Well, Ford does have their "A" plan... :-)

"Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
news:mpSdnXAioO7OJEnYnZ2dnUVZ_ragnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> What I saw on the network news is that you have to pay U.S. autoworkers
> too
> much, to be able to make the cars cheaply enough, so that the same U.S.
> workers will buy them.

 

Well, Ford does have their "A" plan... :-)

"Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
news:mpSdnXAioO7OJEnYnZ2dnUVZ_ragnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> What I saw on the network news is that you have to pay U.S. autoworkers
> too
> much, to be able to make the cars cheaply enough, so that the same U.S.
> workers will buy them.

 

Well, Ford does have their "A" plan... :-)

"Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message
news:mpSdnXAioO7OJEnYnZ2dnUVZ_ragnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> What I saw on the network news is that you have to pay U.S. autoworkers
> too
> much, to be able to make the cars cheaply enough, so that the same U.S.
> workers will buy them.

 

Here ya go...except water cooled:
http://www.wolverine4wd.org/rigs/matt_photos/mule.jpg. Lift kit is on it's
way. Factory rear manual locker!

My neighbor has a Harley V Twin he got for free, I asked him if he could
drop it into the Mule, but I would probably get death threats with a
Harley-powered Kawasaki...

"Clap Trap" <nowhere@the.net> wrote in message
news:4143d$45d4e14f$454958a1$9526@KNOLOGY.NET...
> Hmm - a two cylinder air cooled Jeep?
>

 

Here ya go...except water cooled:
http://www.wolverine4wd.org/rigs/matt_photos/mule.jpg. Lift kit is on it's
way. Factory rear manual locker!

My neighbor has a Harley V Twin he got for free, I asked him if he could
drop it into the Mule, but I would probably get death threats with a
Harley-powered Kawasaki...

"Clap Trap" <nowhere@the.net> wrote in message
news:4143d$45d4e14f$454958a1$9526@KNOLOGY.NET...
> Hmm - a two cylinder air cooled Jeep?
>

 

Here ya go...except water cooled:
http://www.wolverine4wd.org/rigs/matt_photos/mule.jpg. Lift kit is on it's
way. Factory rear manual locker!

My neighbor has a Harley V Twin he got for free, I asked him if he could
drop it into the Mule, but I would probably get death threats with a
Harley-powered Kawasaki...

"Clap Trap" <nowhere@the.net> wrote in message
news:4143d$45d4e14f$454958a1$9526@KNOLOGY.NET...
> Hmm - a two cylinder air cooled Jeep?
>

 

Here ya go...except water cooled:
http://www.wolverine4wd.org/rigs/matt_photos/mule.jpg. Lift kit is on it's
way. Factory rear manual locker!

My neighbor has a Harley V Twin he got for free, I asked him if he could
drop it into the Mule, but I would probably get death threats with a
Harley-powered Kawasaki...

"Clap Trap" <nowhere@the.net> wrote in message
news:4143d$45d4e14f$454958a1$9526@KNOLOGY.NET...
> Hmm - a two cylinder air cooled Jeep?
>

 

That would REALLY suck, Damlier Chrysler is bad enough, if Toyota buys
Jeep that will be it for me and Jeep.

Jeff DeWitt

Ken Finney wrote:
> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:45d3d301$0$4847$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>
>>I wonder what is the smallest size a viable car company in the current US
>>market is? Would an independent Jeep be able to survive on it's own?
>>
>>Somehow I doubt it, and if it DID it would really have to be a privately
>>held company, otherwise someone would swallow it up.
>>
>>For Jeep to be a successful company all on it's own I think it would
>>either need someone or a small group of people with very deep pockets.
>>
>>Hmm, wonder what Bill Gates drives?
>>
>>Jeff DeWitt
>>
>>Clap Trap wrote:
>>
>>>Wouldn't it be great if Jeep broke off and became its own entity again?
>>>Maybe then we could dump the libby, IFS, and get a small Jeep again.
>>>
>>>Wishful thinking I know. Sigh...
>
>
> Toyota is the most likely buyer for Jeep.
>

 

That would REALLY suck, Damlier Chrysler is bad enough, if Toyota buys
Jeep that will be it for me and Jeep.

Jeff DeWitt

Ken Finney wrote:
> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:45d3d301$0$4847$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>
>>I wonder what is the smallest size a viable car company in the current US
>>market is? Would an independent Jeep be able to survive on it's own?
>>
>>Somehow I doubt it, and if it DID it would really have to be a privately
>>held company, otherwise someone would swallow it up.
>>
>>For Jeep to be a successful company all on it's own I think it would
>>either need someone or a small group of people with very deep pockets.
>>
>>Hmm, wonder what Bill Gates drives?
>>
>>Jeff DeWitt
>>
>>Clap Trap wrote:
>>
>>>Wouldn't it be great if Jeep broke off and became its own entity again?
>>>Maybe then we could dump the libby, IFS, and get a small Jeep again.
>>>
>>>Wishful thinking I know. Sigh...
>
>
> Toyota is the most likely buyer for Jeep.
>

 

That would REALLY suck, Damlier Chrysler is bad enough, if Toyota buys
Jeep that will be it for me and Jeep.

Jeff DeWitt

Ken Finney wrote:
> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:45d3d301$0$4847$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>
>>I wonder what is the smallest size a viable car company in the current US
>>market is? Would an independent Jeep be able to survive on it's own?
>>
>>Somehow I doubt it, and if it DID it would really have to be a privately
>>held company, otherwise someone would swallow it up.
>>
>>For Jeep to be a successful company all on it's own I think it would
>>either need someone or a small group of people with very deep pockets.
>>
>>Hmm, wonder what Bill Gates drives?
>>
>>Jeff DeWitt
>>
>>Clap Trap wrote:
>>
>>>Wouldn't it be great if Jeep broke off and became its own entity again?
>>>Maybe then we could dump the libby, IFS, and get a small Jeep again.
>>>
>>>Wishful thinking I know. Sigh...
>
>
> Toyota is the most likely buyer for Jeep.
>