<VV> RE: Ford in mothballs

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

I think that they'll turn it into a Starbucks.  That way, when they start it
back up, all the new cars will smell like coffee.

Especially appropriate if they built SUVs.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arjay Morgan" <n3lkz at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 9:25 PM
Subject: <VV> RE: Wise Gal


>  Now, a question for the manufacturing engineers in the crowd. Ford has
> announced it is closing a half dozen plants until the end of the year. I'm
> assuming that means they'll be "mothballing" them for a while. The
> question is, what do you do to mothball something as huge and complicated
> as an automobile assembly plant? Do you just turn off the power, send the
> workers home, and let the mud daubers take over? If so, does that mean the
> robots are just stuck at Position 38 like so many arthritic ballet
> dancers?  What about the cars that are midway down the line, do they just
> stay there, frozen in time? Or, are there orderly ways to shut the
> enterprise down, complete with miles of shrink-wrap? This inquiring mind
> would like to know.
>
>  Arjay Morgan
>  slightly damp 64 Monza convert
>
>
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