OK----Please post the nationality and why you have a NON American car/truck----
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OK----Please post the nationality and why you have a NON American car/truck----
not me. i drive a 20 year old ford diesel . bride drives a chrysler 300.
2006 chevy pickup. Of course it was probably built in Canada or Mexico somewhere. I am sure at least parts of it was anyway.
1963 Nova SS
1971 Chevy C10 (sons - still in wife's name)
1999 Escort (sons daily driver - still in my wife's name)
2002 Expedition
2004 Mountaineer
and the Harley.....
Two of my daughters went to the "dark side" and drive Nissans, Cubes, Ravs, ect... One daughter drives an Escape (great little Ford!!)
All the vehicles in my driveway are USA built---
You can tell from the Vin# a one (1) in the first position means USA---2 Canada, 3 mexico--
I drive an F150 crew cab and my wife has a five year old Impala so I don't have any foreign iron.
BUT ... way back in the past (1954) I bought a '51 Chevy four door and was surprised to find out that it was built in Antwerp Belgium, and in 1970 I bought a new Duster that was built in Canada.
Is that okay?
My stately ole Diplomat is presently up on jacks and under a tarp until I get my share of the stimulus money.
Jim
Not stirring the pot,but so do Toyotas,Nissans,Mazdas Etc. and I'd bet over 60% of the componets in a so called American vehicle are Japanese,Mexican or chinese since the 80's,although I haven't done any real research on that. But I do know that most of the parts I buy from the dealers have a Made in (Insert name here) on them. I've got GMC,Dodge,Olds and Ford in the driveway right now, but if I was gonna buy a new full or midsize pickup I would seriously consider a Toyota . (My apology to any one that offends) And european cars are a totally different subject as I believe they find all the mad scientists they can to design and build those things (LOL)Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry clayton
Nuttin but Detroit Iron!:)
Let’s see:
1937 Dodge
1957 Plymouth
1964 Ford
1974 Mustang
1977 Mustang
1976 Dodge truck
1983 El Camino
1984 El Camino (the last year the El Caminos were assembled in the US)
1972 Harley
Yes folks, the newest vehicle we own is a 1984 El Camino and none of our vehicles needs a green card.
We are doing our bit for recycling :LOL:
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All mine are USA 100% + the wifes Suburban.. Should be some hot dogs and apple pie around here too
All Ford's here.... 08 Focus, 11 F-150
Now, our 'American Iron"**
2012 Ford Fusion = Hermosillo Stamping & Assembly plant in Hermosillo, Sonora de Mexico w/20% USA content (gulp)
2006 Ford F350 = Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky w/85% USA content
1931 Ford Deluxe Roadster = Dave W's shop, Saratoga County in Upstate New Yawk = with ??? USA content (90+%?)
Bolens/ISEKI diesel tractor = 90+% Matsuyama-city, Japan
Glendale Titanium RV = Strathroy, Ontario, Canada
**How much of your car is made in America
Focus designed in Europe and runs a Mazda engine & drivetrainQuote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
8 out of 11 are American built.....1 is foreign built but does have an American built 5.0L under the hood :D .
A bit of allsorts here, starting with the newest:
1994 Ford Fairmont, Australian design but built in New Zealand. It's our daily driver, bought cheap-as-chips from the side of the road...if/when it goes 'pop' I'll push it over a bank and get something else.
1964 A C Cobra replica, built in New Zealand. Running 429 Ford with C6 auto, Jaguar irs and Australian GMC Torana ifs.
1951 Ford School bus, built in America and imported by us a couple of years back. Now sitting on a 2000 lwb Chev dually chassis, and running a Chev 400 ci Vortec with 5 sp manual. Still a 'work in progress', but nearing completion.
1949 Morris Minor lo-light, built in the U.K. and imported new to N Z in 1950. Now running a later BMC front end, Nissan 1500 cc donkey with 5 sp manual, and Nissan rear end.
1947 Ford sedan built in Canada (I think,) and imported new to New Zealand. Now running Jaguar ifs and irs with 350 ZZ4 Chev donkey and turbo 350 box.
