Greg O wrote:
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I would jump to the conclusion that just because B&D owns PC, that PC
qulaity will go down. It might even go up if they get more R&D
funding....

Examples: Ford bought Volvo and as far as I know, Volvo hasn't become
worse. GM has bought many foreighn auto makers and the purchased auto
makers seem to have not changed much.

Am I wrong?


Delta/Rockwell/Delta bought out a number of brands on the way up, too.

Remember when there were thirty or so snowmobile brands?

Probably closer to 100 different brands in the early 70's. I still have a
magazine around here somewhere that lightly covers each brand from the era.
Just about anyone with some manufacturing ability was building sleds.

Let's not forget that Ford owns Jaguar, today, too. But with
snowmobiles back in the '70s, I recall doing an article for, I believe,
Camping Journal, as a round-up. It was an impossibility, so I ended up
calling about 18 of the top sellers and covering their machines, while
adding in two or three that had novel features.

Haven't even thought about sleds in more than two decades. Snowfall in
south central VA doesn't add up to that kind of outdoor play, but I can
recall in Albany, NY in the late '60s where snow got so severe they had
to use snowmobiles (borrowed) for emergency vehicles...ambulances and
what not. Had to be a rough, cold ride for the patients.