<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Everything my company makes, buys and sells is American (unless Tim doesn't have any choice). The jobs are real, the people are real. It matters. </div><div><br></div><div>How about our local Rockford boys Cheap Trick making the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame today?? Zoom should have been there as well. This is what goes through my head when the green flag drops - </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://youtu.be/QK72bHiqM-Q">http://youtu.be/QK72bHiqM-Q</a></div><div><br></div><div>So underrated - Green Day needs to pay homage to the riffs, and you can even hear the influence of Cobain's snarl in Robin. They have been incredible in helping this depressed area as best they can after manufacturing left here for China over the past 3 decades. Could not happen to nicer people. <br><br><div>Ron Soave</div></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.kaneyaerospace.com">www.kaneyaerospace.com</a></div><div><br>On Dec 17, 2015, at 9:57 PM, David Booker <<a href="mailto:tncarnut1@yahoo.com">tncarnut1@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_5011" dir="ltr">My Nissan Frontier was built about ten miles up the road from here with parts sourced from at least the States and Japan. The BGT is certainly all British, and I'm pretty sure all the parts of my '94 Harley are American (wait a minute, which carb do I have...) The Honda and Suzuki ATV's are both '02 models, pretty sure they brought them over pre-assembled in crates except maybe for the handle bars and rear wheels. Also, back in the eighties, I bought a new Mercury wagon that was built in Mexico, yet based on Japanese (Mazda) parts... </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_5009" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_5010" dir="ltr"> - David</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_4869"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_4862" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_4861" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_4860" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_4859" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_4868" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_4867"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Ron Soave via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> rrengineer.mike <<a href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> <a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 17, 2015 6:46 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Spridgets] Fwd: I've gone to the Dark Side-<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_5015"><br><div id="yiv2753394284"><div><div>The Harley has CHINESE parts on it. Ask me how I know... (Failing saddlebag fasteners...)<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Ron Soave</div><div><div class="yiv2753394284yqt7176377174" id="yiv2753394284yqtfd52934"><br clear="none">On Dec 17, 2015, at 4:51 PM, rrengineer.mike via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv2753394284yqt7176377174" id="yiv2753394284yqtfd75770"><blockquote type="cite"><div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="yiv2753394284yqt7176377174" id="yiv2753394284yqtfd68698"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_5014"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_5013">My 2012 Accord is built in Ohio with American and Japanese parts, but everyone still calls it a Japanese car. My 2000 F 150 is made in America, but the engine is built in Canada and I found "Made in Mexico" on the rear leaf springs. That's called an American truck. Now I have been told my Harley Davidson has Japanese parts on it. I hope not. The only pure design I have is my Bugeye and my BN2. Conceived, built and parts sourced from one country. That's why you can say, "they don't make 'em like that anymore."</div><div>Mike MacLean</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_5016"><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450409623258_5017"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv2753394284composer_signature"><div style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-size: 85%;">Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S® 5, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone</div></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-------- Original message --------<br clear="none">From: Martyn Ridley via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> <br clear="none">Date: 12/17/2015 1:51 PM (GMT-08:00) <br clear="none">To: <a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a> <br clear="none">Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fwd: I've gone to the Dark Side- <br clear="none"><br clear="none">
<div class="yiv2753394284moz-cite-prefix">So I have a an "American" car (Jaguar -
owned by Ford at the time) made in England, I still think its
British, as is my Japanese car (Honda SiR) made in England (where
my MGB body came from). Who gives a 'flying puck'? (note CDN
reference to keep tone civil). But to be honest, not all Minis
come from Blighty, the ones on steroids are made in Austria.<br clear="none">
And as for 'American cars', many are now made in Mexico, or
Canaada, does that devalue the "Detroit dinosaur" worse than it
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There really is no 'dark side' only 'butter side down', its all
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On 12/17/2015 3:58 PM, rrengineer.mike via Spridgets wrote:<br clear="none">
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them American cars.</div>
<div>Mike MacLean</div>
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Date: 12/17/2015 12:49 PM (GMT-08:00) <br clear="none">
To: <a class="yiv2753394284moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>, <a class="yiv2753394284moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a> <br clear="none">
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<div>In a message dated 16/12/2015 23:03:04 GMT Standard Time,
<a class="yiv2753394284moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a> writes:</div>
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