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I wasn’t completely against forking over tax dollars in order to float GM a loan, but now they expect new car buyers to build their own engines… and fork over almost $6,000 for the privilege?
I always thought people bought new cars to avoid building their own engines?
As it turns out, this program is strictly voluntary […]
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Tagged Chevrolet, Chevrolet Corvette, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, factories, Hemmings Daily, Hemmings Muscle Machines, LS7, LS9
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I’ve been running an inordinate amount of historic Ford press photos in recent weeks, and that’s simply because they’ve made so many great old photos available through their media site. GM and Chrysler, not so much, but I have been able to wrest some neat Jeep press photos out of Chrysler’s site lately.
We’ll start with […]
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Tagged factories, Jeep, Jeep CJ-5, Jeep Gladiator, Jeep Wagoneer, Rhino grille, Toledo Ohio, trucks and Jeeps
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In August 1918, Henry Ford bought the entire northern half of Green Island, New York. His friend, Thomas Edison, had introduced Ford to the area; Edison founded GE in nearby Schenectady and reportedly loved to fish and hunt on that half of the island hugging the west bank of the Hudson River, just a dozen […]
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Tagged alt-power cars, factories, featured posts, ford, Green Island New York, Henry Ford, hydroelectric power, Thomas Edison