Yes, I worked there. My father started in 55. I walked the uaw lines with him. I started in 76, If the car was built in Van Nuys I probably had my hands on at least some part of soft or hard trim. I also worked final line a while. I worked on the UAW/Employee magazine in the late eighties. As a team leader we tried to improve quality through what was known as the team concept. I ended my employement there in 1990. Many of my co-workers had gone to Saturn. Some of the union reps coevered the buutss and got National Union positions. After 1990 the local govt and Detroit stopped trying to save jobs. When the car was shipped to Canada, we knew the end was near!

I was one of the lucky few who got to drive a car home almost every night in the mid eighties. The RS cal spec. was an idea that was put forth by the teams @ Van NUys. I believe Framingham, had been shut down by this time and Camaros and Fbrds were only built by us. (Canada didn't count) The RS was a special edition with the v6 and a stick. We were going for sportiness and mileage for the envir0-wackos.

Great handling car, a little underpowered, of course get on the 5.7 and then what are were comparing against?

The lighting electronics on the Berlinetta were great, until you have to replace them twenty years later. Hard to find.

The T-Tops were always leaking. From installation to riding through the water test line, we were constantly trying to find a way to fix this engineering night mare. The Corvettes were good, we just copuld'nt get the consistency on the F body.
There are mso many stories b ut they are mainly people stories.

Wait... One time the engineers/designers were brought in from Detroit to understand how the car is put together. They came in with their pocket protectors (visualize 'The Nerds'), ties and white o\r light blue shirts.
All of them were assigned to a line member that correlated to their assigned design. The younger guys got right into it. Many cut their arms, fingers or whatever. They goit their clothes greasy and could not keep up with what they had designed. One old guy went and got a cup of coffee and hid from what he was supposed to do. 'I design the damn things, we pay you to figure it out and build it.' Hence the attitude, I feel, which helped to denigrate the quality of the GM products in the eighties.
After break, the engineers came back with overalls and shop rags.

Hope this helps.