Great video! VIN# on that last Caprice is 1G1BU54E5LA160883 so yes just over 60,000 built at Lakewood. Would love to have one of those last 9C1 police cars built.
The Norwood, OH plant had a raffle for the last Camaro in Aug '87. The worker who won it got to walk with that car down the line and shake the hands of every worker who did something to that car.
Thanks, for this video my Daddy retired from there 1959-1982 Lyle Denny Dennison was on the Fisher Body side! Lots of memories... he's now gone to a better place to live... RIP Daddy & Lakewood GM
Cool video. Hard to believe that the plant site is now a ruin (well almost). You say you had 21 years at the plant. Did you ever get transferred to nearby plant like Doraville?I remmy hearing about many employees transferring to Shreveport in the 80's.
@zilch94 Yeah I got transfered to Doraville Parts, and they closed also and tore down the building, and then I finished my retirement at the Doraville Assembly plant with 32 years of service combined. Now the Doraville plant is closed and will be torn down before long. It is very sad to see them destroyed.
Awesome video. Thanks for posting. I have an 89 Caprice built in Lakewood. Based on my VIN and the VINs of Caprices built in Arlington I've seen, it seems a lot more were built in Arlington than in Lakewood-- my guess is about 64000 Caprices in Lakewood vs 125000+ in Arlington in 1989. Is that true? Also I didn't know they built 1990s in Lakewood until Aug 1990--- I thought the 1990 model year was cut short since the 91s were all new.
@DanR1245 We usually start building the new model around August so we built the 1990 model about the same as we did other models. The 1990 started being built around August of 1989. They was not that much of a model change (mostly cosmetic) from a 1989 to a 1990 model. When we closed down, the 1991 model was built at the Arlingron Plant. We was hoping that we could have got the 1991 model year but it just did not pan out. At the end of the year we was mostly building police,and fleet cars
Thank you so much for sharing this!
whatmarc 3 months ago
Great video! VIN# on that last Caprice is 1G1BU54E5LA160883 so yes just over 60,000 built at Lakewood. Would love to have one of those last 9C1 police cars built.
The Norwood, OH plant had a raffle for the last Camaro in Aug '87. The worker who won it got to walk with that car down the line and shake the hands of every worker who did something to that car.
DNR5586 8 months ago
Wayne if it weren't for you, all these memories would be lost. Good Job! Come see us!!! Hokey
hokeysloan 9 months ago
the best car of gm in mass production ever made! i got a 1988 caprice classic and i love it!
CAPRICELOVER 9 months ago
best gm car in mass production ever made! i got a 1988 caprice classic,and i love it!
CAPRICELOVER 9 months ago
Thanks, for this video my Daddy retired from there 1959-1982 Lyle Denny Dennison was on the Fisher Body side! Lots of memories... he's now gone to a better place to live... RIP Daddy & Lakewood GM
pipgrl 10 months ago
Too bad. The loss of these factories is a statement on the decline and fall of America. We just can't handle these losses. Its too far gone now.
Service industry jobs - My f-ing ass!
1967mustanggta 10 months ago
Cool video. Hard to believe that the plant site is now a ruin (well almost). You say you had 21 years at the plant. Did you ever get transferred to nearby plant like Doraville?I remmy hearing about many employees transferring to Shreveport in the 80's.
zilch94 1 year ago
@zilch94 Yeah I got transfered to Doraville Parts, and they closed also and tore down the building, and then I finished my retirement at the Doraville Assembly plant with 32 years of service combined. Now the Doraville plant is closed and will be torn down before long. It is very sad to see them destroyed.
rustbucket77 10 months ago
Awesome video. Thanks for posting. I have an 89 Caprice built in Lakewood. Based on my VIN and the VINs of Caprices built in Arlington I've seen, it seems a lot more were built in Arlington than in Lakewood-- my guess is about 64000 Caprices in Lakewood vs 125000+ in Arlington in 1989. Is that true? Also I didn't know they built 1990s in Lakewood until Aug 1990--- I thought the 1990 model year was cut short since the 91s were all new.
I would have loved to have that last '90 Caprice!
DanR1245 1 year ago
@DanR1245 We usually start building the new model around August so we built the 1990 model about the same as we did other models. The 1990 started being built around August of 1989. They was not that much of a model change (mostly cosmetic) from a 1989 to a 1990 model. When we closed down, the 1991 model was built at the Arlingron Plant. We was hoping that we could have got the 1991 model year but it just did not pan out. At the end of the year we was mostly building police,and fleet cars
rustbucket77 1 year ago