Bad news coming out of Indianapolis. Looks like the Ford breakaway from using IH motors will doom the plant that built all of our engines. I'm sure there is a lot of room for debate about why things happened the way they did, and I'm sure a lot of us are ready to say that they did it to themselves, with the 6x liter product that they have been building these last 4 years or so. Having worked for a company that downsized into oblivion (you'll find a big concrete pad where my employer used to be not but a few blocks away from the below picture of our beloved home), I know that their are lots of contributing factors that lead to plant closings. I also know that the engineers and line workers there could probably do a lot better than their management allowed, and no doubt Ford helped guide their decisions that lead to mistakes, so the fault is probably not entirely theirs. I can only sense the frustration that all those who will loose their jobs are probably feeling, and I can't help but think that by allowing this plant to close, a door will be shut that cannot be reopened, if for some reason the Ford diesel fails. This COULD be very ugly. My main concern is if this will affect our spare parts supply or not.
Interesting reading here.
Interesting reading here.
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