New Fords

[SuperBuickGuy]

interesting stuff.

[70chevyC-10]

interesting stuff.

Thanks - I went to high school about 1 mile away from there.

[DanStokes]

When we were kids growing up in SE Michigan we got a tour of The Rouge as a school field trip. It was interesting but what I took away was that I never wanted to work on an assembly line. Luckily, I didn't.

Dan

[pdub]

When we were kids growing up in SE Michigan we got a tour of The Rouge as a school field trip. It was interesting but what I took away was that I never wanted to work on an assembly line. Luckily, I didn't.

Dan

Yeah, and from watching that I'm sure I want to be the guy throwing those alloy bags into that flaming hell hole. Gyah.

[Captain]

Interesting old film.
Now almost all the "Body Line" jobs have been replaced by robotic welding, and the others moved to MEXICO.......
Every One of those workers had homes, families, and a Pension, that WERE the backbone of the AMERICAN ECONOMY.....

[SuperBuickGuy]

I wonder when vertical integration will, again, become a thing. Ford divested their steel production in 1981, Boeing used to own forests to get the wood for its planes - now much of the composite stuff is done by suppliers; however, they have brought back in-house their wing and tail production - which moves them back to that vertical integration that Ford had at the Rouge.

[cstmwgn]

Interesting old film.
Now almost all the "Body Line" jobs have been replaced by robotic welding, and the others moved to MEXICO.......
Every One of those workers had homes, families, and a Pension, that WERE the backbone of the AMERICAN ECONOMY.....

So were the farmers that plowed with Oxen - times change.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Yeah, and from watching that I'm sure I want to be the guy throwing those alloy bags into that flaming hell hole. Gyah.

makes you wonder how often they supplemented their income with mob money paid for special, disposal services? who knows, Jimmy Hoffa could be an alloy in some Ford car....

[STINEY]

"I hear you paint Fords?"

[Captain]

"I hear you paint Fords?"

Just retired, 40+ years as a TEAMSTER !!

"What Color?....Oh, Yes Red would be Nice,
I'll wear a Tie....."

[Barry Donovan]

awesome. it is funny to think of beautiful tig welding after watching