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Old Dec 6, 2010 | 11:34 PM
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i can go with that. marv.
 
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Willow Run is Closing
One of GM's most famous plants is closing.
GM will shut down Willow Run transmission plant in Ypsilanti Township next year under bankruptcy plans | MLive.com

Too common a story today.

Buy American. The job you save may be your own.....

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GodSpeed, Dandy Don...
One of the all-time Cowboy greats has passed:
Dallas Cowboys QB, MNF icon Don Meredith dies at age 72 - ESPN Dallas

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Old Dec 7, 2010 | 01:09 AM
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I'm still upset about that. The trucks aren't even made in america. They are assembled here but with parts from all over the world. Buy American doesn't mean what it used to...
 
Old Dec 7, 2010 | 01:11 AM
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now GM is going to put 4000 people out of work. then dandy don dies that sucks.
and your right about the buy american.
 
Old Dec 7, 2010 | 02:24 AM
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id like a flag for my truck
 
Old Dec 7, 2010 | 03:30 AM
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yeah me too. thats like they say freightliners are made by chrysler but there built in mexico.
 
Old Dec 7, 2010 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by SpringerPop
Willow Run: Built during WWII by FoMoCo & the War Production Board to assemble B-24 Liberator bombers.

Taken over by Kaiser-Frazer in 1946, used as K-F's main assembly plant.

Taken over by GM in 1953 after GM's Hydra-Matic factory burned to the ground.

Kaiser had been trying to get out of the Willow Run lease since K-F's fortunes took a serious downturn in 1951, so when GM's Hydra-Matic factory burned down, wags said Kaiser personally lit the match!

Freightliner is not owned by Chrysler and never was. Freightliner is owned by Daimler AG, formerly known as Daimler/Chrysler.
 
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ok i'll give ya that one.
 
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Good afternoon everybody. Getting ready to work on my truck finally. I want to see how many injector clips are loose.
 
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afternoon all.
 
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Have to wait again.. I'm starting to hate chevy trucks..
 
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i never liked GM anyway!
 
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Getting ready to work on my truck finally. I want to see how many injector clips are loose.
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Have to wait again.. I'm starting to hate chevy trucks..
Bob...what the heck are you talking about? What's the Chevy got to do with your 7.3?
 
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Maybe it's a Chubby parts truck that's bringing him new clips for his 7.3?

Evenin' all.....

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