Posted on 09/14/2016 3:29:17 PM PDT by Nachum
Figures
BTW the Rumor is the Ranger would take place of the small car(s) at Wayne Assy.
Everyone see post 39 for what is supposed to go in Wayne Assy to be produced..
Should not be allowed.
Wixom closed way more than two years ago.
How do you prevent it?
Was it actually an experiment in Socialism (" the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole") or just a typical "Mill Town" in a rural area?
It’s quite a bit stronger than rumor. It’s on unless there is an economic upheaval. Trucks and SUVs have much better profit margins than small cars.
They announced that a couple of years ago.
Wood in Fords is fact. While wood was not used in the chassis, wood was used in the bodies. In the high volume Ford automobiles such as the tudor sedan, the coupe, the roadster, touring car and pickups, the body frames and structural members were steel, a small amount of wood was installed to attach the upholstery panels and head liners to. These bodies were manufactured by Ford. In the low volume bodies,built by outside contractors, wood was used for the body frames, rails and structural members. These cars were the four door sedans, the Victoria’s, the Sports coupes. These cars made up about one third of Fords production. By the late 1940s wood was not used to any extent in Ford bodies.
Wood spoke wheels I really didn’t think much of. Somehow I was thinking of being used in the body or chassis.
Trump should rather boldly say that “If you want to sell your products here, in our market, you should make your products here, in our market. Otherwise, you should pay extra for the *privilege* to sell in our market.”
This would make a whole bunch of multinational corporations poop themselves.
looks like hell. I want a small size pickup truck, not a small sedan body with a bed.
I think that post referred to the Ford Woodie, which was mainly a station wagon type car with much of the body made of wood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodie_(car_body_style)
The following page implies they stopped in 1953
http://www.classic-car-history.com/woodie-wagons.htm
So I do not think the person in post 11 is that uninformed.
Now when you go to Kingsford site
https://www.kingsford.com/country/about-us/
They discuss a direct link to Henry Ford. Read it, FRiend, I think you are in a class by yourself.
While that’s true, the backup for door panel upholstry, and what amounted to custom coachwork outside of Ford factories, it doesn’t support the poster’s claim that ALL FORDS up until 1952 were made of wood.
Bring the diesel 6 spd manual ranger here and i’ll trade my beloved 2014 crv for it in a heartbeat
My post above should say:
“So I do not think the person in post 11 is not that uninformed.”
I guess you have to be Janet Reno to know that?
This is how Ford says thank you.
The recent Australian designed Ford Ranger is alive and well, just not sold in the US market. It is currently made in Argentina, South Africa, Thailand, and a version in China.
The projected 2018 production start in Michigan has been planned for a year already.
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