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Most pass cars and trucks had a T stamp on the front pad and Corvettes where built with F Flint
Actually, Tonawanda (the "T" prefix) built 5,500 engines per day, and Flint V-8 (the "F" prefix) also built 5,500 engines per day; only 120 of those Flint engines went into Corvettes - the other 5,380 per day went into passenger cars and trucks, as did the 5,500 engines from Tonawanda. Flint built 300 engines per hour (one every 12 seconds), so it only took them about 20 minutes (of their 18-hour day) to build a day's worth of Corvette engines.
Actually, Tonawanda (the "T" prefix) built 5,500 engines per day, and Flint V-8 (the "F" prefix) also built 5,500 engines per day; only 120 of those Flint engines went into Corvettes - the other 5,380 per day went into passenger cars and trucks, as did the 5,500 engines from Tonawanda. Flint built 300 engines per hour (one every 12 seconds), so it only took them about 20 minutes (of their 18-hour day) to build a day's worth of Corvette engines.
What I was saying, is Tonawanda did not build engines for corvettes in 62. But they used 2870 blocks in Tonawanda the casting was different and the date code was different.
Flint built 300 engines per hour (one every 12 seconds), so it only took them about 20 minutes (of their 18-hour day) to build a day's worth of Corvette engines.
That is really an extraordinary statistic by anyone's standards. Think of all the bolts, gaskets, little clips and adjustments ect ........... even with GM's tooling and machines to speed up assembly, still amazing!
