I worked (until recently) as an electrician and more at an Auburn Hills Automation and Integration Shop, Building Every Type of Automation and Assembly Line Tooling Imaginable! MOST of our work was for FORD! Guarantee that some of the tools and processes in your video were Designed, Engineered, Built, Tested, and Installed by my coworkers and myself!!! Really Cool to see the whole process in action as Your Car Comes To Life! Thanx for sharing! 👍🏼🇺🇸
I was thinking about going back to Ford. And you made my mind up now that I've seen your UA-cam channel. I live in Australia and i will be looking around for a GT mustang. So thanks for the show.
Very cool man. What a great experience to witness up close the great technology that is being used and the way things flow down the line. To see your own car get born... well that is next level. You had a great tour guide. Thanks to all those designers and builders who make it happen here in the USA.
It's absolutely incredible to see legendary v-8 FORD muscle cars being built " now".......cars we will cherish literally decades from now. When the Mustang discussions were being kicked around by Ford relative to its discontinuation, a group of very smart people said " hold up" . That has proven to be the correct path. Ford took this car in the best possible direction available. All out performance. I'm old enough now Evan to remember the introduction of the 1968 Cobra Jet, and the buzz surrounding it. That buzz is going on NOW......I never thought I would see that day again. As always, great work man. The legend continues FoMoCo
I don't know how many hours it takes to build a mustang in real time, but if the video was that long, I think I would have watched the whole thing! Thanks for the cool video.
Including bodyshell build up and in paint shop and curing,16-24 hrs depending on manufacturer. Final assembly of completed bodyshell (unibody or body on frame vehicle) takes just a few hours of total time.
This is awesome I remember watching a similar video showing the plant back when they were making the sn95 mustangs pretty cool to see how much has changed over the years
I’m surprised the plant wasn’t louder, especially the metal stamping. Thanks for the inside view. You are a great ambassador for Ford. I love my 2017 GT350R. PS- -thank you to all the factory workers.
The metal stamping presses at FRAP are (were) off at the very northwest corner of the plant where they're not as intrusive. They're actualy not there anymore as Ford just recently moved all of the stamping operations down to the Woodhaven Stamping plant.
As I huge ford guy. And a 08 mustang gt, manual, owner!! My dream car!! I’m super jealous!! Great video!! Great job!! Thank you for sharing!! Definitely will follow your channel!!
Thanks for this video. My car went down that assembly line a couple of years before this video was made. It’s nice to see where and how my car was born. it’s been a great car and I can see why. 207,000 miles and still going strong. I enjoy driving it every time I get behind the wheel. You can’t beat a Mustang.
I have a 2024 Dark Horse scheduled for a build date of Sept 6. I dream of having owned a GT350... Maybe in a future life. Thanks for posting this video, I love seeing the behind the scenes look at things.
How cool to see the gestation and birth of the creature. Those robots look almost human with their movements and "sense of purpose". I hope Ford continues to invite you to its factories soon; very nice behind the scenes stuff.
I know Ford has been building cars for over 100 years and it is second nature to them, but it blow me away. I had an opportunity to visit the Henry Ford Museum at Dearborn which included a tour of the F150 plant.. Impressive. A must see
Hey Evan 2 years ago I took a tour of the F150 plant in Detroit. 2 months later I bought my F150. It’s been nothing but a pleasure to drive and it’s comfortable and up high stock height so I can see when I’m driving. I honestly call it my Town Car with a larger trunk. Great Video watching your car get made, really cool. And the GT350 is a driver’s car not wacky horsepower and torque but just pure fun!!
Cool video ! interesting to see the inside of a car manufacturing plant, especially Ford Mustangs. In 1996 i bought a new GT Manual Black on black. Low on HP, think it was only 210 hp. from a V8 but high on Torque. Fun car to drive !
This is amaizing footage Revan, thank you so much for sharing. I've driven by the Flat Rock plant several times in my beloved 07 Premium GT, but obviously never been inside. How long is the build process ? Can they assemble a car in a single day, or week ? My 07 was built in December of 2006, but I haven't tried to look up the exact build dates. She is still going strong today with 215K + miles on the clock. Thank you for the great content :) cheers, - Wright Sublette
Thanks that would be a great start for a new pro stock to make them look like a real car and not like something that doesn't exist bring back the way cars use to be built
Ford recently pulled all of the stamping press operations out of the Flat Rock plant that you saw in the beginning of the video and moved it to the Woodhaven Stamping plant where other bodies in Ford's vehicle lineup are also stamped.
