Re: Who makes what

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Wed Apr 14 2004 - 17:54:43 EDT


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On 4/14/2004 4:16 PM, jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
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| 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's also the question of "is it really another company?"
DaimlerChrysler held, until very recently, a controlling interest in
New Venture Gear was. So, does that mean "someone else" built our
transfer cases and NVx500 transmissions (I think NVG also makes or made
Neon trannies), or are they sourced "at home"?

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