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A Savage Factory – Inside An Auto Manufacturing Plant

Bob — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:27:12 +0000

I have been involved in the automotive industry for over 50 years and found A Savage Factory by Robert Dewar to be one of the most important books I have ever come across. Mr. Dewar was recruited by Ford Motor Company to run the torque converter manufacturing operation in one ...

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Tsunami Street Terror – Dash Cam View

Bob — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:06:47 +0000

This Is Real-World Street-Terror Reality This dash cam video was just posted and shows the Japanese Tsunami from a view that captures the energy and terror in a way that has not been seen before. You get “the man or woman on the street” view with all of the terror associated with being ...

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Attending The 2006 General Motors Annual Meeting

Bob — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:13:16 +0000

GM Annual Corporate Meeting General Motors Corporation has an Annual Meeting that is open to shareholders, once a year. From 1995 to 2010 the GM Annual Meeting was held in Wilmington, Delaware. Shown above is a GM Corporate photograph from the 2011 Annual Shareholder Meeting. In 2006 I attended the GM Annual Meeting ...

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Buick Verano NVH

Bob — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:01:22 +0000

Noise, Vibration and Harshness Noise, Vibration and Harshness or NVH constitutes a major focal area for new cars today. There was a time in the 1970’s and 1980’s that NVH seemed to have very little significance. Today, NVH has major significance. Today’s NVH Reality Cars today cost a lot of ...

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Chrysler 300 — New Words — Light Pipe and Catwalk

Bob — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:36:21 +0000

Here are two new words that will be added to the Auto Body Terms tab in the website. These two words came from a Chrysler designer discussing the new Chrysler 300. Catwalk is the narrow strip that runs along the top of the quarter panel about one inch (2.54 cm) wide. Light ...

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Europe Test Crash of Ford Focus at 120 MPH

Bob — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:06:00 +0000

The European TV show Fifth Gear had the Transportation Research Laboratory (TRL) crash a Ford Focus at 120 mph. This staged crash test represents a worst case collision scenario where the car impacts a rigid, non-deformable, barrier. After impact you will see the non-flammable Stoddard Test Fluid coming out of ...

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Millbrook GM European Proving Grounds

Bob — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:28:34 +0000

European Proving Grounds Millbrook is a 700 acre facility about 40 miles north of London with test tracks and testing facilities for aerospace, military, vehicle production, driver training (Aston Martin), and real-time online vehicle tracking. Here is link to the Millbrook website. Construction began in 1968 for a smaller version ...

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National Motor Vehicle Title Information System

Bob — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:20:32 +0000

Has That Vehicle Been Damaged? United States Department of Justice NMVTIS National Motor Vehicle Title Information System is the national federal database that shows if the vehicle has been a total loss. Came out of 1992 Anti Theft Act. This took 17 years to come to fruition ...

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More On Flood Damaged Cars

Bob — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:09:33 +0000

Flood Damaged Cars In The News With all of the heavy recent flooding you probably have seen a lot of cars in and under water. This topic is very serious because any car that you might consider purchasing could possibly be a flood damaged car. Here are some resources that ...

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Two New ZL-1 Camaros in 1969

Bob — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:06:40 +0000

In 1969 the ZL-1 did not have badging but the 2012 ZL-1 does. Rosenthal Chevrolet 1969 I was helping to work my way through college as a mechanic at Rosenthal Chevrolet from 1968-70. Two New ZL-1 Camaros Rosenthal got two (2) 1969 ZL-1 Camaros. One was sold and the other car was ...

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