PAS crew

[IGottaSy]

Someone posted these on FB

 

[Goodgollyjosh]

That is awesome! Thanks for posting.

 

[Mik3ymomo]

A piece of history. Love it.

 

[DaveP's Ghost]

The second pic are Syclones. I'm not a SyTy Historian, but I think the 92 Syclone had been cancelled by August 1991, which is the date in the first pic. Cool pics, thanks for posting.

 

[IGottaSy]

The gentleman closer to windshield on driver side is the person who posted this picture on FB. He is a member of the SyTy group there.
The other picture was posted by another member.

 

[Goodgollyjosh]

I bet he could tell some stories!

 

[DaveP's Ghost]

@IGottaSy Do you know where the pics were taken?

 

[Sparkz#0535]

I see nine trucks in the second pic. Seven in the foreground and two in the background.

 

[IGottaSy]

@IGottaSy Do you know where the pics were taken? The Typhoon in the pic is in the condition it was shipped from Pontiac Assembly in. The lighting in the background is typical of the final inspection area in GM assembly plants at the time. I think the Ty pic was at Pontiac Assembly. Upon a second look at the Syclone pic, the low-bay lighting and yellow infrastructure (lifts?) is similar in both pics. So the Ty pic is Job #1 upon receipt from Pontiac Assembly?

The second pic with the Syclones is interesting. The flat roof of the building with no overhead infrastructure suggests the facility may be PAS. GM assembly plants have a lot of chit going on overhead. Conveyors, plumbing, maintenance catwalks, etc. This pic looks like a typical industrial tilt-up building. There are only 3 vehicles in the pic. Also interesting. For a production facility, one would expect more than 3 trucks to be present.

I'd like to know more about the paint department at PAS. PAS painted the cladding and bumpers prior to installation. With 14 pieces per truck, and 200-250 trucks per month (Ty) the paint department must have been a madhouse. I find dealing with the cladding for one truck a bitch. I can't imagine dealing with 125+ pieces a day. I've always been of the opinion that the reason the cladding was installed at PAS was that GM Assembly wanted no part of the hassle of painting it in the plant, and that pre-painting then shipping the cladding from an outside supplier to the plant was too susceptible to damage. Hence PAS got the cladding paint and install operation. The mounting holes were drilled prior to paint, and the mounting hardware was installed at the GM plant. Only the cladding itself was installed at PAS.

 

[2500avalanche]

I see nine trucks in the second pic. Seven in the foreground and two in the background.

I see a lot in the background from the reflection of the front turn signal lenses. Also to the right front of the pic, it looks like a truck with black lace wheels?

 

[powercat6]

I think someone posted the second picture on here years ago. As I recall from then the Syclones were the returned Saudis being modified for the US. The time stamp on the photo looks like "93."

 

[Jimmy Mann]

IIRC the second pic is the returned Saudi Sy's being prepped for US sales at PAS.

 

[IGottaSy]

Cool

 

[IGottaSy]

GMC Syclone Typhoon & Sonoma GT Registry (SyTyRegistry) | Saw these pics on another page. | Facebook

Saw these pics on another page.. Stole them.. Because they belong to us..😎

www.facebook.com

 

[Sy644]

Can you post all of pics? I can’t view all because
I’m not FB member.

 

[IGottaSy]

He posted over 20 pics. I'll see if I can.

 

[Sy644]

please do. I really want to see it

 

[IGottaSy]

Here you all go...

 

[IGottaSy]

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[IGottaSy]

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