Master Hands (1936) Chevrolet Manufacturing

[cautionthisissparta]

Just before the famous "Sit Downer's" Strike...

[jjackson29214]

got one in my garage

[cb40475]

This is an excellent classic auto manufaturing video. I am glad it has been preserved for internet browser to see.

[breezerb65]

Thanks. Great to hear your teacher is showing you old school manufacturing. Incredible to see the automation in the thirties. I wonder if any of those cars filmed are still in somebody's garage?.. Car dreams.....

[Brandi18c1]

My automotive teacher showed us this video in class and I was just amazed by it. The part where they make the crankshaft is awesome. We were wondering how OSHA would have reacted to their lack of safety procedures :O haha

[breezerb65]

Love the video! Studied it over and over, but I can't figure what they are casting the mold for at 8:02.? I can visualize the placement of every part shown except that one. Thanks!

[Brandi18c1]

@breezerb65 They're making lifters at 8:02



[CurbsideColumn]

The degree of automation in some of the processes is really impressive, especially given the era this was filmed in. What's more, the scale of the machines is also incredible as the camera pans down the assembly line. Imagine the smell that could never be captured and think about the noise these giant presses make. Interesting also that not one person had the ability to stop the line if there were a significant manufacturing issue. Quality today is much better.

[lvll138inrs]

unions have bankrupted this country.

[Allante715]

I know. I really want to go back to the Gilded Age. Who needs those unions and their stupid 40 hour work week and safety standards. Yuck!

[handiest1]

Looks just like the Bugatti factory!

[JessicaTG2008]

I certainly appreciate the beauty of even some of todays cars, but cars from the 20s-30s were some of the most beautiful and stylish ever built. They were from an era where people sat down at a drawing board for endlless hours coming up with function, style affordability and manufacturing to put out a final product. It was personal back then. Today a computer can create about anything you desire and its just not the same.

[55Ariz]

cool video --- I never really thought about how 'hand made' the cars were at that time.

[justdoitasshole]

OSHA would absolutely pass out, wouldn't they?

Great vid...Thanks for posting.

[JessicaTG2008]

@justdoitasshole haha... I was thinking the exact same thing!! It's like an OSHA "don't ever do this" video. 

[gtsuperjet]

So cool!!... Back when car making was a proud American heritage!

[Mudgrove]

just fantastic..you won't see this level of craftsmanship ever again

[gojoe283]

OHV Sixes...a Chevy trademark for generations!

[elebeu]

Amazing...no safety glasses, gloves, earplugs, guards on the machinery and yet....not one injury. Just goes to show that commons sense and caution go along way toward safety.

[alex568plank]

At 16:06 the are starting the assembling the 'Dubonnie' independent front suspension units used on the Master series cars.

[alex568plank]

And they did it all with out a computer!!

[DerekW1968]

Thanks for posting. This is awesome quality for the age. Capitalist realism in its finest expression. Pride in workmanship and quality production meeting the demands of the free consumer who has the choice of the best that the market can supply. A great example of the unseen hand of free market at work, without the controls imposed on the masses by a small group of social planners! YEAH for free market capitalism!!!!!

[flat36v8]

One of the coolest videos I've seen on You Tube, Awesome!