Jerome81 Member Username: Jerome81
Post Number: 1237 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 4:34 pm: | |
I know this is probably a small shop, they only make the Viper and used to make the Prowler there. However, where is this damn thing? I'm guessing it has to be on Connor Ave (duh) and most likely near the JNAP Jeep plant. But I've never seen a sign, I don't see any directions, nothing. Where is this place? |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 1723 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 4:39 pm: | |
Behind the Detroit Water pumping station on 8 Mile. You have to get to it from E Outer Drive, where it curves south. It used to be a Champion Spark Plugs plant. |
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin
Post Number: 3521 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 4:39 pm: | |
I beleive it is part of the Jefferson Assembly complex... |
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard
Post Number: 2070 Registered: 10-2004
| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 4:42 pm: | |
That Viper plant on 20000 Conner, interesting enough, is headed by a very competent woman. Few, if any other, assembly plants are female run. Mapquest (Message edited by LivernoisYard on January 04, 2007) |
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 2301 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 4:44 pm: | |
I thought it was part of Jefferson Assembly, too, which you can't miss when driving the lower east side. Or do they just make the Viper engines there? |
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner
Post Number: 680 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 4:46 pm: | |
Conner and Mack, its not far from Jefferson Assembly. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 1724 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 4:51 pm: | |
They used to make the Viper at the one near 8 Mile, production was moved to the new one in ???. |
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man
Post Number: 264 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 5:02 pm: | |
DCX information. http://cgcomm.daimlerchrysler. com/plants.do?method=display&d ocId=347 Only Cherokees and Commanders are made at Jefferson North Assembly Plant (JNAP). |
Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 7329 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 5:02 pm: | |
...1973. Good staying on top to things, Hornwrecker. |
Ramcharger Member Username: Ramcharger
Post Number: 199 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 5:08 pm: | |
Conner Avenue Assembly Plant
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Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 3503 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 5:25 pm: | |
Viper Production was originally at the New Mack Assembly Plant and shown, in part, on the classic Fabulous Ruins of Detroit tour at https://www.detroityes.com/industry/38viper.htm. The industrial building at the left in that picture is now a parking lot. The following is from the D-C website. "Plant was built in 1966, purchased by Chrysler in 1995. Viper production began in May 1992 at the New Mack Assembly Plant and was moved to Conner Avenue in October 1995. Prowler production began in May 1997 and ended in February 2002. Viper V-10 Engine Production transferred from Mound Road Engine to Conner Assembly in May 2001. In 2003, the newly engineered SRT 10 Roadster hit the market and the SRT 10 Coupé followed in 2005." |
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner
Post Number: 682 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 6:58 pm: | |
Ahh Ha! I thought I was going nuts when I saw it at State Fair! I'm not nuts, I'm just dammed old! |