Jon! You said the F word.
Jim Knox, 91 Dak 318 LA, factory
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From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:12 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-
>
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