[Jim Brierley]

updraught, thanks for sending the link. I had to laugh when I read "Ford pioneered the production line, so it's little surprise each factory was a 'cookie cutter' design. That even meant Australian plants had roof beams designed to handle six-feet of snow so required in Detroit." I worked for LAPD for almost 10 years, they built a new vehicle maintenance facility at the Wilshire Division. It was nice except for he fact that you couldn't close the door with a car on the lift. So ... they built 3 more shops to the same spec, and had to modify each one to be workable! We Yanks don't seem to learn from history!