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'''Lakewood Assembly''' was a [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] [[automobile]] factory near [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. Opened in 1927, the plant was the first that the [[UAW]] staged a strike against in 1936.
'''Willow Run Transmission''' (also called '''Ypsilanti Transmission Operations''') is a [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] factory in [[Wayne County, Michigan]]. Opened in [[1953]], it produces [[Hydra-Matic]] [[automatic transmission]]s for use by General Motors and others. This factory was originally the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Willow Run]] facility, which built [[B-24 Liberator]] bombers during [[World War II]].
From 1947 to 1953 it built Kaiser and Frazer cars for the Kaiser-Frazer Corp.
On [[February 14]], [[2006]], GM announced an investment in the Willow Run plant to produce the six-speed [[GM 6L80 transmission]].


Initially, Lakewood was referred to as 'Atlanta' and coded as '8' on vehicle [[VIN]] plates, changing to 'A' when GM reshuffled their codes for 1953. For 1972, code 'A' Atlanta was now referred to as the Lakewood plant.
Current products:
 
* [[GM 4L80 transmission]]
Lakewood assembled [[Chevrolet]]s, [[Pontiac]]s, [[Oldsmobile]]s and [[Buick]]s at various points in their history, and also began assembling Chevrolet trucks (though ''not'' [[GMC]]s) from 1929 thru at least 1986.  The 1990 model year [[Chevrolet Caprice]] [[B-Body]] model line was the last vehicle produced at Lakewood, the plant closing it's doors on August 6th.  At the time of its demolition some years later, Lakewood was a {{convert|2600000|sqft|m2|sing=on}} facility.
* [[GM 4L85 transmission]]
* [[GM 4T80 transmission]]
* [[GM 6L80 transmission]]
* [[GM 6L50 transmission]]
* [[GM 6L90 transmission]]


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of GM factories]]
* [[List of GM factories]]
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Latest revision as of 02:20, 4 February 2009

Willow Run Transmission (also called Ypsilanti Transmission Operations) is a General Motors factory in Wayne County, Michigan. Opened in 1953, it produces Hydra-Matic automatic transmissions for use by General Motors and others. This factory was originally the Ford Willow Run facility, which built B-24 Liberator bombers during World War II. From 1947 to 1953 it built Kaiser and Frazer cars for the Kaiser-Frazer Corp. On February 14, 2006, GM announced an investment in the Willow Run plant to produce the six-speed GM 6L80 transmission.

Current products:

  • GM 4L80 transmission
  • GM 4L85 transmission
  • GM 4T80 transmission
  • GM 6L80 transmission
  • GM 6L50 transmission
  • GM 6L90 transmission

See also

Coordinates: 42°14′7″N -83°33′30.42″E / 42.23528°N 82.44155°W / 42.23528; -82.44155

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