[DML] Re: DMC Dunmurray Plant Uniforms

[JosephMurray <murrayempire@xxxx>]

Robert Rooney wrote:
> 
> In several of the photos that I've seen of the factory workers, I've
> noticed that there appear to be 3 types of uniforms: White (chassis
> welders ?),

No chassis were welded at the Plant.
The White disposable jump-suits worn by the fretling workers,and they
were the people who cut out the surplus of the black fiberglass under
body i.e. windscreens and surplus Fiberglas from the moulds.Those suites
were changed everyday for new ones.


Blue-ish Gray (general assembly workers), and a dark
> blue/black ?


The Grey boiler suits were the standard issue assembly workers overalls
and the most common.These Grey boilersuites were the property of the
Waverly Laundry in Ballymena Co.Antrim.They were the responsibility of
the cleaning and everyone had 2 pair of overalls.You put your used
overalls in your locker at the weekend and you had your second pair 
placed in your locker over the weekend and ready for your work on Monday
morning.

Does any one know the significance of this different


The blue shop coats were worn Quality control,and the White shop coats
were worn by members of Senior Quality control or final inspection.


> uniforms/jumpsuits? The best example that I've seen is the photo in the
> vault of the 1,000th car off the assembly line with the workers around
> it.
Those guys wearing the White jump-suits were only wearing them for the
purpose of the photograph,normally they would be wearing standard
standard Grey boilersuites.

The DeLorean corporate colours were Dark Grey Medium Grey and Light
Grey,and it took 3 meetings over 4 days in the Conway Hotel Dunmurry to
decide that.
> 
> -Robert
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