old Ford video about the Rouge plant

[mark p]

AutoWeek's email provided the link for this 60's-era video about the River Rouge complex... wow
https://autoweek.com/article/classic-cars/check-out-how-fords-river-rouge-plant-built-cars-1960s?utm_source=DailyDrive20190403&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_term=headline-center&utm_content=body&utm_campaign=awdailydrive

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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. 

[6S1568]

Hey Mark, thanks for posting,I enjoyed the video.

[69mach351w]

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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I caught that too. Same date I saw.

[FL SAAC]

very kool thanks for posting

AutoWeek's email provided the link for this 60's-era video about the River Rouge complex... wow
https://autoweek.com/article/classic-cars/check-out-how-fords-river-rouge-plant-built-cars-1960s?utm_source=DailyDrive20190403&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_term=headline-center&utm_content=body&utm_campaign=awdailydrive

[mark p]

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 
... yeah, and all of the shots with guys next to the furnaces / molten iron flow were mind-boggling.

[69mach351w]

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!!

[mark p]

I finished watching today... I guess our '63 Fairlane wagon was coming down that line somewhere? 

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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

[mark p]

^^^ Ha, that even has the 3-on-the-tree, too  Pretty sure ours had the 170 6-cyl and no options (very low $$).
Thanks.