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Originally Posted by 77Birdman
I have heard this many times. I know ZERO about car production, but I do know a little about wood. I would think it would be easier (thus cheaper) to have wood to be used in the production of the vehicles a known commodity and prepped accordingly. Breaking apart pallets/shipping crates, pulling nails (I doubt they used screws), then sorting into useful sized piles seems counter intuitive to me. I would think compared to the amount of wood used in the production line, 'scrap' lumber from crates would amount to very little.
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All true, and today this would make little sense. Especially since nowadays we would just order up several hundred Conex containers of premade floorboards and have them shipped from overseas. However, consider the times when raw material cost likely made up a much higher percentage of the car's value, labor was not as comparatively expensive then as it is now. I'm sure this could be quantified but doggone if I have any numbers to do so.
JayJay