I live just south of the Mason Dixon Line , had lots of friends that worked there . Toured the plant a few times myself . The cars were loaded on trains and as they left the area to go the south the tracks went through rural areas with over passes . The trains were boarded at the over passes and lots of carbs , trans , radios , etc were removed and tossed for later recovery . I even heard of blocking the crossings so the train would have to slow or stop , to allow unloading and safe exiting of the moving train .
Production ended 8/26/1987, this is a picture of the last car produced. Since, the facility has been leveled.
As a lifetime Cincinnatian I grew up with the Norwood Chevrolet auto factory in our town. Also Cincinnati Milacron and Leblond Lathe were in Norwood. In 1975/76 my high school auto body class went on a class field trip to see them building the Camaros and Firebirds. This photo from 65pacecar is what I remember from my trip. Afterward my class was taken to a local cafeteria style all-you-can eat restaurant. The perfect thing for teen age boys. We decided we would be able to consume all of the deserts they had displayed, and we did! Each of us had stacks of little plates and bowls. Our teachers were very embarrassed when politely asked to leave and never return. We got an earful on the remaining ride back to school. 65pacecar, thanks for posting all of these photos. I have never seen most of them before.
My '60 was born at Norwood. I live in Cincinnati and I had a driver once that worked with me that told me he probably was the one that put the tranny crossmember in it.
My old Fathom Green '69 Z/28 was also born in Norwood..... I couldn't find any pictures of '69s moving down the assembly line....
oh that brings back memories….. In the early 90’s I spent weeks at Cincinnati Milacron. Learning material handling robotics for Volvo/Gm.
That would almost make it a '70.... in '69 clothing.... Don't ask, because it had something to do with a GM strike...
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