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David Starr
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40.1 calendar years. Might as well count them all - even on weekends you realize you've got to go back to work Monday. Plus, 6 and 7 day weeks were common for skilled trades.

Now enjoying the never-ending weekend.

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David Starr

Thats right Dave, I had 31 years as a Millwright and 6-7 days a week was very common. I hired in at 18 and retired at 49. Sounds good to me and would do it again. You worked in Flint I think and I worked at Powertrain Bay City but started out at Malleable Iron Foundry in Saginaw. If I had stayed at the foundry I could have retired at 43(25 and out for foundry workers).

NOYK in Florida

11,315 days at GM and proud to be UAW retired
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Flint is right. I worked in the Buick Foundry until it closed in 1980. We converted the plant to making torque converters. They still make 245mm and 265mm converters, and pistons for the new inline 6.

Back when GM had distinctive brands, Buick made everything but frames and bodies on-site. Bodies were built at Fisher and trucked across town. Frames were built on the South side of town & trucked in. Engines, transmissions, brackets & small stampings, etc., were all made at Buick. Engineering and division headquarters were on-site. Everything.

Now, Buick is just a name on a car that looks like a lot of other cars.

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David Starr

The Impalas and BelAirs our family had that really nice metal insert on the top of the rocker panel "Body by Fisher".

Those were the days.

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Brad Clarke

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