There's a DC stamping plant in Twinsburg, OH, near me. Not sure what they
produce for, though. It's old and was there when it was still just
Chrysler.
--- Jerod J. Husvar - eBay: DreamWvrOH - I can list for you! - I leave feedback, do you? 2001 Dakota CC Sport + V6 4x2 2001 Malibu V6 ----- Original Message ----- From: <jon@dakota-truck.net> To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:12 PM Subject: DML: Who makes what (was: attn bernd. v6 headers)> > "Josh Battles" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com> wrote: > > : I saw both of those posts before I made mine, and my previous comment still > : stands. I understand that they were made by "JR Headers." If you're going > : to say that these headers aren't Dodge headers, that they're "JR" headers, > : you might as well start telling us that the alternator you bought from Dodge > : isn't a Dodge alternator, that it's a Denso alternator instead. > > : The fact of the matter is that they were (are) sold over the Mopar parts > : counter, and have a Dodge part number attached to them, and every part > : (except maybe the MP line) sold by Dodge is made by someone else. > > > The MP stuff is made by other people too. :-) (For example, > I think Edelbrock was responsible for the aluminum Magnum cylinder > heads, and I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't make most of > the MP intake manifolds too.) Heck, even for new vehicles, Dodge > doesn't really make much of anything - I guess you could consider > them designers and assemblers. :-) AFAIK, most parts on a vehicle > comes from outside sources. (I said "most", not "all".) ;-) > I'm not sure about the frame and the sheet metal; I wouldn't be > surprised to learn that Dodge does actually do their own stamping. > (There is a Ford stamping plant near me in Buffalo, so I know they > do some of their own stamping, at least.) > > -- > -Jon- > > .-- Jon Steiger ---- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com --. > | 1970 Barracuda - 1990 Dakota 'vert - 1992 Ram 4x4 - 1996 Dakota | > | 1996 Intruder 1400 - 1996 Kolb FireFly - 2001 Ram QC 3500 CTD | > `------------------------------------ http://www.jonsteiger.com --' >
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