sbond22
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Is any member capable of obtaining one of those?
Perhaps there are a few "floating" around in the South Florida area.
Perhaps there are a few "floating" around in the South Florida area.
What the hell?
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Similar to the car business, they probably shipped the dies for the FF cabinet (beveled rear-opening lid etc etc) to the Venezuelan manufacturer who did the metal-bending locally and imported the poly transmissions/tubs; but continued to make the metal tubs locally. That Hotpoint came on a boat from Miami.
vacerator
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exactly jamiel,
The Mazda machinery at the Ford Flat Rock plant were never even bolted down to the floors. They ran the Probe, Cougar, 626, and the new"6" until the Tsunami hit Japan in 2010, then they were out of there.
Ford has it back now running Mustangs (100%), some Fusions, and Lincoln MKZ's or new Continental. The balance of production is in Mexcio now, along with all north American Focus assembly. If Wayne gets a new Ranger pickup, it will stay open, but it's as long in the tooth as Wixom was, so who knows? Ford may the same route as Chrysler and GM, with most cars coming from Canada, or Mexico, and trucks domestically.
The Mazda machinery at the Ford Flat Rock plant were never even bolted down to the floors. They ran the Probe, Cougar, 626, and the new"6" until the Tsunami hit Japan in 2010, then they were out of there.
Ford has it back now running Mustangs (100%), some Fusions, and Lincoln MKZ's or new Continental. The balance of production is in Mexcio now, along with all north American Focus assembly. If Wayne gets a new Ranger pickup, it will stay open, but it's as long in the tooth as Wixom was, so who knows? Ford may the same route as Chrysler and GM, with most cars coming from Canada, or Mexico, and trucks domestically.
warmsecondrinse
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Following the analogy to cars (anyone remember Dacia?), might these machines be available (new or used) from countries that have or had good trade relations with Venezuela?
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Necessity is the mother of invention:
Back in the 80's Lada bought the rights (and a whole factory too, IIRC) to the Fiat 124. It re-designed and re-jiggered many bits & pieces to adapt the car to the dirt roads and cold weather of northern Russia. I drove one for a week & 500+ miles. I'd happily have brought it home with me; it was that good. The 124 based series is collectively referred to as the Riva. Link below.
Jim
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Necessity is the mother of invention:
Back in the 80's Lada bought the rights (and a whole factory too, IIRC) to the Fiat 124. It re-designed and re-jiggered many bits & pieces to adapt the car to the dirt roads and cold weather of northern Russia. I drove one for a week & 500+ miles. I'd happily have brought it home with me; it was that good. The 124 based series is collectively referred to as the Riva. Link below.
Jim
vacerator
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Yes,
Dacia was the Romanian car by Renault. Lada's were sold in Canada for a while during the late 70's and early 80's.
Henry Ford assisted in setting up the ZIL plants in the 1920's and 30's.
The Moskvitch car was an Opel Kadette variant.
Germany developed a modern Trabant, not yet in production. It is not fiberglass.
Dacia was the Romanian car by Renault. Lada's were sold in Canada for a while during the late 70's and early 80's.
Henry Ford assisted in setting up the ZIL plants in the 1920's and 30's.
The Moskvitch car was an Opel Kadette variant.
Germany developed a modern Trabant, not yet in production. It is not fiberglass.
warmsecondrinse
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My parents had 2 R16's. So did an aunt. Neighbors had an R12, from which the Dacia came. Very good cars.
In Poland the Trabant was rumoured to be made of paper (really, corrugated cardboard). Wasn't there a movie made out of it, called "Go Trabi, Go!"
Shortly after the wall came down I driving from Hamburg to the ferry in Puttgarten when I saw ALL the cars in front of me swing as one into the left two lanes of the 5 lane autobahn. I thought the story I'd heard/read somewhere was a joke... but no. A Trabant came down the exit ramp and went directly to the middle lane as if the right 2 lanes were part of the ramp. No signals and definitely no increase in speed. I wondered how many accidents were caused by East Germans not understanding how highways work?
Jim
In Poland the Trabant was rumoured to be made of paper (really, corrugated cardboard). Wasn't there a movie made out of it, called "Go Trabi, Go!"
Shortly after the wall came down I driving from Hamburg to the ferry in Puttgarten when I saw ALL the cars in front of me swing as one into the left two lanes of the 5 lane autobahn. I thought the story I'd heard/read somewhere was a joke... but no. A Trabant came down the exit ramp and went directly to the middle lane as if the right 2 lanes were part of the ramp. No signals and definitely no increase in speed. I wondered how many accidents were caused by East Germans not understanding how highways work?
Jim
vacerator
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Yes Jim,
Go Trabbi Go it was. Parts of the car were in fact cardboard coated with gel coat or fiberglass. Some democratic republic, but not really, nor very tree friendly, but they likely had to pay in full in advance, and wait 5 years for one.
Friday afternoon, I drove to my local Menards store, and a woman was exiting the lot in the entrance lane to the main road in a Volvo convertible. I was behind one car, and then a man in a Honda Accord turned left into the lot in front of us and nearly hit her head on. It took he and the Volvo a full minute to move out of the way, and two more cars were backed up on the main road behind me.
I don't know if she was simply disoriented because most lots today have at least a narrow island between the entrance and exit of a lot, or she was on her phone.
I still see so many looking down in their laps or texting while driving, even on the free ways.
Go Trabbi Go it was. Parts of the car were in fact cardboard coated with gel coat or fiberglass. Some democratic republic, but not really, nor very tree friendly, but they likely had to pay in full in advance, and wait 5 years for one.
Friday afternoon, I drove to my local Menards store, and a woman was exiting the lot in the entrance lane to the main road in a Volvo convertible. I was behind one car, and then a man in a Honda Accord turned left into the lot in front of us and nearly hit her head on. It took he and the Volvo a full minute to move out of the way, and two more cars were backed up on the main road behind me.
I don't know if she was simply disoriented because most lots today have at least a narrow island between the entrance and exit of a lot, or she was on her phone.
I still see so many looking down in their laps or texting while driving, even on the free ways.