Hello, I'm Neal Fry from the Dearborn Glass Plant Next door to the Dearborn Assembly Plant in the Rouge Complex. In 1995 I watched my Mustang GT Convertible built in front of my eyes. You might think THIS is noisy, Spend 12 hours on a HEAVY Press that feels like an Earthquake shaking Feet and Crushing Hands and Arms Daley my Friend. " Honestly, " Neal Patrick Fry from Dearborn, Michigan.
I was a Blue Colar Hard Hat Hourly employee for 34 years 3 months, 2 weeks and 4 and a Half hour. Guess what? I miss working for Ford Motor Company's Rouge Complex.
Ford just pulled all of the stamping press operations out of the Flat Rock plant that you saw in the beginning of the video and moved it to the Woodhaven stamping plant where other bodies in Ford's lineup are also stamped.
One thing I’ve noticed when watching videos depicting the assembly of automobiles from the US and foreign auto makers. The foreign autoworkers wear uniforms, which show who they are working/building for. In the US, the workers show up in pajamas, sweatpants, T-shirts, shorts, etc.
The GT 350 is arguably better drivers car, than the GT500. Because of the manual transmission!!! Which GT 500 doesn’t offer, in new models. I enjoy using the clutch and shifting!! Cool video!!
You see plant tours like this, and it just puts into perspective what an absolutely monumental task it is to startup a new car company. The fact that Tesla, for all of their flaws, has survived more than a decade of making high volume production(not to mention is an actually sizeable manufacturer at this point) is an achievement in itself. And this is just talking about the manufacturing side too - when Ford made the switch to aluminum body pickups, some articles came out talking about how much Ford worked with the insurance companies when they were designing those trucks to minimize repair costs so that insurance premiums weren't higher than previous generations with the switch from steel to alum . The amount of detail that goes into the design & manufacturing of modern high volume vehicles is just mind numbing. (to go another level deeper - imagine trying to design one of these modern manufacturing plants, or setting up the logistics with numerous suppliers; where TF do you even begin?!)
Isn't it amazing how robot automation changed the automotive manufacturing industry over the last 40 years? I just wish it didn't eliminate so many blue collar jobs over the years. At least it's still being Built here 💪
Lifelong GM guy and Camaro owner here - I own a 2024 Camaro SS 6 speed, ordered it right before the end of RPO allocation in June of last year. Never thought I'd say this but I am so proud of Ford. GM has left me - not only have they killed my beloved Camaro TWICE, Mary Barra is a woke queen hellbent on turning GM into an EV-only company. I will never buy another GM product. Thank you Ford for never alienating the car enthusiast and keeping history and heritage alive. I will absolutely be buying a Mustang - GT with a 6 speed stick - for my next car. And that would have been heresy to say just a few years ago.
I paid extra for special paint, but there were a few bubbles which I hadn't seen in any new car since my 88 mustang. They need to fix this at some point.
Used to live with a buddy that was an Electrician at the plant and we lived a couple miles away in '73. Joe Walsh was his name but he's probably retired now 🤔
I worked as an automation engineer for years, but somehow I found my way to plastics. Curious what the gameplan is if one of those robots break? I would think they have a spare, but I wonder what the time delay is to get it up and running as the other components build up.
In 1975/76 I used to deliver parts to the Rouge assembly plants and at that time built Mustang II. ... Thatsvv when I realized cars are like sausage's if you saw how they were made wouldn't buy one
@@revanevan It's not just what UAW requires ! I mean... beyond safeness..personnel should wear factory overalls also for apparent belonging to a company...for professionalism..for order. This is Ford Motorcompany not a private shop! That's what I think.
@fernandogagliardo6618 Jeez chill bro, it's the employees freedom I guess to be comfortable while working, there isn't any danger of things falling since all the machinery are eye level and below, and there isn't any specific reason they HAVE to wear clothing that is strict to the company demand. They are literally working for themselves.
I forgot the worker's make over a 100k now, putting on rotors and here i make about 54k in maintenance working the whole facility fixing broken machine's, so when i go to buy one of there vehicles,ha, i cannot afford one,because they are overpriced with the economy and the worker's pay...
21:50 Noticed the Lava Red tag on the side of the tire machine. I think they had to put that on the bumpers of LR 2012 mustangs coming down the line because they looked black unless they were in direct light. Only built them ½ a year (520 cars). The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan shut down the factory that made the pigment for the LR paint. Great nostalgia piece.
You should get the same Assembly Plant video for Camaros and Challengers, oh wait a second, those are discontinued 😂 🎉
I worked (until recently) as an electrician and more at an Auburn Hills Automation and
Integration Shop,
Building Every Type of Automation and
Assembly Line Tooling Imaginable! MOST of our work was for FORD!
