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Re: 1971 340 engine color blue?
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12/20/16 02:20 AM
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the 1971 model year continued with 340 engines being assembled at the Windsor, Ontario engine assembly plant & will be stamped GW340 on the pad on the front of the block below the driver's side head. These engines are painted "street HEMI orange".
G = 1971
W = Windsor
340 = cu.in.
winter of 1971 the 340 engine assembly was moved to the Mound Rd. engine assembly plant in Detroit. These engines are stamped GM340 and are painted "Chrysler Corporate Blue".
G = 1971
M = Mound Rd.
340 = cu.in.
there were 5 car assembly plants (A,B,E,G,R) & 3 body styles (A,B,E) plus automatic VS. manual transmission (and A/C spec engines) that used the 340 for the 1971 model year, so the transition dates between the use of Windsor VS. Mound Rd. engines varies.
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Re: 1971 340 engine color blue?
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12/20/16 02:36 AM
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from allpar: The factory, which by 1997 encompassed 956,000 square feet, was at 20300 Mound Road, Detroit, in Michigan; it covered nearly 40 acres and employed over 2,000 people, with 34,000 training hours scheduled for 1998 and a $133 million payroll. Annual taxes were $700,000. Just three robots were used.
The Mound Road plant was closed in 2002, its production moved to Mack Avenue (V-10s had moved to Conner Avenue in 2001); it was torn down in 2003 and has been paved over and used as a storage lot for Warren Truck.
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