Last Grand National - Assembly Video
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- čas přidán 9. 12. 2021
- This is an inside look at the assembly of the last Grand National, as shot by the original owner. As the very last Grand National built, this car marked the end of General Motor's mid-size rear-wheel-drive G Platform. It also marked the closing of GM's Pontiac, MI, assembly plant, which had been responsible for producing millions of cars since it first opened in 1927. This Grand National was the final car to leave the assembly line and it features unprecedented levels of photo and video documentation. It also captures the emotional line workers who autographed their names on the engine and throughout the undercarriage as they installed their part for the final time. As the Buick progressed down the assembly line, the workers decorated it with signs reading, "Built by the Best" and "The End," and both signs are included in the sale. Designating it is the final Grand National, Buick applied an additional badge to the car's header panel, just above the passenger side headlight assembly. The car was prominently displayed by Buick at the 2003 Buick Centennial in Flint, MI, and starred in the 2012 film "BLACK AIR: The Buick Grand National Documentary." The car has been perfectly preserved in its climate-controlled "bedroom" in Louisiana. It still wears the original Window Sticker that says, "The Last Grand National," and all the factory-installed interior plastic is still in place. The car is also signed by Lloyd and Mark Reuss, the former and current presidents of General Motors.
GM also had a film crew on site to document the car's final assembly. That video is also available on this channel.
I was there that sad day. I put the right side wheels on it just before body drop. I gelled it until the front sheet metal was installed. Took a couple of pictures and punched out. Thus ending my PMD/GM
employment. RIP late great PMD Plant
I worked there also on second shift Dec 1987 was the end of history being made.I proudly own a 1988 cutlass supreme classic to this day! A very sad day it was for all who worked there never to be forgotten!
My mom had an 88 Cutlass Supreme Classic with the Olds 307 engine. It was our first new car that can remember. Till this day it was still her favorite car. Amazing seeing this video of the Pontiac plant that built it.
This is beautiful but unbelievably sad.
The end of an amazing era we all long for.
Times were okay until then.
Now have a look at the world these days, what a shame.
Nobody can afford a new car anymore and especially nobody can own a house anymore,
Back then factory workers had lovely homes, these days only the upper class can afford that..
Man, you said it! The middle class has been destroyed by lawless govt currency creation. I had my one new car at 20, an 86 GT 5.0 that I drove for 325,000 miles. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to afford a new car or the insurance unless I sign up for govt freebies (which I will never do). So, it’s used jalopies from 57 until the grave comes a callin’.
Fastest car in America. One hell of a machine.
I love that the kid (Matt) loves being there and UNDERSTANDS what's going on and why it's important!
I'd be cool to go back in time at this moment to feel and feel the whole experience of the making of these GNX's
Just sold at Barratt-Jackson for 500k
1/29/22
This video is very depressing. I remember Fisher Body in Flint, when this Buick marked the end of what was once a part of me. Ten years prior, I spent time with a friend who was a railroad engineer, serving that yard that went into the factory. I was in the cab of a C&O GP7 at the time. Fisher Body 1 ended up becoming some sort of "mock up" after it closed, and later turned into a drug maker thingy when the "engineering stuff" didn't work out. I loved Fisher Body. I can care less about what the property is now. It's nothing compared to what it once was. They might as well make it into a parking lot for all I care, because that part of me has been gone for almost 40 years.
pretty cool, thanks for sharing
Still a lot of cool monte Carlos
That little dude in the video is now a 40 year old man!
I owned a 85 cutlass supreme and still run a like brand new with ac 😊
Cool but kind of sad too.
And right before Christmas. Love that the mom and child are on the line and soaking it all in! They are also playing Survivor's I Can't Hold Back in there too.
I wouldn't want that last car, seeing that everyone on the line was so distracted with that little kid walking around, which I'm surprised they let him into the factory during production
Just saw that some fool paid 500k at Barrett Jackson 😂
What an amazing video. I love buick. I own a 66 wildcat. The family loves it. My dream car is the grand national. Real America pride shown here in this video. The kid on board the dino machine is the coolest. Thanks for sharing. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
Good Luck at the auction, hope it brings in hella 💰 bags
Love it! We still have no video of Syclone/Typhoon in PAS factory. Dang
They can't have that much trouble starting every one of them or do they!
Sad to see them go and I'll take one of those new Monte Carlo SS's in white, please!
I do wonder what was missed to prevent it from starting.
@@TuneStunnaMusic Reportedly was the crank sensor wire that was pinched.
@@justinwhite7980 that’s the real stuff you never see in assembly videos, when the car won’t start. I have a book on 1985 Camaro assembly, that on the line, has a sign on it a cars windshield that says “no brakes”. All kind of stuff that goes wrong like that.
@@TuneStunnaMusic my dad worked 40 years as an engineer at the Opel-Plant in Rüsselsheim/Germany (1956-1996). he told me stories like cars which slided of the assembly line because not right fixed on it. those cars came into a box where they've been fixed, than hook up back to the line. or cars with engines that had no piston rings, forgotten due assembling.
i guess this happens every day in every car-plant all over the world.
Omg its gbody heaven!
I wonder if that last Grand National GNX is in a museum. Or a private owner has it
And after that -next job (after plant retooling-if they did).build FWD disposables that no one cares about.Great to have this video to see the end of the good old days.
Thats g body heaven right there!
Betcha me and my wife's 78 Malibu SS 4 speed was assembled here possibly????
Question: towards the end they try starting the car. It wouldn’t start for a while but they figured it out. What was the problem?
Thx
The wires from the crankshaft sensor were trapped and cut by the power steering brackets. It was a common build issue at that time.
Maybe that's why it was the last one
@@scottaustermiller2412you can see just watching the video that all the workers were very distracted while trying to assemble this last car
@@Jcuda4406sad day. Maybe if they would've fixed some of the build issues we wouldn't be in the shape we are in now
I guess it’s a natural reaction, but why such a celebration for fixing a manufacturing defect made on such a high profile vehicle, causing a no start condition? They should have been embarrassed IMO.
She's beautiful
Boy I can see now why they ended production!😒what a mess!
Someone needs to run this video through AI. Horrible camera work😂
Most overrated car in history
If GM still built these cars, they would be selling a lot of them.
And they probably have a lot of recalls😂
However, would they be affordable? The dollar has lost soooooooo much purchasing power since 1987. It’s awful what this criminal fed govt has done and I am talking BOTH parties!! #inflation
No doubt they would be more expensive today. Like everything else. @@Cokie907