The Holden Manufacturing Employee heritage team have put together a fantastic little museum in the old cafeteria at HVO. Was so cool to see a museum dedicated to the manufacturing side of Holden and car making.
The final VF2 Clay that was presented to management to approve VF2
VF assembly jigs. They really went above and beyond for fitment quality on VF (And seeing the garbage out there now with Tesla and the Chinesium EV's, no one has the right to call out the VF's for supposed poor fitment)
A pilot production Chevy SS, that was saved from the crusher and restored by a local auto repairer.
And a pilot production Magnum (I think it was the first down the line)
Fun fact, that TV you see above the Magnum in the back ground, was donated by the family descendants of James Alexander Holden.
They also had a laptop playing video from within the manufacturing plant, and it was the best footage I have seen of the assembly process as it is FAR more detailed than anything else.
It has footage of the body shop pressing the panels (As in the GoPro's attached to the conveyer and going through the presses), paint shop painting not only the chassis's but also the bumpers and trims. And super detailed footage of the assembly process. Its a shame its not put together as a video for everyone to see.
After watching these videos, it saddens me to see all the workforce skills, engineering and technical know-how, and robot infrastructure that have been lost to Australia.
At the time of Holdens closure, only 13 countries on earth had the ability to design and manufacture a car from scratch. And I believe in all of history, only 1 country lost that ability.