I had a whole series of the drafty, rattly shorties with no windows, even a 62 with no side doors. I later enjoyed the same kind of run with Toyota vans. Just like sitting up front, I guess.
Unrelated to the picture but I once visited the Econoline van plant in Lorraine, OH during a holiday shutdown and oddly they did not clear the production line before going home, they simply stopped it and left. So I was able to walk the line and see the entire production process from rolling chassis to end-of-line completed vehicle, frozen in time. It was like looking
at plastic models being built. I suppose you had to be there but it was a fascinating sight to behold.
Unrelated to the picture but I once visited the Econoline van plant in Lorraine, OH during a holiday shutdown and oddly they did not clear the production line before going home, they simply stopped it and left. So I was able to walk the line and see the entire production process from rolling chassis to end-of-line completed vehicle, frozen in time. It was like looking at plastic models being built. I suppose you had to be there but it was a fascinating sight to behold.
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Thanks for this picture of the shorty's on the production line! I have a deluxe model '66 with the side windows.
I had a whole series of the drafty, rattly shorties with no windows, even a 62 with no side doors. I later enjoyed the same kind of run with Toyota vans. Just like sitting up front, I guess.
Unrelated to the picture but I once visited the Econoline van plant in Lorraine, OH during a holiday shutdown and oddly they did not clear the production line before going home, they simply stopped it and left. So I was able to walk the line and see the entire production process from rolling chassis to end-of-line completed vehicle, frozen in time. It was like looking
at plastic models being built. I suppose you had to be there but it was a fascinating sight to behold.
Don't know what happened there but...
Unrelated to the picture but I once visited the Econoline van plant in Lorraine, OH during a holiday shutdown and oddly they did not clear the production line before going home, they simply stopped it and left. So I was able to walk the line and see the entire production process from rolling chassis to end-of-line completed vehicle, frozen in time. It was like looking at plastic models being built. I suppose you had to be there but it was a fascinating sight to behold.
The guys walk in on Monday morning, scratches head.. "Now.... where were we?"
I wonder why the vans and the Greenbriers didn't use the same basic shell? Twin/single headlights, for example; would've been cheaper. D.
Yea the various GM divisions at that time were not shy about sharing bodies..
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