In response to the public's growing interest in automobiles, Pontiac offered guided tours of some of its plants in the early 1950s. The narrated tour of Pontiac East Assembly included a trip down the final assembly line on an electric tram.

https://gmphotostore.com/1950s-pontiac-east-assembly-plant-poster/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/iisg/4586690750/in/album-72157622841573224/

even a drill press used to be made to last forvever, and was dressed up a little for good looks. Nothing plastic on this Buffalo

photos from http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=8683 via http://t-s-k-b.tumblr.com

Hot Rod Headlines has done the legwork and you can take a vitrual shop tour of about 100 of the best hot rod builders in the US

http://www.hotrodhotline.com/feature/shoptour/

It has photo galleries of Winfield, Alloway, Foose, Trepanier, Starbird, Rolling Bones, Alan Johnson, Coddington, and 90 more I'm not familiar with, but have work of such good quality that you might want to learn about the ones in your area.

Thanks Brian for getting me to look this up!

I recommend you find a speed shop, one with a dyno... just not this one

Where the guys are happy

The prices are on the wall

The floor is full of Hi-Po parts

And you'll find old cool stuff

and they work on race cars, muscle cars, and off roaders too

A gallery of a dozen So Cal garage / private museums

Larry Wood's 24th Annual New Year's Day Garage Tour
A tour of some garages in the SoCal area with amazing collections of cars, parts, motorcycles, Hot Wheels, toys, and other auto related memorabilia.

http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/car_shows/car-shows-2009/larry-woods-24th-an/

Hot Rods and Hobbies,
Elwoods garage
Richard's Hot Rod shop
So-Cal Speed shop
Glen's Garage
Carroll Shelby's garage
Scott Tuppers "Unreal" drive in
Tucker's
Moto Art
McClusky's
and Sun International

Via Drive! magazine... they have a good article and photos in the hardcopy, but nothing in their website about the April issue at all. Nothing on their website newer than Dec 08

Symbolic hosted a morning meet at their Service and Restoration Center, WOW, great show!

So many questions... but indisbutably the best conversation starter there ever was in a Ferrari office. For the story behind the table: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/01/story-behind-crushed-ferrari-at.html

Out in the shop...

Symbolic Motors Repair facility open house 2008