10-01-2017, 04:06 PM | #1 |
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History today
On this day in 1928, Model A production started in Europe.
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10-01-2017, 05:55 PM | #2 |
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Can you expand on that for us? Your book will go out tomorrow. Thanks. Pluck |
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10-01-2017, 06:14 PM | #3 |
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Sorry Pluck, but it is marked on my calendar. I dont know where the info came from.
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10-01-2017, 06:21 PM | #4 |
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Here is some info for you Pluck.
http://www.seriouswheels.com/art-Ford-Europe.htm I got the year wrong, it was 1931 The basis of the strategy was the centralization of Ford�s European activities in England and the formation of a new company, Ford Motor Company Limited to serve this purpose. At the heart of the �1928 Plan� was a new factory - �the Detroit of Europe� - to be built on reclaimed marshland at Dagenham in the UK, as the hub of Ford�s European activities. Built at the then immense cost of �5 million, the new Dagenham plant built its first vehicle, a Model AA truck, on 1 October 1931. |
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10-02-2017, 02:03 AM | #6 |
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10-02-2017, 03:26 AM | #7 |
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Er getting confused here, folks? Trafford Park ( Manchester UK) was producing As well before Dagenham was and up and running
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10-02-2017, 03:57 AM | #8 |
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Ford stated production in Geelong, Victoria, Australia on 31 March, 1925 and ceased in October 2016. Now they import crap like Mustang. The Australian car had a safety rating of 5 stars (the maximum) while the Mustang was lucky to get 2. They are so crappy that it us not possible to fit a tow bar or even a bicycle rack. Motoring commentators and writers tell people "Don't buy it!" Even Korean cars are wayyy better.
Not getting political, just stating facts.
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