Atlas on the roof platform : Photos of the GM Scarborough Van Plant - Exhibition and video screening

This job was my nemesis. Not the most difficult job on the plant but one of the most difficult for me personally. The van design had been unchanged for 20+ years, so there had been no need to change the dies that the pieces were stamped on...leading to an shift of fit tolerance over time. I could never seem to get the roof centered easily in the sweet spot that would make it easy to do a proper seal...a delicate process. It's true that assembly line work is less skill intensive than a trade, but it's completely incorrect to think of it as requiring no special skills.

Working on a car assembly line IS a skill. It also takes pride and a passion for getting the job done right, even when it's boring and tedious.

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Photos of the GM Scarborough Van Plant - by Gayle Hurmuses
Exhibition and video screening

Wednesday, September 14 · 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Steam Whistle Brewery - The Roundhouse – 255 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, ON
416-532-2702

http://www.hurmuses.com/designcontent/ExtendedFamily.html
http://hurmuses.com/exhibsite/ExtendedFamilyAtSteamwhistle.pdf
http://twitter.com/THEGMVANPLANT

Patel Jagdish : Photos of the GM Scarborough Van Plant - Exhibition and video screening

Not sure what to say about this one. Patel wanted his picture taken...one of many photos that I shot on request and one of my favourite images in the show.

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Photos of the GM Scarborough Van Plant - by Gayle Hurmuses - Exhibition and video screening
Wednesday, September 14 · 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Steam Whistle Brewery - The Roundhouse – 255 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, ON
416-532-2702

http://www.hurmuses.com/designcontent/ExtendedFamily.html
http://hurmuses.com/exhibsite/ExtendedFamilyAtSteamwhistle.pdf
http://twitter.com/THEGMVANPLANT

Photos of the GM Scarborough Van Plant - Exhibition and video screening

Not sure what to say about this one. Patel wanted his picture taken...one of many photos that I shot on request and one of my favourite images in the show.
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Photos of the GM Scarborough Van Plant - by Gayle Hurmuses - Exhibition and video screening
Wednesday, September 14 · 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Steam Whistle Brewery - The Roundhouse – 255 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, ON
416-532-2702

http://www.hurmuses.com/designcontent/ExtendedFamily.html
http://hurmuses.com/exhibsite/ExtendedFamilyAtSteamwhistle.pdf
http://twitter.com/THEGMVANPLANT

Patel Jagdish : Photos of the GM Scarborough Van Plant - Exhibition and video screening

Not sure what to say about this one. Patel wanted his picture taken...one of many photos that I shot on request and one of my favourite images in the show.

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Photos of the GM Scarborough Van Plant - by Gayle Hurmuses - Exhibition and video screening
Wednesday, September 14 · 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Steam Whistle Brewery - The Roundhouse – 255 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, ON
416-532-2702

http://www.hurmuses.com/designcontent/ExtendedFamily.html
http://hurmuses.com/exhibsite/ExtendedFamilyAtSteamwhistle.pdf
http://twitter.com/THEGMVANPLANT

Patel Jagdish : Photos of the GM Scarborough Van Plant - Exhibition and video screening

Not sure what to say about this one. Patel wanted his picture taken...one of many photos that I shot on request and one of my favourite images in the show.

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Photos of the GM Scarborough Van Plant - by Gayle Hurmuses - Exhibition and video screening
Wednesday, September 14 · 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Steam Whistle Brewery - The Roundhouse – 255 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, ON
416-532-2702

http://www.hurmuses.com/designcontent/ExtendedFamily.html
http://hurmuses.com/exhibsite/ExtendedFamilyAtSteamwhistle.pdf
http://twitter.com/THEGMVANPLANT

Gary Warner - Captain Highliner : Photos of the GM Scarborough Van Plant - Exhibition and video screening

Gary Warner working on the side-door build and install, was part of the 'Two teams of a (G)Jerry and a Gary..." mentioned in an earlier post...and also son of the Canadian Icon, Captain Highliner.

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Photos of the GM Scarborough Van Plant - by Gayle Hurmuses - Exhibition and video screening
Wednesday, September 14 · 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Steam Whistle Brewery - The Roundhouse – 255 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, ON
416-532-2702

http://www.hurmuses.com/designcontent/ExtendedFamily.html
http://hurmuses.com/exhibsite/ExtendedFamilyAtSteamwhistle.pdf
http://twitter.com/THEGMVANPLANT

Alf and Robert Mallia - Today is the only day that matters : Photos of the GM Scarborough Van Plant - Exhibition and video screening

When I shot this picture of Alf and Robert, a father and son who were both friends of mine at work, we discussed a trip I was planning, for the day after the plant closure, to join some friends in a band on tour in England. Robert was also planning to go to the UK at the same time, and we made plans up in London for a drink at a pub. He later chose not to go, which would have meant deferring applying for benefits, also worrying that he would miss being called for transfer. He told at the time that he'd decided instead to go to England some other time 'in the future'.

A very few years later, still in his 20's, he died of an aneurysm. He never made it to England.

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Photos of the GM Scarborough Van Plant - by Gayle Hurmuses - Exhibition and video screening
Wednesday, September 14 · 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Steam Whistle Brewery - The Roundhouse – 255 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, ON
416-532-2702

http://www.hurmuses.com/designcontent/ExtendedFamily.html
http://hurmuses.com/exhibsite/ExtendedFamilyAtSteamwhistle.pdf
http://twitter.com/THEGMVANPLANT