So yes; a bit of a mixture.
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usa made chevy short box . this stuff means not one thing ... start looking hard most of it is not made in the usa any ways. any replacement part s are not or very few but thats ok as some poor S.O.B in china is working for nothing and doing a better job???
2 Ford pickups and a Jeep wagon.
1999 Gm pick up, 2002 SS, 34 Ford coupe 32 Ford pick up, and 72 FX, call me narrow minded I will never own foreign. If thought of as narrow mind, thank you for the complement in advance.
Foreign for clarity has nothing to do with the country the product is built in. It is all about where the parent company is located.
No foreign cars or pick ups here.
These 4 are all diesel
1995 F-350
1972 K30 Longhorn
1976 K30 CC SWB
1968 Corvette
The only spark plug equipped things I own
1940 Ford
1990 Burb
129 Cub Cadel
I have to agree that a big majority of the parts used to build most cars and trucks in the USA these days are imported.Quote:
Originally Posted by pat mccarthy
While it may have been originally designed in Europe, the design was "Americanized" at Ford Studios in California.Quote:
Originally Posted by HWORRELL
All American since I've had a license.
Do you guys think we could get a movement for drivers of the American makes to drive with there headlights on Memorial Day?????????How would/could we spread the word to make it happen?????
And I don't want to hammer anyone who has a foreign make, I just want some USA Patriotic American feelings like it used to be--- before all those little transistor radios------------
Yep,I know,but I'm just having fun with ya. Me and the Son in Law jack with each other all the time over this subject,buddy he is Pro American car. But I've turned wrenches everyday for the last 40 years and have seen the asian market creeping into the American models starting in the early 80's.So my take is its been here too long to try to stop it (read that to many $ involved) Hell look @ NAPCAR, Toyota is a dominant force,same thing in Midgets the last few years and you want to really read some smack,check out the Saturday night dirt track sites on the Subject of Kenny Wallace showing up with his UMP Toyota backed and motored Modified to the Saturday night bullrings !!! Them beer drinkin,ticket buyin folks in the stands ain't likin that chit one bit !:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
Jerry I run with em on whenever I'm on the hiway anyway. Got no plans to go anywhere this holiday,cept to the garage and try to shape some some model a sheetmetal. But I'll try to remember and turn em on if I go anywhere Monday.Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry clayton
I've never owned and never will own any vehicle with a foreign name.
Monday, my grandson and I will go and decorate graves and I will try try to remember to turn the headlights on.
:)I drive a 2011 so yup, lights will be on.
My everyday drive(not that its used EVERY day,but most) is the old 1960 F100:cool:,,done about 50000 miles in the last 6 years..Lynda's everyday car is a 1993 Fairmont,,Aussie built,and the old everyday driver for the last 12 years is a Ford Telstar station wagon...(the dreaded rice burner):eek::eek: BUT...in saying that,a very good daily driver,,with 376000 km on the clock,and still running like a swiss watch..Been regularly serviced,but its not needed now we have the Fairmont..
All in good fun over here! :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by HWORRELL
And you cannot argue with success! "They" build quality vehicles and has forced (to use a term loosely) the big 3 to step up their game. Let's face it, we gave them the technology after WWII and taught them how to do it all, then our own companies ignored the lessons learned and got greedy.. but that's another story right...
I think it all goes back to the '80's when "we", the consumer wanted performance cars and "they" the Big 3 with Big Brother holding a gun to their head kept ramming 4 cyl. cracker boxes down our throat!!!! (Remember the K cars?) That left the door open for all the foreign manufacturers to offer cars that not only outperformed the US cars, but out MPG'd them too. The US manufacturers spent too much time thinking we would all "buy American" and not enough time designing, refining, and building the cars consumers wanted. It's only with in the last decade (give or take a few years) that the US companies turned back to performance and actually designing cars that we wanted. With the introduction of the Ford mod engines, the Chevy LS engines, and Chrysler re-introducing the Hemi that folks can walk into a showroom and once again buy a Hi-Performance car that is US made!!!! I see a lot of folks switching back to US built cars now. I never got into the imports, other then and old Datsun that I bought for $50.00 to drive back and forth to work in the winter, but for years if you wanted a Made in the USA performance car you had to build it and very few consumers had the time or the talent to build their own.
