It was 1947 when the first car was produced at Flint Assembly. Since then, GM has closed plants and thousands of jobs have been lost, but the Flint Assembly plant survived to become one of the most productive auto plants in North America.
Lucky number 13 rolled off the line at Flint Assembly, and that's 13 with six zeros behind it.
Mayor Dayne Walling was on hand to witness it. "I am so pleased to have all of this happening in the city of Flint. It will be a big part of our 21st century economy
The 13-millionth vehicle is a sleek, black Denali HD that's getting a final buffing for its new owner. The truck will be James Stubbings' 13th GM pickup. "They heard that I had bought 13 vehicles from them and they knew the 13 millionth vehicle was coming. I didn't know so they picked my truck."
His pickup gives us a look at GM's future and what we'll see rolling off the line at Flint Assembly.
"We just put new products in here - the heavy-duty component set - and we are also building light-duty pickup in Flint that we did not do before," said Larry Zahner from GM Vehicle Manufacturing.
The celebration lasted most of the morning with plenty of pictures and smiles from relieved workers.
Many of them wondered if their plant would survive GM's bankruptcy. "After everything that happened last summer, wondering if we would be open right now, Brian Groves said. "And we are booming. It is just so encouraging."
In the past 63 years, Flint Assembly has produced 4 million cars and 9 million trucks.
