A video on F150 manufacturing, pretty Cool!
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Thanks for posting. It's a great place to visit. Went there last year and saw the action first hand. Don't miss it if you are ever in the area. That is what solidified my decision to buy my F150!
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Cool video, thanks for sharing.
Your 2010 GTI has something in common with that video, actually.
Ferdinand Porsche came to the US to tour Fords plant to examine the assembly line and manufacturing procedure.
As you know he then went on to build the Volkswagen Beetle.
Your car will still have parts on it that were used when the Beetle was designed.... in fact, the front wheel bearing on the original Beetle was used until they stopped making the car, then that same bearing is used on the rear stub axle of the Golf from the first one in the 70's up through the MK3 or MK4 years, and your car has the very same bearing buried in the trans on the output shaft. Several parts in your trans will be the same parts you find in a Porsche or VW trans and will have part numbers dating them back to the air-cooled days.
Porsche took the assembly line idea and ran with it, and VW does the same to this day. You can take an engine block out of a 1998 VW and find a spot on the intermediate shaft in the engine to drive a mechanical fuel pump, something VW hadn't used in decades, but the shaft has the cam lobe on it to operate the pump if you decide to do so. The forwards- and backwards-compatibility of the VW models is amazing, and it has to do with that trip to Michigan that Mr. Porsche took.
On a darker note, the invite to the Ford factory came because of the shared ideological characteristics between Henry Ford and Ferdinand Porsche.... Mr. Ford shared certain ideas with **** Germany that the Ford Company would probably prefer to forget
Your 2010 GTI has something in common with that video, actually.
Ferdinand Porsche came to the US to tour Fords plant to examine the assembly line and manufacturing procedure.
As you know he then went on to build the Volkswagen Beetle.
Your car will still have parts on it that were used when the Beetle was designed.... in fact, the front wheel bearing on the original Beetle was used until they stopped making the car, then that same bearing is used on the rear stub axle of the Golf from the first one in the 70's up through the MK3 or MK4 years, and your car has the very same bearing buried in the trans on the output shaft. Several parts in your trans will be the same parts you find in a Porsche or VW trans and will have part numbers dating them back to the air-cooled days.
Porsche took the assembly line idea and ran with it, and VW does the same to this day. You can take an engine block out of a 1998 VW and find a spot on the intermediate shaft in the engine to drive a mechanical fuel pump, something VW hadn't used in decades, but the shaft has the cam lobe on it to operate the pump if you decide to do so. The forwards- and backwards-compatibility of the VW models is amazing, and it has to do with that trip to Michigan that Mr. Porsche took.
On a darker note, the invite to the Ford factory came because of the shared ideological characteristics between Henry Ford and Ferdinand Porsche.... Mr. Ford shared certain ideas with **** Germany that the Ford Company would probably prefer to forget
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Cool video, thanks for sharing.
Your 2010 GTI has something in common with that video, actually.
Ferdinand Porsche came to the US to tour Fords plant to examine the assembly line and manufacturing procedure.
As you know he then went on to build the Volkswagen Beetle.
Your car will still have parts on it that were used when the Beetle was designed.... in fact, the front wheel bearing on the original Beetle was used until they stopped making the car, then that same bearing is used on the rear stub axle of the Golf from the first one in the 70's up through the MK3 or MK4 years, and your car has the very same bearing buried in the trans on the output shaft. Several parts in your trans will be the same parts you find in a Porsche or VW trans and will have part numbers dating them back to the air-cooled days.
Porsche took the assembly line idea and ran with it, and VW does the same to this day. You can take an engine block out of a 1998 VW and find a spot on the intermediate shaft in the engine to drive a mechanical fuel pump, something VW hadn't used in decades, but the shaft has the cam lobe on it to operate the pump if you decide to do so. The forwards- and backwards-compatibility of the VW models is amazing, and it has to do with that trip to Michigan that Mr. Porsche took.
On a darker note, the invite to the Ford factory came because of the shared ideological characteristics between Henry Ford and Ferdinand Porsche.... Mr. Ford shared certain ideas with **** Germany that the Ford Company would probably prefer to forget
Your 2010 GTI has something in common with that video, actually.
Ferdinand Porsche came to the US to tour Fords plant to examine the assembly line and manufacturing procedure.
As you know he then went on to build the Volkswagen Beetle.
Your car will still have parts on it that were used when the Beetle was designed.... in fact, the front wheel bearing on the original Beetle was used until they stopped making the car, then that same bearing is used on the rear stub axle of the Golf from the first one in the 70's up through the MK3 or MK4 years, and your car has the very same bearing buried in the trans on the output shaft. Several parts in your trans will be the same parts you find in a Porsche or VW trans and will have part numbers dating them back to the air-cooled days.
Porsche took the assembly line idea and ran with it, and VW does the same to this day. You can take an engine block out of a 1998 VW and find a spot on the intermediate shaft in the engine to drive a mechanical fuel pump, something VW hadn't used in decades, but the shaft has the cam lobe on it to operate the pump if you decide to do so. The forwards- and backwards-compatibility of the VW models is amazing, and it has to do with that trip to Michigan that Mr. Porsche took.
On a darker note, the invite to the Ford factory came because of the shared ideological characteristics between Henry Ford and Ferdinand Porsche.... Mr. Ford shared certain ideas with **** Germany that the Ford Company would probably prefer to forget
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Watched the whole video...truly amazing seeing and thinking about all that goes on in building the truck then how it is just driven out like that BRAND NEW just born lol. Pretty sweet.
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