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General Motors Assembly Line

Picture, 1993
Back in 1904; the McLaughlin Carriage Co. used hand tools to turn out cars at the rate of one a week. Now they roll off the line at rate of 55 an hour.

Picture, 1954
Making plans: GM chairman Roger Smith; right; says $75 million is being invested in its Oshawa centre; shown above; to produce two new products. Smith denies threatening to close the Quebec plant; but is mum about any future investment there.

Picture, 1985
General Motors assembly line

Picture, 1993
Under scrutiny: Tom McVey inspects car on General Motors' assembly line in Oshawa. The fact that such inspectors are necessary to ensure quality says a lot about the problems facing the North American auto industry. In Japan; inspectors are not necessary because of better worker-management relations and higher standards.

Picture, 1982
Row upon row of cars await a hoped-for sales pickup at General Motors' Oshawa plant; where assembly lines were silent last week to trim production. U.S. authorities complain Canada gets off lightly in continent-wide layoffs. Ottawa fears shutdowns will be chronic if Canadian auto industry's protection is weakened.

Picture, 1970
Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Picture, 1982
Happy motoring: General Motors of Canada's south plant is back on a two-shift operation. The company; which employs over 17;000 people; is rebounding from a $71.7-million loss in 1982.

Picture, 1983
What does Auto Pact mean to GM assembly line workers in oshawa?

Picture, 1985
End of the line. The last Pontiac 6000 made by General Motors of Canada at its Oshawa plant is driven off the line yesterday by TomYoung; 61; who will retire in August. A total of 1;541;882 Pontiac and other so-called A-cars have been made in Oshawa since 1982. Almost 5;900 workers will be laid off for five months before production of a new Chevrolet sedan begins. The new family of cars is code-named W or GM-10 cars.

Picture, 1988

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