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Old December 29th, 2015, 05:39 PM
Dave Boboltz Dave Boboltz is offline
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Location: Waterford, MI
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Default Re: SO who came up with the GMC V6's???

I worked at GMC Truck and Coach in Pontiac beginning in 1974 as a co-op student, but by that point in time, the area of Plant 2 along South Boulevard where the V6 and V12 were made was not being used much, maybe only for service parts. The part of the plant where the engine line was located was called building 29. All of the tooling was shipped out around 1977 to make room for the GMC Motor Home in building 29. The Motor Home had been built in Plants 3-4-5 on the other side of Woodward, and was relocated so the G-van could be built there. I don't know where the engine tooling went.

I reviewed the James Cleary email from 2004 and I only recognized one name from the list of people that helped design the engine. I have a friend who told me that his father is listed on one of the patents for the engine (last name is Sherrick).

Dave Boboltz, Waterford MI, 1964 K1002 305E
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