Some helpful tips on panel fit and quality control -

[iain]

OK it’s the Trabant Factory, I’ve used some of these techniques but not normally on a finished car:-)

https://fb.watch/qmIYbnUGot/?
 

Enjoy

[Kiwifrog]

My Uncle used to work on the MG line at Abingdon at the end he was on QC, he told me stories of big lumps of wood soft faced mallets and using brute force to subtly adjust door gaps etc on finished cars, I can’t imagine it would be much different at canley 

[RobH]

1 hour ago, Kiwifrog said:

My Uncle used to work on the MG line at Abingdon at the end he was on QC, he told me stories of big lumps of wood soft faced mallets and using brute force to subtly adjust door gaps etc on finished cars

They still have do that sometimes. I've watched them during factory visits at two different makers in the last 10 years.  

[stuart]

Dave Gleed used to tell tales of a cricket bat being one of the most useful tools on the sidescreen car production line

Stuart.

[Andy Moltu]

I went Abingdon and there was a fair bit of hitting with a variety of tools going on.

[stillp]

No different from Longbridge, Ellesmere, or Luton.

Pete

Edited February 22 by stillp