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the Sunbeam Tiger is proof. Take one Sunbeam Alpine Series IV, a car styled as innocuously as a convertible MGB, then shoehorn a 4.2-litre V8 into the nose of it. Change the steering box for a rack to improve precision, add a tougher Salisbury rear axle along with a Panhard rod to the rear suspension to help keep the thing on the tarmac – and voilà, a cut-price Cobra alternative. The Tiger came about after Ian Garrad, Rootes’ US West Coast manager, watched a sports car race that saw Shelby…

Chapter six focuses on the need to have a culture of discipline. A Good to Great Company, has self-disciplined employees that work within a structured framework yet has the freedom and responsibility to make decisions within the framework. These individuals are extremely self-disciplined and do not need managing, they are willing to go above and beyond to meet their requirements. This discipline is from within the individual not a directive from the leader. Collins refers to this as “rinsing…

units within the allotted period of time. Three elements of the base structure chassis are constructed in three different job phases: the rear, the front, and the middle. Squaring is the second process. Stage three involves dropping the front and rear axles, and the RV wheels into place. The engine is the fourth phase. The engine is then ribbed and assembled with other parts to form the base superstructure. All these stages are achieved through job orders. When a specific job has been completed,…

The Pinto One the controversial news that came out about the Ford Pintos in 1972 was the explosions that would occur involving a low-speed rear-end collision. Also, Accident investigations discovered that victims of the rear end collisions had few trauma injuries because of the impacts, but had burned to death when the vehicles burst into fire. Additionally, after the accidents due to the doors becoming jammed shut. A few people had gotten trapped inside their cars and were unable to escape…

facing several issues, poor financial, decline sales, increasing operational cost, low output per employee, High burden rate and many others. Detroit plant is the only plant manufacturing all three product lines: brakes, off-highway and on-highway axles. All other plants produce only a single product line, Detroit is significantly more complex than other plant. Richard Sullivan the new vice president in the Heavy Equipment Division (HED) he has three options for Detroit plant: 1. Close the…

Deep in the night the sounds of nature envelope a small cabin on a plantation on the western edge of Missouri. There is not a sound in the night but the soft hum of insects, the rush of water over rocks, and the dreamy breaths of a family in peaceful slumber. The creak of a door only partially stirs the young mother of an infant and his brother. Sleep is hard to come by as a slave - even if the owners are kind. Mother rolls over, unaware of the evil that lurks in her doorway. Men creep into…

The first Dodge was built in 1914. The new car was an instant seller. When the three Dodge brothers died in 1920 they hired 22,000 workers and produced 140,000 cars a year. The Dodge Brothers Company remained independent until 1928, when the company became part of the Chrysler Corporation. Like the other mechanics and machinists from other car companies, the three Dodge brothers had a unique background. John Francis Dodge was born on October 25, 1864. Horace Elgin Dodge was born on May 16, 1868.…

John Deere: John Deere was born February 7, 1804 in Rutland, Vermont and died May 17, 1886 in Moline, Illinois. John Deere was born to William and Sarah Deere. He was their third son. In 1805 the Deeres moved to Middlebury, Vermont, where his father was a tailor. In 1808, he got on a boat headed for England, hoping to get more money for his family. No one ever saw him again and he was declared dead at sea. (Company) Raised only by his mother who made just enough money to get by, John’s…

who really has the wheel. This changes his role and with it his personality. This can be seen further when Walter is reminiscing of a past experience with his car. One time when “he had tried to take his chains off… he had got them wound around the axles... Since then Mrs. Mitty always made him drive to a garage to have the chains taken off” (Thurber 2). Here it is clear how his masculinity and capability is questioned by his wife. Since he messed up once she has put his cookies in other…

Not since 1992 has Jeep offered a pickup truck, but that will change within the next few years when an all-new model based on the platform underpinning the Jeep Wrangler SUV arrives to the market. Long rumored and widely anticipated by Jeep enthusiasts, confirmation of the new pickup truck model was made by Michael Manley who heads the Jeep brand for Fiat Chrysler (FCA). Manley, speaking to members of the media on the first press day of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit last…