[AMC-list] AMC manufacturing plants & myths

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

AMC had manufacturing plants in: Cordoba, Argentina; Brisbane, Australia; 
Colombo, Ceylon; Bogota, Columbia; San Jose, Costa Rica; St. Denis, France; 
Bombay, India; Djakarta, Indonesia; Teheran, Iran; Haifa, Israel; Tokyo, 
Japan; Seoul, South Korea; Tananarive, Malagasy Republic; Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia; Mexico City, Mexico;  Casablanca, Morocco; Karachi, Pakistan; 
Manila, Philippines; Lisbon, Portugal; Pretoria, south Africa; Zaragoza, 
Spain; Taipei, Taiwan; Bangkok, Thailand; Istanbul, Turkey; Montevideo, 
Uruguay; Tijeras, Venezuela; Lusaka, Zambia. This was for "Commercial & 
Utility Vehicles". Manufacturing plants for "Passenger Cars" included 
Cordoba, Argentina; Melbourne, Australia; San Jose, Costa Rica; Mexico City, 
Mexico; Durban, South Africa and Mariara, Venezuela. The Manufacturing & 
Final Assembly Plants are well known of Brampton, Ontario, Canada; Kenosha, 
Wisconsin & Milwaukee, Wisconsin. AMC's Corporate Office was in Detroit, not 
Kenosha, another common myth. The final Assembly Plant for Commercial & 
Utility Vehicles was Toledo, Ohio. The Manufacturing & final Assembly Plants 
for AM General were all in Indiana: Indianapolis, Mishawaka and South Bend. 
AMC's "Plastics groups" included Evansville, Indiana for plastic injection 
moldings; Evart, Michigan for injection molded parts and Mount Clemens, 
Michigan for custom injection moldings. Other plants included Sarnia, 
Ontario, Canada for engine blocks and castings like rods; Stratford, 
Ontario, Canada for automotive soft trims and Coleman, Wisconsin for auto 
wiring harnesses.  Sometimes I get tired of decades old 'AMC didn't make 
their own parts' or 'everything made in Kenosha' and other myths. AMC was a 
huge, worldwide company with thousands of automotive SUPPLIERS, just like 
all auto companies back in the day...and NOW. Witness the latest 
RECALL...this time for air bags made by Takata. Honda, Toyota, a number of 
automakers use these airbags which have exploded and killed people.
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/10/21/takata-airbag-victim-looked-like-she-had-been-stabbed-report/ 
it is not a 'Ford' or 'Toyota' or 'Honda' airbag made by them but a supplier 
of a faulty product. I just wished people would not simply believe all the 
hogwash they read on wikipedia or allpar as that perpetuates a lot of issues 
out there. 'but I read it on internet so must be true!' Oh, wait! I just 
posted this to internet too!
Eddie Stakes
Planet Houston AMX
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com 

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