Lynch Road Assembly was a

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assembly plant located in

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near

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. It is now the location of The Crown Group, a powdered coatings manufacturer which supports the automotive manufacturing industry. Lynch Road was opened for DeSoto and

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production in 1928 at 6334 Lynch Rd and was approximately two miles north of the

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factory, and was built in only three months where two crews of workmen started at the opposite ends towards the center, and two crews worked from the center outwards. During

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the plant first manufactured tank transmissions and truck parts, but in mid-1943 it was converted to produce

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diffusers for

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plant. When Chrysler began having financial problems during the 1970s, the decision was made to close the factory along with the Hamtramck Dodge Factory and production ended in April 1981, where the

Newark Assembly Newark Assembly was a Chrysler (DaimlerChrysler from 1998-2008) factory in Newark, Delaware built in 1951 to make tanks and later automobiles with production continuing until December 2008. A variety of Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth models were p ...

in Delaware continued operations. DeSotos were also manufactured at Wyoming Road Assembly in Detroit after the factory was purchased from GM after LaSalles were cancelled. When the

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was introduced in 1962, production switched to Dodge and Plymouth products that used this platform in 1964.

Automobiles

Chrysler Corporation automobile divisions that were assembled here were: *

1929-1964, 1979-1980 * DeSoto 1929-1933 *

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1929-1930 Automobiles models assembled here include: *

Plymouth Belvedere Plymouth Belvedere is a series of American automobile models made by Plymouth from 1954 until 1970. The Belvedere name was first used for a new hardtop body style in the Plymouth Cranbrook line for the 1951 model year. In 1954 the Belvedere re ...

1964-1978 *

Plymouth Satellite The Plymouth Satellite is a mid-size automobile introduced in the 1965 model year as the top trim model in Plymouth's "B" platform Belvedere line. Available initially in two-door hardtop and convertible models, the Satellite remained the top-of- ...

1964-1974 *

Dodge Coronet The Dodge Coronet is an automobile that was marketed by Dodge in seven generations, and shared nameplates with the same bodyshell with varying levels of equipment installed. Introduced as a full-size car in 1949, it was the division's highest tri ...

1964-1978 *

Dodge Charger The Dodge Charger is a model of automobile marketed by Dodge in various forms over seven generations since 1966. The first Charger was a show car in 1964. A 1965 Charger II concept car resembled the 1966 production version. The Charger has ...

1965-1966 *

1972-1974 * Chrysler R-series full-size sedans (Newport/New Yorker/Fifth Avenue/St. Regis/Gran Fury), 1979-1981

References

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Automobiles

See also

References