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Building the KK/ Nitro at the Jeep Plant in Toledo
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Author:  tommudd [ Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:25 am ]
Post subject:  Building the KK/ Nitro at the Jeep Plant in Toledo
Tony CRD and I were very lucky to be able to get a private tour of the Jeep Plant here in Toledo last Tuesday.
It was amazing to see the KK/ Nitro go from stamped sides/roof/etc to a finished product. The steps that go into making one is quite interesting. starting with the subframe and going to the floorpans/sides/roof is the final before the interior starts to be installed
Insides of the doors are brought in from a outside supplier as is the whole dash assembly. It comes in as a one piece unit and robotically placed and two workers install two bolt per side to hold it.
We saw, everything, boxes of transfer cases, motors-trannys lined up
They completely build them on the line which is far different than the way they build the Wranglers
Author:  Diggerfreek [ Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Building the KK/ Nitro at the Jeep Plant in Toledo
That must have been really cool!
Author:  Scar0 [ Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Building the KK/ Nitro at the Jeep Plant in Toledo
Very cool. Wish I could have seen it!
Author:  wecwbe [ Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Building the KK/ Nitro at the Jeep Plant in Toledo
I've never been on a factory tour for any vehicle but that had to be especially cool seeing Jeeps getting assembled. :D
Author:  wingnuts [ Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Building the KK/ Nitro at the Jeep Plant in Toledo
wow, totally cool that you were able to do that, how did you swing that anyway?

I went throught the GM assembly plant in janesville, wi I think in 96 or 97, they built suburban and tahoes there and I think that always stayed a SUV line until it was closed last year or can't remember how long ago that was.

Man I'd love to tour a plant again, was alot of fun to watch it all come together.

One Piece at a Time, did you collect any parts while there?
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