Thread: Citizenship of your ride

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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''...

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.

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.

In today's competitive environment, companies must source components from vendors who meet the component criteria at the lowest price (including shipping). So what if a portion of the vehicle is built outside the US? The real determination is WHERE DOES THE PROFITS GO? and are the majority of the jobs American or Canadian? Screwing a car together in North Carolina is good but if the profits go to the Communists, is it still as good?

another thing that causes companies to go out of the Country is our Gooberment and it's perverbial finger in the pot and regulations - - - - I've had friends in the Oil Field Servicing bizz that have told me flat out that they can't afford to do business in the USA - - - so the blame really belongs to the retards in D.C. I would think????

NOTE TO IRS SPIES: We dont necessarily mean what we say here. (wink, wink)

Originally Posted by robot

NOTE TO IRS SPIES: We dont necessarily mean what we say here. (wink, wink)

Don't we??

easy for you to say, Southerner