Guarantee that some of the tools and processes in your video were Designed, Engineered, Built, Tested, and Installed by my coworkers and myself!!!
Really Cool to see the whole process in action as Your Car
Comes To Life!
Thanx for sharing!
👍🏼🇺🇸
I worked as an electrician in the Ford Geelong stamping plant in Australia, all gone after 91 years in my hometown, damn I miss the place.
Wow that's amazing getting to see your own Mustang being built! Have a wonderful day!
You as well, thanks for watching.
Building the car is impressive " 🐎
Designing the machines that build it, is even more impressive 😮
I was thinking about going back to Ford.
And you made my mind up now that I've seen your UA-cam channel.
I live in Australia and i will be looking around for a GT mustang.
So thanks for the show.
Very cool man. What a great experience to witness up close the great technology that is being used and the way things flow down the line. To see your own car get born... well that is next level. You had a great tour guide. Thanks to all those designers and builders who make it happen here in the USA.
It's absolutely incredible to see legendary v-8 FORD muscle cars being built " now".......cars we will cherish literally decades from now. When the Mustang discussions were being kicked around by Ford relative to its discontinuation, a group of very smart people said " hold up" . That has proven to be the correct path. Ford took this car in the best possible direction available. All out performance. I'm old enough now Evan to remember the introduction of the 1968 Cobra Jet, and the buzz surrounding it. That buzz is going on NOW......I never thought I would see that day again. As always, great work man. The legend continues FoMoCo
I don't know how many hours it takes to build a mustang in real time, but if the video was that long, I think I would have watched the whole thing! Thanks for the cool video.
Including bodyshell build up and in paint shop and curing,16-24 hrs depending on manufacturer. Final assembly of completed bodyshell (unibody or body on frame vehicle) takes just a few hours of total time.
Epic video, kudos to all the great people at Ford . Keep the great Info coming for the Blue Oval
This is awesome I remember watching a similar video showing the plant back when they were making the sn95 mustangs pretty cool to see how much has changed over the years
I’m surprised the plant wasn’t louder, especially the metal stamping. Thanks for the inside view. You are a great ambassador for Ford. I love my 2017 GT350R. PS- -thank you to all the factory workers.
The metal stamping presses at FRAP are (were) off at the very northwest corner of the plant where they're not as intrusive. They're actualy not there anymore as Ford just recently moved all of the stamping operations down to the Woodhaven Stamping plant.
My s197 was built at that plant.
I bought it from an ex ford employee, engineer that was part of the s197 program.
Super cool!! Video.
Fantastic opportunity, such a sweet looking and sounding ride. I trust you’re enjoying it!
As I huge ford guy.
And a 08 mustang gt, manual, owner!!
My dream car!!
I’m super jealous!!
Great video!!
Great job!!
Thank you for sharing!!
Definitely will follow your channel!!
Absolutely fantastic !! It's a huge of pleasure to see how such beauty like the Mustangs gt350s take form from bare metal sheets...!
Thanks for all the cool videos
Super cool. What an awesome experience
I had a chance to tour the Taurus and sable plant in Atlanta cool experience. Damn shame it no longer exists was the most efficient plant at the time.
Thanks for this video. My car went down that assembly line a couple of years before this video was made. It’s nice to see where and how my car was born. it’s been a great car and I can see why. 207,000 miles and still going strong. I enjoy driving it every time I get behind the wheel. You can’t beat a Mustang.
You’re welcome
Love those 8 grand shifts!
Thanks
I know that Japanese and European manufactures use a lot of robotics but I was surprised to see the level of automation at Ford. Thanks for posting.
Been a tech guy ,I love to see it being built, work for ford dealership, thank you, sir
I have a 2024 Dark Horse scheduled for a build date of Sept 6.
I dream of having owned a GT350... Maybe in a future life.
Thanks for posting this video, I love seeing the behind the scenes look at things.
You LUCKY DUCK! 😆😆😆...
HEY I never knew that you were editor in chief for mm&ff...💣💥🔥
Impressive Evv!
Yes sir, worked on MM&FF for 20 years.
How cool to see the gestation and birth of the creature. Those robots look almost human with their movements and "sense of purpose". I hope Ford continues to invite you to its factories soon; very nice behind the scenes stuff.
Very cool video! Thanks for posting it.
I know Ford has been building cars for over 100 years and it is second nature to them, but it blow me away. I had an opportunity to visit the Henry Ford Museum at Dearborn which included a tour of the F150 plant.. Impressive. A must see
Thanks for this great factory coverage
Great video, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching.
