C7 Production Date
Safety Car
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That sounds about right. So far we seem to be on a similar schedule as the C6 in 2004. I had mine in August of 2004. Not expecting the C7 quite that soon though but who knows?
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Burning Brakes
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That's the target anyway. They work 4 10 hour days off Friday. Actually I think it takes more like 16 hours to make one. I have the DVD from the history channel. I know it was more then one day. You have to allow the paint to dry as part of the reason...
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Can you imagine making 20,000 to 40,000 cars a year at 14 a day? Noooo
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Melting Slicks
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I read somewhere that 6/30/53 was the first C1 and the first production C7 was being planned for 6/30/13. This year 6/30 is on a Sunday. Would GM run the line on a Sunday? I do not know. Whatever the date, I cannot wait for my number to come up.
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They do not paint the cars after they assemble them. Thus, no waiting for the paint to dry, before giving them the water torture test.
Safety Car
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It takes approximately 14 hours from the time one gets started until it is finished. I know that as I watched mine, walking down the line for roughly two days standing next to it while it was being assembled, all the way from its beginning till I started it up and drove it at the end of the line. However that rate is dependent on many things, most importantly the "run rate" per hour, a rate that will be slower than the historical average as a new series is started.
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It takes approximately 14 hours from the time one gets started until it is finished. I know that as I watched mine, walking down the line for roughly two days standing next to it while it was being assembled, all the way from its beginning till I started it up and drove it at the end of the line. However that rate is dependent on many things, most importantly the "run rate" per hour, a rate that will be slower than the historical average as a new series is started.
Safety Car
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Paint to dry? No, parts are painted and stored. They don't paint parts, such as doors or hood, as the car goes down the line.
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Team Owner
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So, today with the 8.5 rate it would take around take 30 hours for the corvette to make it down the line(not counting down time for when the workers are not working).
I understand that with the C7, GM is cranking the line back up to 18 an hour so a C7 should be back in the 14 hour time frame of your Z06, back in 2005.
Melting Slicks
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I also recall that the target date for the first C7 to come off the new assembly line was June 30th as that's the 60th anniversary of the Corvette. I don't think any of us know what the assembly line will produce at first. I am guessing the assembly line at first will be very slow as its not just a new Corvette, its a whole new assembly line. I also seem to recall that the workers were told they will all have different jobs when the assembly line starts rolling again...
Safety Car
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From: IL / FL .
The plant will likely be producing "saleable" WD1 pilot cars by then but probably not customer ordered cars yet.
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Le Mans Master
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Well.....they have to be building the C7 on June 27th because that is the day Dave Tatman, plant manager gave the museum 200 plant tour slots to see the C7 being built. The slots were sold as a fund raiser for the museum.