Flint Artifacts: UAW Jacket Flint Truck and Bus

Flint Artifacts: UAW Ring

Flint Expatriate Joe Steve tells the story of a UAW ring:

"I had a great upbringing in our old neighborhood and looking back on it I really had it good. My father was a sports writer for the Flint Journal, John Steve, who died in 1962. My mother married John Misko in 1969 when I was 10 years old. We moved to John Misko's house on the south end because his house was smaller. It was also a really cool neighborhood as we lived 5 houses away from Lincoln Park. Mom couldn't get what she wanted for the house on Welch Blvd so after only 6 months we moved back to Welch and my stepfather had an offer on his house within four hours of listing it. I stayed there until I graduated from Powers in 1977 and my folks moved to Florida after I graduated from Aquinas College in 1981.

"My mother will be 95 years old this year. She gave me my stepfather's ring when she moved into a nursing home here in Grand Rapids 9 years ago. I have grown to understand what a great stepfather I had. He had no children of his own, as his first wife got sick and was not able to have children before she died. He worked 2nd shift at Fisher Body as a Tool and Die man for more than 30 years.

"And one more cool fact. My stepfather live next door to Angelo Braniff , one of the three Angelos who founded Angelo's Coney Island."

Halftime in America

A little heavy handed, perhaps, but I found this a lot more compelling than the actual game.

Flint Photos: Chevrolet Engine Assembly Line in 1980

A wire photo of the Chevrolet engine assembly line dated July 8, 1980.

The Power of Flint

I'm hoping readers can help me out with something. I'm looking for some stats or anecdotes that indicate how many cars were being produced in Flint at the height of production, presumably sometime in the sixties. I've found some good info on overall G.M. production, but I'd like to narrow it down to the Flint area. I'm basically looking for info that shows Flint was producing a lot of cars. And I need a source for the info that I can verify. I'd really appreciate any assistance. Thanks.