canadian built vin

[katy]

Ford of Canada had 5 assembly plants, the main plant in Windsor Ontario, plus Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver.
The assembly building in Winnipeg is still standing and in use (not by Ford), dunno about the others.
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/fletcherbuilding.shtml

[rotorwrench]

Originally Posted by katy

Ford of Canada had 5 assembly plants, the main plant in Windsor Ontario, plus Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver.
The assembly building in Winnipeg is still standing and in use (not by Ford), dunno about the others.
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/fletcherbuilding.shtml

Plant #1 was then referred to as the Walkerville, Ontario plant. It was somewhat like the Rouge plant in that it was where all the major parts except the engine castings were built. The Sarnia plant or Holmes Foundry was the engine plant so they would have to move the products by ship down to Walkerville and the other branch plants after engine completion. Parts would also be sent to the other branch plants by the best possible method. Walkerville eventually grew into the Windsor plant over time. Oakville, Ontario came along in the 50s. The Holmes-Blunt Foundry also made brake parts so asbestos was used a lot there. It became so contaminated that its still toxic to this day.

Ford of Canada likely purchased some parts and bodies from the same subcontractors as Ford US, ie Briggs, Budd, and Murray. As far as Robertson fasteners, they were only used in Canadian production.