Howdy Kyle, Yep!, you been a mechanic.
The US auto industry basked in their glory days after WW2 and by 1950 had
performed the miracle of reverse engineering from a fair to middlin' 1940
model into a 1950 disaster that did not recover until the Japanese stumbled
across the "how to" book written by the master at GM way back when.
Japan finally got the joke around 1980 and concentrated on quality which
forced US makers to start putting all the gears that belonged in the
transmission. By the 90's the US caught on to the shell game Japan and
Germany had going by building the vehicle in sucha way that only a wizard
could work on one.
Like, try to replace the fuel pump on a 1982 Mitsibishi car engine or a chev
2003 PU 1500 series windshield washer plastic tank.
Fortunately , all this came much later than WW2. GM and Int'l Harvester
built a 2 1/2 ton GI 6x6 that won WW2 in Europe. These 270 cu.in 6 cylinder
engines were repairable all the way down to wet sleeves. Had a buddy that
served as a motor sgt for Patton. He told of Patton coming up to the front
line where his tank batallion was stalled at a river. Patton order his motor
sgt to run the 6x6 's into the river until they formed a bridge so the tanks
could cross.
Later, the motor sgt was court marshaled for destruction of gov't property.
Richard
--- thomas malloy <[email protected]> wrote:
If I were appointed the car czar, I would require
the vehicle's design
to be reviewed by a panel of mechanics.
Kyle wrote,
That's a bloody good idea, speaking from a mechanic's
point of view. The trash being sold for $20k+ these
days is absolutely pathetic compared to what could be.
