Patent ID: 8042249

Claim:
A motor vehicle body assembly apparatus comprising: a carriage moveable along a linear path of travel; a first turret mounted on the carriage, the first turret having a central axis and first and second tooling faces spaced circumferentially about the central axis; unique tooling fixtures on the respective first turret first and second faces for receiving unique work piece components corresponding respectively to first and second motor vehicle body styles; mounting structures engageable with the carriage for movement along the linear path between first and second workstations and for rotation of the first turret about its central axis to selectively present a respective face and its unique tooling to a workstation for receipt of unique workpiece components corresponding to a respective motor vehicle body style; and the apparatus further includes a second turret rotatably mounted on the carriage in longitudinally spaced relation to the first turret and including first and second tooling faces spaced circumferentially with respect to a rotational axis of the second turret and unique tooling fixtures on the respective first and second tooling faces of the second turret for receiving unique workpiece components corresponding respectively to the first and second motor vehicle body styles.