Assembly line

[Eclipsar]

Out of interest how long does it take a car to go from one end of the assembly line to the other end where it's driven away?

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[Kristian87]

Out of interest how long does it take a car to go from one end of the assembly line to the other end where it's driven away?

About 3 months :lol: depends who you ask!

All done in a day I believe... but for European units, they then go to the mysterious "up-fitters" where they have certain bits & pieces done. This can range from small repairs/quality control bits or missing parts added at a later date, or country specific changes, maybe the door mirrors - and I am just guessing on that!

 

[Manders Mustang]

I was build date 2/2/16, Gate release 4/2/16. (that's UK date format). to build the car, it takes literally a few hours to build the mustang. More time spent with spraying, QA'ing etc. After build it'll gate release and then be sent to upfitters to change some parts to EU regulations.

In short, 2/3 days. ETIS may take longer to update.

If you mean from Build to Delivery at your dealership/pickup 8-12weeks.

Breakdown is:

Build date + 2weeks = Baltimore
Baltimore +4 weeks = On ship to Zebrugge (6 weeks total)
Baltimore +2 weeks = Zebrugge (8 weeks total)
Zebrugge +2weeks = Southampton (10 weeks total)
Southampton +1 weeks = At dealership (11 weeks total)
Dealer + you to arrange pickup (1 week) = Pickup (12 weeks)

Obviously this can shorten depending on situations.

 

[Hammer Time]

Baltimore mustang line

 

[Manders Mustang]

Baltimore mustang line

Baltimore mustang line is more like a bunch of cars snowed under :lol:.

Just so confusing how the cars can move rapid between creation, then once built they slow right the fk down and take forever to get on a fking ship, then spend forever in other places due to probably bottlenecks in the process. :rant:

 

[Hammer Time]

Baltimore mustang line is more like a bunch of cars snowed under :lol:.

Just so confusing how the cars can move rapid between creation, then once built they slow right the fk down and take forever to get on a fking ship, then spend forever in other places due to probably bottlenecks in the process. :rant:

Sorry should of been flat rock mustang line

This is Baltimore docks

 

[Manders Mustang]

Flat rock to be fair to them, 2 days for gate release on my car, i'll lay off slating them.

Yeah that's 110% baltimore docks, make sure a few of the cars have their windows open though!

 

[deep south]

I recall reading somewhere it takes about 10 hours from "start of assembly" to "drive off". The plant works 2 shifts/day so some will be assembed in a day, and some will sit on the line overnight waiting for assembly to resume with the next shift.

But it looks like UK cars (maybe all export models) sometimes/always need to go the "outfitters" - this is when ETIS shows the export suspension added. Then they get parked (I presume with the shipping cover on), loaded onto a railcar, sent to Baltimore, parked, loaded onto a ship, sent to Zeebrugge, parked, customs inspected, parked, undersealed, parked, loaded onto a ship, sent to Southampton, parked, loaded onto a transporter, sent to the dealer, parked, PDI'd and then it is ready for you!

I guess at every stage it is a case of "wait for a full train load / ship load / etc" so in theory it could take as little as 2 weeks - the reality is that shipping to you can easily take 12 weeks or even more....

 

[welsh treg]

Sorry should of been flat rock mustang line

This is Baltimore docks

I can seen mine

3rd one up on the left

still no firm ship passage, 8 weeks or so at the docks :frusty:

I keep hearing Ottis Reading singing -

 

[Eclipsar]

Thanks guys for that, is was just how long the line took, so a few hours

 

[Eclipsar]

I was build date 2/2/16, Gate release 4/2/16. (that's UK date format). to build the car, it takes literally a few hours to build the mustang. More time spent with spraying, QA'ing etc. After build it'll gate release and then be sent to upfitters to change some parts to EU regulations.

In short, 2/3 days. ETIS may take longer to update.

If you mean from Build to Delivery at your dealership/pickup 8-12weeks.

Breakdown is:

Build date + 2weeks = Baltimore
Baltimore +4 weeks = On ship to Zebrugge (6 weeks total)
Baltimore +2 weeks = Zebrugge (8 weeks total)
Zebrugge +2weeks = Southampton (10 weeks total)
Southampton +1 weeks = At dealership (11 weeks total)
Dealer + you to arrange pickup (1 week) = Pickup (12 weeks)

Obviously this can shorten depending on situations.

Thanks for the breakdown in time frame, save me asking any more question

6 weeks on the ship, what are they rowing It across :lol: it took lest than that for a contain coming out of Houston and they had to sail round Florida

I swear they have been watching the hare and the tortoise, where slow and steady wins the race :lol::lol::lol:

 

[Manders Mustang]

Thanks for the breakdown in time frame, save me asking any more question

6 weeks on the ship, what are they rowing It across :lol: it took lest than that for a contain coming out of Houston and they had to sail round Florida

I swear they have been watching the hare and the tortoise, where slow and steady wins the race :lol::lol::lol:

No, you've misinterpreted, the ship takes 2 weeks from balti to zebrugge. the "+X weeks" is how long, it takes. the "(Xweeks total)" is the current time elapsed post build.

But yeah, it's practically 6 weeks from build to being on a ship, pretty shocking if you ask me.

It's a fairly rough time frame, sometimes they're quicker, others get Stark'd or for this topic's case Welsh Treg'd and for some reason chill at the docks for ages :tsk:

 

[Eclipsar]

Thanks for explains that, my bad, I was guessing it would take 2-3, 2 weeks is a lot better, they seem to spend most of the time sat around doing nothing, can't see how they are ever going to catch up at this rate, as dealers are quoting 6-7 month delivery now

 

[Manders Mustang]

Thanks for explains that, my bad, I was guessing it would take 2-3, 2 weeks is a lot better, they seem to spend most of the time sat around doing nothing, can't see how they are ever going to catch up at this rate, as dealers are quoting 6-7 month delivery now

They spend on total, 90% of the time doing nothing but waiting for something that can be processed at build, rather than after.
2 weeks (from build) + 4 weeks at BALTI docks + 1-2 weeks at Zebrugge + a few days at Southampton + a few days pre PDI/waiting for pickup.

So that's 9 or so weeks out of 13 or so weeks, waiting for something.

Ideally the car could literally be ufpfitted the second it is built, then moved onto a train to baltimore, from there on a ship to Zebrugge, undersprayed, reloaded onto a ship to southampton, security checked and then sent to your dealer, PDI'd and picked up 2 days later. Which would take no longer than a month, total.

That being said, I work in the infamous world of project management, so i could probably be babbling about getting 9 women to delivery 1 baby in 1 month instead of 9 babies in 9 months :lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[deep south]

That being said, I work in the infamous world of project management, so i could probably be babbling about getting 9 women to delivery 1 baby in 1 month instead of 9 babies in 9 months :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Umm - if you need any help with the first stage of getting those 9 women pregnant let me know and I will do my best to help - just not in a Mustang as I don't think that will be possible (even one at a time...) and definitaly not in the back seats!:shocked:

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