my companies main business is the rail side of this, we hope ford doesn't
close, but it's been coming for awhile now!
ford is down to 1 shift per day, with closures at Christmas, summer, and
vacations!!
sad to see it go, but will they tear it down, or build another vehicle?
-- Punch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1998 Dakota CC V6, Deep Amethyst, K&N Homebrew Intake, Gutter Guard Grills, Dynomax Cat Back Exhaust, Jet stage 2 BFG A/T KO 235/75/15, Autolite 3923's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *In the near future: Billet TB, 180Dg. Thermo, energy suspension bushings, Hotchkis sway bars, AirRaid intake, Leer Cap, Spray in bedliner, MTX Thunderforms. "Bob Tom" <tigers@bserv.com> wrote in message news:5.0.2.1.0.20020110090305.009f7e50@bserv.com... > At 08:12 PM 12/9/01 -0800, you wrote: > >well, ford needs to do something because the company is going down really > >fast. I have heard several financial reports of ford as well as other talk > >that they have been having very poor quality lately, they are not working > >very hard on new models (that they will actually build), and they are in > >need of a total reorganization. Apparently they are running very > >inefficient. > > There are very strong indications that Ford will be closing up > the truck assembly plant up here in Oakville, Ontario. This > is the only plant that currently puts together the Lightning. > If this comes about, 1,500 jobs will be gone. An announcement > is expected today (Thursday). > > >They said ten years ago the quality of fords was second only > >to very expensive imports, today they are one of the lowest. > >--snip-- > > My son's best friend has been working in the Oakville plant > for almost 20 years and he has become very upset with the > collapse in quality control the past couple years. These > are problems that are well-known within the plant. He has > a older Ranger but is now looking at the new Ram. > > Bob Tom Burlington, Ont., Canada > '97 Dakota Sport, 4x2, CC, Flame red, 5.2L, auto., 3.92SG >
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