my dad worked there in 83

Well post 'em!

CDN2PLS2 wrote:

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I've got some shots from '76.

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 They would be neat to see.... Post em!

I believe my Father in Law (Bill) was the General Manager at that plant (Paint Dept) and at St Therese for a bit....not sure of what years though. He passed away a few years back, he sure was a great guy.

From my notes:

Oshawa produced the last l.h.d B-Body cars with St. Catherines-built 350 V-8 motors when the unibody A-body cars replaced the chassised B-Bodies at Oshawa # 1 Plant. The Pontiac Parisienne which had been a thinly-disguised Chevrolet for 1983/4 was built in the Fairfax, U.S. Plant for 1985/6. For the record, the last Chevrolet Impala built in Canada was a four-door Sedan on 16 November 1985, a 1986 Model car. The so-called last-car was a Caprice, painted 2-tone blue which had been readied a few weeks before, and which was set-aside for the last drop and inserted after the last Impala, and driven off the line by Lionel Dignard on November 16 1985. That day also saw the last Chevrolet Caprice Wagons destined for Saudi Arabia. RIP Impala! The last A-body which replaced the Impala/Caprice was a 600, made obsolete by the W-Body Lumina.

You can email them to me at canadianponcho@rogers.com and I'll convert them.

Priceless, thanks Mark..and Todd!

Carl Stevenson wrote:

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Very cool indeed.

Neat to see the orange engines on the line.

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 76 - last year.

Awesome pics.. The first one looks like my Dads ;>)