evodawg wrote:

Dave Hinz wrote:

On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:37:52 -0800, Teamcasa wrote:
What kind of car/truck do you own?
Dave

1-F-250 pick up
3-F-350 Flatbeds
1-F-800 Telsta T-40 Bucket Truck
1 "69" Chevelle
1 05 Mustang

Well at least you own US Made trucks.

Does he? My dad's Ford, and my mom's Chevy, were both made in Canada.
I'd rather that, if a car is foreign-made, that it's honest about it,
instead of just looking like it's American.

I do know that most USA built cars/trucks have parts built in Mexico,
Canada and even Japan. Most are at least assembled in the US, some in
Canada. I know for a FACT my 69 Chevelle, parts and assembled in the US.
I'm really proud of this car, if your interested in seeing it I will post
a pic on alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking

Your confusing built/made and assembled. Cars and trucks are very complex
and the final assembly line simply bolts together a few sub assemblies that
are shipped to that plant. That final assembly is only a very small part
of the picture when you count the amount of people it takes to make such a
complex product. Add in all the accounts, project manager, supplier
managers, designers, engineers, technical writers, managers, QA testers,
etc, etc, etc and you begin to realize that the home country of the maker
is where the most of the wages are paid. So even though Ford and GM may
assemble vehicles in other countries they are still doing more work in the
US than any of the few that are assembling their cars in the us and
claiming them as American made.