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Old 06-20-2008, 02:57 AM
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Corvette ZR1 Build

Dont think this has been posted up yet.
Old 06-20-2008, 10:11 AM
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pretty cool i wonder how long each one takes to build
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That color is SICK! Pretty cool video too, thanks for posting it!
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That was a great video thanks for posting.
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Awesome.
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sweet video, love the zr1
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I wonder how they bleed the breaks?
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nice find, the wheels look good on the zr1.
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probably force bleed with a vacum
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That is wild that they put the ENTIRE drive line in at once, lol. Wish it could be that easy. Plus the rotors on that thing a fricking gi-normous, jesus
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Originally Posted by smok'nZ
pretty cool i wonder how long each one takes to build
I believe its about a month.
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Great vid, thanks for posting.
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Man that is sweet. Only in my dreams though right up there with a 63' split window tanker vette.
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Saw the plant manager driving a red ZR1 today. Pretty car.
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Originally Posted by smok'nZ
pretty cool i wonder how long each one takes to build
I'm not exactly sure, but most automotive assembly lines crank out 60
vehicles per hour at max production. That's one vehicle per minute.
In theory, it would take 1 hour for a ZR1 to be assembled and driven
off the end of the assembly line.
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Those cars are unbelievable, A work of art.
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My father use to work for gm... back in the late 80's they would do around 56 cars an hour. I believe he said from start to finish, around 36 hrs total. But he worked at Lindon in NJ they did buick, cads, and olds. Sweet video thanks for posting it man.
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Originally Posted by Mavmavv
I believe its about a month.
Negative, they can probably crank out the entire first years limited amount in a month.
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Very cool how there made, That was a good video thanks for posting
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Just got back from corvette plant last month. I was told they make 165 Corvettes per day and only 8 XLR's per day. The cars arent built round the clock either. I stood there as the "marriage" (when the driveline meets the body) took place on a blue ZR1 and I was talking to the guy that bolted the LR in place and he said he sees about three ZR1's go through in a day.



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