The Camaro Club (UK)

Hi everyone, thought I'd share this new book with you. I found out about it on another forum I use and ordered a copy a few weeks back. My car was Norwood built and although I'm only half way through reading the book I'm loving the history lesson! Some fantastic photos and a great insight into the factory and people who built my car back in Norwood's glory days.

It probably won't be for everyone, but part of the fun for me is the history which goes with owning a classic Camaro. Thought it was worth sharing!

http://www.norwoodassemblyplant.com

From the website...

'A first of its kind book that chronicles the operation of a General Motors Corporation assembly plant as witnessed by the workers and managers who were really there. A blockbuster 312 page book a decade in the making-including a stunning 578 pictures and illustrations! Echoes details the assembly process with never before revealed information about regular production cars and many of the special cars built too-including the Pilots, prototypes, COPO's and Hi Performance models - even Hollywood movie car production. 1923-1987...it was all there- and now the book is finally here.'

Very nice find! Looks like they have it only available on the site and not through amazon just yet. Would like to have a read of this and enjoy all the effort that went into making our cars. My best mates stepdad worked in the Norwood plant doing bearings, will have to try and spot him lol.

If you like this type of stuff you may also like this youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/USAutoIndustry

They upload a lot of footage from even back in the 30's! Mainly GM stuff. Amazing how much i learnt about the cars and the technology. They were using slow mo footage back in 1940 to better visualize suspension travel After watching a lot of those vids i was able to appreciate how much technology is in the cars even back in the 50's. The demonstrations they use are really simple yet effective, i guess a lot of them were for new employees / part of training. Either way top stuff and a great insight into the factories and how the cars were produced.

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