Hey Guys ,
I went to a car show near St. Louis this week end . I ran into a guy that worked on the assembly line at the St. Louis plant in the 60 's . He worked mostly on the first floor where the primed body would pass by him . His job was to apply the , what he called , white seal . Where the door skin wrapped around , and the trunk lid skin wrapped around he applied the sealer . He used a gun attached to a 55 gal barrel filled with this sealer . The gun had a half inch brush on the end and he applied the sealer wherever a piece of metal would overlap another piece of metal . He would do the driver side and another guy would be on the other side , taking care of the passenger side. After that the car would go to the third floor for paint. This guy had many good stories of what happened on the assembly line . I told him that he needs to write all of this down because someday no one will be around that was there to tell these stories . He said he has thought about writing a small book about this . I mentioned to him that some of the guys on this message board sometimes posts pictures of the assembly lines from the 60's . Some of you might want to hear some of these stories . He offered me his phone # . If any of you guys are interested in his experience on the assembly line and his experience with the unions back then , let me know , and I can PM you his phone # . Very interesting guy. Thanks John