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Re: old Ford video about the Rouge plant
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2019, 04:28:15 PM »
Great old 1962 film.  Love the menacing exterior shots and music.
 
The fun days before OSHA and robots existed.  The shot of the guys (8:14) tossing bags of alloy materials into the molten steel is amazing. 
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Re: old Ford video about the Rouge plant
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2019, 04:47:29 PM »
Hey Mark, thanks for posting,I enjoyed the video.

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Re: old Ford video about the Rouge plant
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2019, 08:21:46 PM »
Man, I watched all of it and simply amazing.

I did see a date hand written on a machine when it was greased at 10:57.

It looked like it said, "Greased   3-R Line,  then looks like the word complete and the date 4-2-61".

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Re: old Ford video about the Rouge plant
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2019, 08:30:50 PM »
I caught that too. Same date I saw.
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Re: old Ford video about the Rouge plant
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2019, 11:14:24 PM »
Great old 1962 film.  Love the menacing exterior shots and music.
 
The fun days before OSHA and robots existed.  The shot of the guys (8:14) tossing bags of alloy materials into the molten steel is amazing.

... when men were men and Vertically Integrated was good  :o
... yeah, and all of the shots with guys next to the furnaces / molten iron flow were mind-boggling.
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Re: old Ford video about the Rouge plant
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2019, 10:54:14 AM »
Yea, mind boggling as our thinking is today. Back in the early 60’s it was second nature to these guys!!
Now today, young men can’t go to the restroom without someone holding his hand!!

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Re: old Ford video about the Rouge plant
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2019, 12:58:10 PM »
I finished watching today... I guess our '63 Fairlane wagon was coming down that line somewhere?  ???
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Re: old Ford video about the Rouge plant
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2019, 08:49:40 PM »
I finished watching today... I guess our '63 Fairlane wagon was coming down that line somewhere?  ???

Here's one if you want it.

Or use the rear brakes on a GT350 clone. 

https://portland.craigslist.org/clc/cto/d/oregon-city-1963-fairlane-ranch-wagon/6858020865.html
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Re: old Ford video about the Rouge plant
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2019, 11:38:51 PM »
^^^ Ha, that even has the 3-on-the-tree, too  ;D Pretty sure ours had the 170 6-cyl and no options (very low $$).
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