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Offline rrocket

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Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« on: October 03, 2010, 03:23:53 am »
Anybody watch this on Nat Geo?  Pretty damn sweet.  Follows a complete build and factory technology of some cool cars.  So far they have:

Camaro SS
C6 Z06
BMW Z4
Porsche 911
Ferrari
Audi R8
Lambo Murcielago

They also had firetrucks, Caterpillar and John Deere to name a few.  But the car ones are great!!








Anyone one else catch these?
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Re: Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2010, 08:33:10 am »
Great show!  I've seen the Ferrari and Lambo episodes and it was amazing. Didn't notice any of the other ones so I will have to start looking for them again. Thanks for the heads up.
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Re: Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2010, 10:11:46 am »
Quote from: rrocket on October 03, 2010, 03:23:53 am
Anybody watch this on Nat Geo?  Pretty damn sweet.  Follows a complete build and factory technology of some cool cars.  So far they have:

Camaro SS
C6 Z06
BMW Z4
Porsche 911
Ferrari
Audi R8
Lambo Murcielago

They also had firetrucks, Caterpillar and John Deere to name a few.  But the car ones are great!!








Anyone one else catch these?
Yes, I saw the BMW Z4 production. It was amazing, I thought. Didn't know they went to such great lengths to personalize these cars for customers. I would like to see the rest of the shows. I believe I saw production of Peterbilt highway tractors, too! It was very interesting, also
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Re: Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2010, 10:44:49 am »
I've only see the Ferrari one so far.  A great watch!
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Re: Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2010, 10:55:05 am »
There are some clips on their website: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/ultimate-factories/all/Overview

I'll have to keep an eye open for them... the Porsche one looks great!
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Re: Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2010, 11:26:43 am »
Aaaaahhhh!!!  My eyes...it was too late to shield them from the antique Z06 chassis set-up!!!!

Those shows look cool...but I'd have to turn off Johnny Test for 10 minutes to watch them...that ain't happen' any time soon.

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Re: Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2010, 03:38:34 pm »
Quote from: TopGun on October 03, 2010, 11:26:43 am
Aaaaahhhh!!!  My eyes...it was too late to shield them from the antique Z06 chassis set-up!!!!



They still use balsa wood on the C6 like they did on the C5?
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Re: Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2010, 03:41:50 pm »
Hmm, sounds cool.... Must find
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Re: Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2010, 04:09:48 pm »
An old friend is going to get me in at a local assembly plant during night shift so I can see how things are done live  :)
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Re: Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2010, 04:24:08 pm »
Quote from: Snowman on October 03, 2010, 04:09:48 pm
An old friend is going to get me in at a local assembly plant during night shift so I can see how things are done live  :)

Going to the Ford plant

I been in the old Oshawa truck plant a couple of times
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Re: Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2010, 04:30:15 pm »
Quote from: airbalancer on October 03, 2010, 04:24:08 pm
Quote from: Snowman on October 03, 2010, 04:09:48 pm
An old friend is going to get me in at a local assembly plant during night shift so I can see how things are done live  :)

Going to the Ford plant

I been in the old Oshawa truck plant a couple of times

Yep, he was the first employee to lose his position to a robot 20 year ago. He is a 25 year man and now works in QA/QC. Despite what people like hcrv say Ford is working hard to make quality products.
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Re: Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2010, 05:11:37 pm »
Downloaded and watched the R8 one this afternoon. Pretty neat to watch. Some of the information seemed a bit questionable (mostly with respect to the car's performance), but still really interesting to see.

I'm looking forward to the Porsche one later this month!
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Re: Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2010, 06:17:08 pm »
I've watched the Ferrari one and the Lambo one. The Ferrari factory is very high tech. The Lambo one, not so much.
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Re: Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2010, 10:17:28 am »
"Those shows look cool...but I'd have to turn off Johnny Test for 10 minutes to watch them...that ain't happen' any time soon."

I know the feeling all too well TopGun!!!.  Gotta love a pvr.  Record it anytime and save it for when the little ones are in bed.

There was a Harley Davidson episode that was interesting as well.  Loved the Porsche episode.  That would be a fantastic factory to visit.  I love how where the assembly line goes over the road, it's glass.  Anybody driving under it can look up and see the assembly line with bare 911 bodies passing overhead.  Very cool!

Haven't see the R8 episode, I'll have to keep an eye out for it...
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Re: Ultimate Factories on National Geographic
« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2010, 02:09:28 pm »
I found the Lambo one but that is all :(
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