Roy Tyler. |
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| On the paint line in factory #44. The workers are Bill Willoughby on left and Wade Chapman. I worked with Bill in the materials group. |
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| Worker Charles MacArthur with a load of wheels. |
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| A B-body (Electra, LeSabre) fender being installed. The worker is Rick Muschiana. |
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| This is factory #12 showing the G-body (Regal) front fenders before being trimmed of the excess flash after stamping. The employees are John Derosia at left and K.C. Drake. This is 1983. |
