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Topic: The 10 most truly made-in-America cars
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May 22, 2013 at
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-10-most-truly-made-in-america-cars-2013-05-22?siteid=yhoof2
http://kogodnow.com/autoindex/
They don't even know how to spell sprint car
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com
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May 22, 2013 at
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Now I feel much better about my recent purchase...
Now if I could find some guy in India to repair it in the future over the phone, I'll be all set... :/
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May 22, 2013 at
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the ford f-150 is the top selling vehicle in america again. except for the vette, stang, pretty much all else are dogs....
i would be curious to see how many "other country parts" are on these american made vehicles, curious!
Ascot was the greatest of all time..
West Capital wasn't half bad either..
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May 22, 2013 at
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Does anyone no how to remove the factory stickers on the side of the bed without ruining the paint...? :/
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May 22, 2013 at
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Posted By: NWFAN on May 22 2013 at 11:56:31 AM
the ford f-150 is the top selling vehicle in america again. except for the vette, stang, pretty much all else are dogs....
i would be curious to see how many "other country parts" are on these american made vehicles, curious!
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Chart at bottom shows how much of car is American. http://kogodnow.com/autoindex/
So they are saying the GMC Acadia is 88.5% American made. The 11.5% not made in America falls under "Body, Interior, Chassis, Electrical & Other" column as it looks like it does for most of the vehicles. A majority have American made engines and transmissions. Just sub parts and electrical are made in other countries.
I'm guessing because of shipping costs of heavier parts and suspect manufacturing, precision machining and metallurgy processes where engines and transmissions are concerned. We see the same thing in racing. Experience has shown to be leary of foreign produced parts, especially engine parts.
They don't even know how to spell sprint car
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com
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May 22, 2013 at
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Posted By: Stan Donnit on May 22 2013 at 08:18:16 PM
Does anyone no how to remove the factory stickers on the side of the bed without ruining the paint...? :/
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I took the badges off my RAM, several videos on youtube showing how. Search "car sticker removal" should find somethin'.
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May 23, 2013 at
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I remember about 15 years or so ago, I drove big trucks and one of my pick ups, was at Kanematsu Gosho, and I delivered that directly to Harley in Milwaukee. What was it? It was a trailer load of pallets of motorcycle clutches.
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May 27, 2013 at
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Four races on a single tank of fuel...Gotta love the 36 gallon fuel cell...
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May 27, 2013 at
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Stan Donnit; Just use some heat (from a heat gun or hair dryer) on the decal to get the adhesive warm, pick at a corner to peel it back and slowly pull it back on itself at a 45 or so degree angle. It should peel right off. Then use an adhesive remover to remove any remaining glue.
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May 27, 2013 at
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Thanks, I'll give that a try...
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