Nice video. I’ll take all of those mustangs!!
Hey Evan 2 years ago I took a tour of the F150 plant in Detroit. 2 months later I bought my F150. It’s been nothing but a pleasure to drive and it’s comfortable and up high stock height so I can see when I’m driving. I honestly call it my Town Car with a larger trunk. Great Video watching your car get made, really cool. And the GT350 is a driver’s car not wacky horsepower and torque but just pure fun!!
Surprising, no hard hats. Great video Evan, as always
There's not much, if anything to fall on your head. Mostly all the work is eye-level and lower.
Thanks for sharing this video 😊Cheers for the excitement ❤
Cool video ! interesting to see the inside of a car manufacturing plant, especially Ford Mustangs. In 1996 i bought a new GT Manual Black on black. Low on HP, think it was only 210 hp. from a V8 but high on Torque. Fun car to drive !
Outstanding Video. ! 🇺🇲✅️💯
Wow that was so mind blowing awesome, all that footage was amazing, this was so awesome thanks
for sharing Evan!!
Thanks, Paul.
Very cool
❤ loved it fantastic. I have a Mustang and it was great seeing how it came together ❤
Thanks Evan that was cool!
This is amaizing footage Revan, thank you so much for sharing. I've driven by the Flat Rock plant several times in my beloved 07 Premium GT, but obviously never been inside. How long is the build process ? Can they assemble a car in a single day, or week ? My 07 was built in December of 2006, but I haven't tried to look up the exact build dates. She is still going strong today with 215K + miles on the clock. Thank you for the great content :) cheers, - Wright Sublette
Thanks for watching!
What a great opportunity
That is awesome Brother 🐎🔧🚗💪🇺🇸👊
It is amazing how a car is built I worded at Honda of Alabama just being part of it was awesome
Enjoy your car in good health!
Interesting to see Japanese machinery (Komatsu) build American iron.
Really interesting !
Thanks that would be a great start for a new pro stock to make them look like a real car and not like something that doesn't exist bring back the way cars use to be built
You should check out Factory X, the new NHRA class. I just did a video on Chris Holbrook's new Mustang a few weeks ago. Give it a watch.
Ford recently pulled all of the stamping press operations out of the Flat Rock plant that you saw in the beginning of the video and moved it to the Woodhaven Stamping plant where other bodies in Ford's vehicle lineup are also stamped.
Nice video buddy...
Nice car Evan.
Thank you
Hello,
I'm Neal Fry from the Dearborn Glass Plant
Next door to the Dearborn
Assembly Plant in the
Rouge Complex.
In 1995 I watched my Mustang
GT Convertible built in front of my eyes.
You might think THIS is noisy,
Spend 12 hours on a HEAVY
Press that feels like an Earthquake shaking Feet and
Crushing Hands and Arms
Daley my Friend.
" Honestly, "
Neal Patrick Fry from
Dearborn, Michigan.
Our HEAVY Presses are two
Stories above the Rouge River and the Edmond Fitzgerald
Docked across for the
Dearborn Glass Plant.
I was a Blue Colar Hard Hat
Hourly employee for 34 years
3 months, 2 weeks and 4 and a
Half hour.
Guess what?
I miss working for Ford Motor Company's Rouge Complex.
I’ve been in DAP before it closed, Flat Rock is so much more quiet, clean and lighted. DAP was like a scene from Terminator.
Ford just pulled all of the stamping press operations out of the Flat Rock plant that you saw in the beginning of the video and moved it to the Woodhaven stamping plant where other bodies in Ford's lineup are also stamped.
One thing I’ve noticed when watching videos depicting the assembly of automobiles from the US and foreign auto makers. The foreign autoworkers wear uniforms, which show who they are working/building for. In the US, the workers show up in pajamas, sweatpants, T-shirts, shorts, etc.
The UAW assembly line workers do look like slobs.
Great video, thanks....
Awsome video
Awesome 🇺🇸💯
The GT 350 is arguably better drivers car, than the GT500.
Because of the manual transmission!!! Which GT 500 doesn’t offer, in new models.
I enjoy using the clutch and shifting!!
Cool video!!
You see plant tours like this, and it just puts into perspective what an absolutely monumental task it is to startup a new car company. The fact that Tesla, for all of their flaws, has survived more than a decade of making high volume production(not to mention is an actually sizeable manufacturer at this point) is an achievement in itself.
And this is just talking about the manufacturing side too - when Ford made the switch to aluminum body pickups, some articles came out talking about how much Ford worked with the insurance companies when they were designing those trucks to minimize repair costs so that insurance premiums weren't higher than previous generations with the switch from steel to alum . The amount of detail that goes into the design & manufacturing of modern high volume vehicles is just mind numbing.
