Constructing car engines in 1930s - video

[Altair]

Power: Constructing a Car Engine (1930-1939) film produced by Morris Motors. 17:33 video.

Previously:

John Deere tractor research and development film - video
Coal firing a steam locomotive vintage film - video
1948 Allis Chalmers tractor promotional film - video
Portrait of an Engineer historical industrial film - video
Colchester Lathes Company factory tour - video
Shake Hands With Danger safety film - video

[Frank S]

What's more impressive than the making of the engines from start to finish is the machines to make them Every machine dedicated to a single process of every different part . Some parts taking several machines to complete them and multiple spindles on nearly all of them

[nova_robotics]

What's more impressive than the making of the engines from start to finish is the machines to make them Every machine dedicated to a single process of every different part . Some parts taking several machines to complete them and multiple spindles on nearly all of them

If cars were made that way today they'd cost 5x as much. An old plant manager I used to work for used to say "My ideal plant has one worker and one dog. The purpose of the dog is to bite the worker if he tries to touch anything." I think we're a long way away from that, but the automation has been impressive.