As to driving with the lights on this weekend, most new cars have daytime running lights so it's hard to tell.... Personally, I'll just stay home and let all the drunks, text messagers, and cell phone addicts drive around and run into each other.
All American and always will be
OK Guys----Memorial Day is coming so turn on the lights-----------
Everyone is showing their age.....in olden times, a person valued his automobile and was proud of keeping the family car clean and kept. Usually, a family had brand loyalty or loyalty to a manufacturer like GM or Ford. GM started you on a Chevrolet and, as you progressed in life, you progressed up their model offerings until you got hauled to the graveyard in a Cadillac. Your car sat in your driveway as a testament to your success. Your car was an expression of your personality.
Now, the majority of the younger crowd views a car as a necessary evil. At best, they measure a car by the stereo volume... as evidenced by the little crap boxes with an amplifier that is worth more than the entire car. Most of their peers never say "he keeps his car really nice" or something similar....they say "he has a killer stereo" or the like. Brand loyalty? Gone. Heck, how can you be loyal to a brand when they all look the same?
That's it....it is proof that we are getting old. Old like Uncle Bob.
Well,,apart from our Japanese Ford Telstar wagon,,which has done 382000km,(and currently on loan),,my everyday driver is the 60 F100,,and on the to do list,is the Galaxie(1960),and the roadster(29),,still picking away on the 55 Customline,,,and Lynda's everyday driver is an Aussie Fairmont (injected 4 litre 6cyl on LPG)...And everyone thinks we are mad,for owning ''those old cars''...:HMMM::HMMM:
At present:
1941 Ford Business Coupe
1936 Chevrolet Truck
1965 Chevrolet El Camino
1969 Chevrolet Camaro
1991 Jeep Wrangler
2002 Chevrolet ZX2
2004 Ford F150
But I have owned one Mazda GLC way back.....out of many Domestic cars. :D
David
I own 1 Japanese American car which is a 1999 Subaru Legacy SUS. Bought it because it was a friends, nice car and a midsize AWD package that none of the big 3 built in the years my price range expanded to.. I actually bought it needing head gaskets but I elected to do an engine swap with a more reliable engine when I found out the original engine had a lot of recommended service ( basically a FULL rebuild ) done at time of head gaskets. The Engine had to come out to do the head gaskets but the new motor will allow them to be done in car should that ever be needed... The car was built in the USA tho, and has several " Built with Pride in the USA " decals.. I have owned a Mercedes 240D and a VW Beetle in the past. Mercedes was what brought me to this site many years ago ( non materialized SBC swap ) and the VW I was glad to see go.
Beyond that I have
1951 Chevy Fleetline- Manufactured in Terrytown Ny,
1995 Chevy K1500- Probably Canadian built
2009 ( project start ) Rat Rod- Scratch built by me.
Past that I can think of would include
1994 Ford Tempo- Not sure of origins
3 Ford Rangers- Manufactured at Ford's Twin Cities plant
1967 Falcon- Dearborn?
1965 Rambler American- Kenosha Wi,
I've always tried to have an American made Vintage Ride of some kind but lately I've leaned towards Yotas and Nissans for my SUVs and PUs and as far as ?why? I don't like the American made smaller PU or the gas guzzler SUVs they are producing - - - I"ll change when they change
1968 Camaro
2010 Holden SS ute at least it's got a 6L L92 in it
And the wife has a toyota 86 (yuck)
Pretty interesting statistics here - - - - they've really got me thinking and I thought some of Y'all might be interested in this.
13 most truly made-in-America cars - Yahoo! Autos
A friend of mine had a older Harley sportster. Always bragging how his bike was made in USA. I got sick of his bragging and undid the guage panel, flipping over the tach / speedo revealed clearly. Made in JAPAN! I smiled and told'em to shut up! It was a 76 sporty so I knew that AMF had been buying parts offshore.