(to go another level deeper - imagine trying to design one of these modern manufacturing plants, or setting up the logistics with numerous suppliers; where TF do you even begin?!)
Isn't it amazing how robot automation changed the automotive manufacturing industry over the last 40 years? I just wish it didn't eliminate so many blue collar jobs over the years. At least it's still being Built here 💪
very interesting! 😊
Yup just funny! Needed this
Did see any GT350R on the line? The video is very cool. Thanks for sharing.
This was during January and none were built during that time because of the tires. They were only built and delivered in warm weather.
@@revanevan understood. Thanks.
It's so interesting to see how cars are built. I always wonder, does the factory smell like new car? 😅
Lifelong GM guy and Camaro owner here - I own a 2024 Camaro SS 6 speed, ordered it right before the end of RPO allocation in June of last year.
Never thought I'd say this but I am so proud of Ford. GM has left me - not only have they killed my beloved Camaro TWICE, Mary Barra is a woke queen hellbent on turning GM into an EV-only company. I will never buy another GM product.
Thank you Ford for never alienating the car enthusiast and keeping history and heritage alive. I will absolutely be buying a Mustang - GT with a 6 speed stick - for my next car. And that would have been heresy to say just a few years ago.
Great video Evan! Couple questions: how many miles on your GT350 now and when do you take delivery of your new 2025 GTD?
I can see the panel gaps in the
GT 350 from here ... still love mine tho
I paid extra for special paint, but there were a few bubbles which I hadn't seen in any new car since my 88 mustang. They need to fix this at some point.
Used to live with a buddy that was an Electrician at the plant and we lived a couple miles away in '73. Joe Walsh was his name but he's probably retired now 🤔
Dam he can drive !
Thank you
When new model comes ,do they change the robots completely a?
Hey Evan! Did you get to take the car home that day?
Or did you have to wait and wait and wait until you got it at the dealership?🤣🤣🤣
I had to wait. It was like -7 degrees that day, no way I was driving it.
I worked as an automation engineer for years, but somehow I found my way to plastics. Curious what the gameplan is if one of those robots break? I would think they have a spare, but I wonder what the time delay is to get it up and running as the other components build up.
👍👍
You should’ve grabbed a few spare parts as samples 😆
do they still weld or everything bonded together these days
Both
Ford also made sure none of the Mustangs jumps off the assembly line to hit a crowd of workers....
What's the build date some of us maybe looking at our own cars being built.
January 11, 2016.
90% of all Fords are still on the road...the other 10% made it home. LOL
Let me guess, a camaro or challenger owner.
@@patriot1751 Nope. I have two Corvettes and an Impala SS ('96). I like and respect Fords, I just couldn't resist poking a little fun. 😁
Eerie at best !!!
This video is at least 6 years old and yet you posted it just a day ago?!? Better 6 years late then never I guess.
In 1975/76 I used to deliver parts to the Rouge assembly plants and at that time built Mustang II. ... Thatsvv when I realized cars are like sausage's if you saw how they were made wouldn't buy one
30:10 Running in the new Mustang's V8! 😢
I hope you broke that in before taking it to the redline.
Sorry but I think it's an absurd that today in a modern factory workers dont't wear working and safety garments...just jeanz and nike shoes..?!?
I guarantee if head injuries were an issue in these plants the UAW would require it.
@@revanevan It's not just what UAW requires !
I mean...
beyond safeness..personnel should wear factory overalls also for apparent belonging to a company...for professionalism..for order. This is Ford Motorcompany not a private shop!
That's what I think.
@fernandogagliardo6618 Jeez chill bro, it's the employees freedom I guess to be comfortable while working, there isn't any danger of things falling since all the machinery are eye level and below, and there isn't any specific reason they HAVE to wear clothing that is strict to the company demand. They are literally working for themselves.
Why aren’t people wearing ear coverings?
I forgot the worker's make over a 100k now, putting on rotors and here i make about 54k in maintenance working the whole facility fixing broken machine's, so when i go to buy one of there vehicles,ha, i cannot afford one,because they are overpriced with the economy and the worker's pay...
🥝✔️👊♥️👈
come to my window
That was great TY
21:50 Noticed the Lava Red tag on the side of the tire machine. I think they had to put that on the bumpers of LR 2012 mustangs coming down the line because they looked black unless they were in direct light. Only built them ½ a year (520 cars). The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan shut down the factory that made the pigment for the LR paint. Great nostalgia piece.