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'A bad car': Iraqi Ambassador Abdo Al-Dairi has described 12;500 GM Canada Malibus as bad cars because they have no clocks; faulty clutches and no class. Last Friday; Iraq cancelled its $100-million deal to buy the cars; some of which are still sitting on this lot in Oshawa. GM had earlier sent 30;000 Oshawa-built Malibus to the Iraq government for use as gifts to families of Iraqi war dead.

Picture, 1982

A Bumper crop in Oshawa. Glittering in the bright winter sunlight; hundreds of automobile bumpers are stockpiled in the yard of Houdaille Oshawa Ltd. on Simcone St. in Oshawa; watched over by guard Bert Stinson; who directs traffic through the yard. The company stamps and plates bumpers for the big automobile manufacturers and this is a supply of them awaiting shipment; most of them to the U.S.

Picture, 1974

Added benefit. Retired General Motors worker Pete Klym gathers wood to heat his house from a huge pile of discarded skids. GM lets its employees take the scrap wood for their fireplaces and wood stoves.

Picture, 1995

Alan Forest; a copy mill operator; works on J-car stamping dies at General Motors' Fabrication Plant. Parts made from these dies will be used by assembly plants in Ohio; Wisconsin; Missouri; California and Oshawa.

Picture, 1981

Apparent retreat by auto union still leaves big gains in benefits and wages that worry auto parts industry

Picture, 1982

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

Bespoke bicycle: George West; an employee of General Motors at Oshawa; tries out one of the company's fleet of 450 bikes; now fitted with tubeless; spokeless wheels. The traditional wheels were trashed after GM's cost-cutters found that the modern wheels needed no repairs.

Picture, 1986

Big business. Unless federal spending is cut significantly a spokesman for Canada's biggest companies says the Conservative regime in Ottawa will be perceived as government in paralysis. This may be their last chance;' he says.

Picture, 1983

Brian Marsh Inspects metal stamping equipment; where body parts are molded out of sheet steel blanks. The highly computerized new system has cut shipping time and increased control over quality.

Picture, 1988

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Picture, 1982

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Picture, 1970

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Picture, 1970

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Picture, 1993

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Picture, 1970

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Picture, 1993

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Picture, 1982

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Old Pix

Picture, 1987

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Physical Plant

Picture, 1981

Competitive products: Canadian car plant; such as this GM operation in Oshawa; have become more cost-efficicent relative to Japan because of the yen's appreciation. Shifting exchange rates coulde influence Japanese views of investment in Canada.

Picture, 1983

Complete Instrument panels and steering columns are installed as a unit; using the Canadian arm; s specialized hoist which was developed in Oshawa.

Picture, 1988

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Added benefit. Retired General Motors worker Pete Klym gathers wood to heat his house from a huge pile of discarded skids. GM lets its employees take the scrap wood for their fireplaces and wood stoves.

Alan Forest; a copy mill operator; works on J-car stamping dies at General Motors' Fabrication Plant. Parts made from these dies will be used by assembly plants in Ohio; Wisconsin; Missouri; California and Oshawa.

Apparent retreat by auto union still leaves big gains in benefits and wages that worry auto parts industry

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.

Bespoke bicycle: George West; an employee of General Motors at Oshawa; tries out one of the company's fleet of 450 bikes; now fitted with tubeless; spokeless wheels. The traditional wheels were trashed after GM's cost-cutters found that the modern wheels needed no repairs.

Big business. Unless federal spending is cut significantly a spokesman for Canada's biggest companies says the Conservative regime in Ottawa will be perceived as government in paralysis. This may be their last chance;' he says.

Brian Marsh Inspects metal stamping equipment; where body parts are molded out of sheet steel blanks. The highly computerized new system has cut shipping time and increased control over quality.

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Old Pix

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Physical Plant

Competitive products: Canadian car plant; such as this GM operation in Oshawa; have become more cost-efficicent relative to Japan because of the yen's appreciation. Shifting exchange rates coulde influence Japanese views of investment in Canada.

Complete Instrument panels and steering columns are installed as a unit; using the Canadian arm; s specialized hoist which was developed in Oshawa.

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