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'''Framingham Assembly''' was a [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] factory in [[Framingham, Massachusetts]] which opened in 1947. The plant cost $12 million and was one of three new plants that year.

The first vehicle, produced on [[26 February]], [[1948]], was a [[Buick]], with 23,388 more produced that first year. The factory was used by "BOP" (Buick, [[Oldsmobile]], [[Pontiac]]) and produced 697,574 cars by 1959. In August of that year, it became part of [[Fisher Body]], producing [[Chevrolet]], Pontiac, and Oldsmobile cars.

 

The factory was repurposed again in May, 1968, changing from separate Fisher Body and Chevrolet Division operations to a combined operation under the new GM Assembly Division, to produce the [[Chevrolet Chevelle]] and [[Pontiac Le Mans]]. The [[Buick Skylark]] and [[Oldsmobile Cutlass]] were added in 1970, and the [[Pontiac GTO]] was added the next year. In 1981, the [[Chevrolet Celebrity]] and [[Pontiac 6000]] were produced, with the [[Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera]] added for the 1983 model year.

 

 

The factory was closed permanently on [[August 1]], [[1989]]. The facillity is now the location of an [[ADESA]] automobile, truck, and boat warehouse and live auction site.

 

 

Framingham and its closure is largely the result of civic action, it is one of the few sites where political leaders and local citizens were opposed to the operation of an assembly plant. This made the closure of Framingham far easier than other facilities where local leaders and citizens wanted to save jobs and tax revenue.

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[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Massachusetts]]