Re: RE: Coming To Michigan Next Week...."Cookout & Warren"

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Aug 05 2001 - 17:17:36 EDT


I don't get this. The Durango plant in Newark, DE rolled out the red
carpet for the Durango Owner's Club. I think they were in their 2-week
summer shutdown at the time, and obviously couldn't get into the paint
areas, but aside from that, they got a full tour.

Terry Herrin wrote:
> I was one of thirty lucky Dakota R/T owners to get a tour last year of
> the Warren plant where all Dakotas are made. DC does not give public
> tours of the plant. We were able to get in due to a lot of hard work
> by two Dakota R/T Club members who work there. There's not much to
> see on the outside, just massive buildings. Inside is something else.
> Awesome! Robots welding, parts moving along conveyer belts
> everywhere. We had to wear safety gear, because we were right on the
> line where things were being put together. We stopped and talked to
> some of the line workers. We even gave the lady putting on cab bolts
> a hard time about the cab pop problem! LOL! A once in a lifetime
> opportunity for me, I'll never forget it.
>
> Terry Herrin
> 99 FR CC RT
> 14.358 @ 95.75, 337rwhp N/A
> Wilmington, NC
> Dakota R/T Club, Executive Board, SE Region
> http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/t/h/therrin/dakota.html
>

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-andy
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'99 CC 4x4 318 auto



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