Patent ID: 8302281

Claim:
A method of assembling a motor vehicle body comprising: providing a first turret having a central axis and first and second tooling faces spaced circumferentially about the central axis; providing unique tooling fixtures on the respective first and second faces for receiving unique work piece components corresponding respectively to first and second motor vehicle body styles; moving the first turret along a linear path between first and second work stations; rotating the first turret about its central axis to selectively present a respective face and its unique tooling to a workstation for receipt of unique work piece components corresponding to a respective motor vehicle body style; providing a track extending between the first and second work stations; providing a carriage mounted for linear movement along the track; providing journal structure on the carriage mounting the first turret on the carriage for rotation about its central axis; and providing 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 the 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 work piece components corresponding respectively to the first and second motor vehicle body styles.