My GM life
In April of 1973, I applied to a newspaper advertisement for a Journeymen Pipefitter for the GM Fisher Body plant in Livonia, Michigan. The plant was a cut and sew plant at that time, working two shifts of production and three shifts of maintenance. I worked second shift for three months and was then bumped to days!!! The reason was that they had a job to run 4" steam pipe over a driveway to an emergency water supply. The old timers didn't want to do the work 40 feet in the air, with trucks moving under them. I still drive by the old site and see my work 35 years later in full view.
Fast forward to 1990 - Spring Hill, Tennessee Saturn site. I was standing on the final assembly line the day Roger B. Smith drove the first Saturn off the line. I am in the photograph leaning in as the car moves forward (dressed in blazer).
Fisher Body in Livonia, Michigan
Detroit Diesel Allison in Redford, Michigan
Detroit Diesel Allison in Romulus, Michigan
Constantine Hydramatic in Constantine, Michigan
Three Rivers Hydramatic in Three Rivers, Michigan
Saturn in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Retired 2002, Indirect Materials Planner, Body Systems Sides and Framing
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