Bus Production, General Motors Truck and Coach Division, Pontiac, Michigan, 1980
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In this 1980 photograph, rapid transit buses move down the assembly line at the General Motors Truck & Bus Division in Pontiac, Michigan. These buses were part of an order for 940 vehicles bound for the Southern California Rapid Transit District in Los Angeles.
In this 1980 photograph, rapid transit buses move down the assembly line at the General Motors Truck & Bus Division in Pontiac, Michigan. These buses were part of an order for 940 vehicles bound for the Southern California Rapid Transit District in Los Angeles.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
February 1980
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.119.36
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of William Luke.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Text under image: PONTIAC, MI. -- GMC Truck & Coach Division of General Motors added a second / shift to increase transit bus production in early February. RTS (Rapid Transit / Series) output is being increased in stages to about 60 units a week. The / former peak RTS production rate was 40 units a week during the last five months / of 1979. An order from the Southern California Rapid Transit District (Los / Angeles) for 940 transit buses was a major factor in the production increase. / From GMC TRUCK & COACH PUBLIC RELATIONS / PONTIAC, MI 48053 (313-857-2911)
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