St. Louis Truck Assembly was a General Motors automobile factory that built GMC and Chevrolet trucks, GM "B" body passenger cars, and the 1954–1981 Corvette models in St. Louis.
History
Opened in the 1920s as a Fisher body plant and Chevrolet chassis plant, it expanded to manufacture trucks on a separate line. During World War II, the plant produced DUKW amphibious vehicles. Another expansion was added for the Corvette line in 1953.
On August 1, 1980, the Caprice/Impala assembly line closed, contributing to the plant's closure in 1986. During the 1981 model year, Corvette production ended and shifted to Bowling Green Assembly Plant in Kentucky.[2] Thereafter, the factory manufactured