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Gromit · 02-16-2018, 10:05 PM

This news makes me wanna bust out my metal detector and go out there and root around the site for buried sheet metal press dies.

I realize this is fantasy but it would be a crying shame if GM discarded those dies.

From what I can surmise I think sheet metal was pressed at or near the various assembly plants. For example a cab roof in Fremont was on a different press die than the Janesville ones; but someone on here actually knows - I don't..

I'd like to find the A and B (or top and bottom) sheet metal press dies for the 1967-1972 dashboard, the rear cab (especially small window), and all of the cab stamping dies..

Or the guy who made them..

02-16-2018, 10:05 PM	#8
Gromit Registered User Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Central Coast, CA Posts: 500	Re: Janesville Assembly’ To Be Demolished This news makes me wanna bust out my metal detector and go out there and root around the site for buried sheet metal press dies. I realize this is fantasy but it would be a crying shame if GM discarded those dies. From what I can surmise I think sheet metal was pressed at or near the various assembly plants. For example a cab roof in Fremont was on a different press die than the Janesville ones; but someone on here actually knows - I don't.. I'd like to find the A and B (or top and bottom) sheet metal press dies for the 1967-1972 dashboard, the rear cab (especially small window), and all of the cab stamping dies.. Or the guy who made them..