Many thanks for all the help sorting out the stalling problem on my '51 M38
-- lots of good advice much appreciated!
Here's a wire service item I came across today that many mil-veh list members
may find interesting... in particular, note the last sentence.
Steve Johnston
sbjohnston@aol.com
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The Associated Press
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Chrysler Corp. said Monday that Jeep, a sport utility
vehicle born and raised in this Midwestern city, will stay put.
Chrysler chairman Robert Eaton said the automaker will spend $600 million to
build a 1.1 million-square-foot factory on the site of one of its two Toledo
plants.
It also plans to spend another $600 million to upgrade the factory on that
site and the paint shop at its second site.
Construction of the new assembly facility is tentatively scheduled to begin
in 1998, with production of vehicles slated for 2001.
Chrysler's two plants, which make about 1,200 Jeep Cherokees and Wranglers a
day, employ more than 5,600 people. Jeep is the city's largest employer.
The No. 3 domestic automaker said last December it was considering building a
new plant. The community waged an aggressive campaign to keep Jeep in Toledo,
including running newspaper ads and circulating petitions.
``This is what we've been waiting for,'' said Jerry Smolenski, 48, of Toledo,
who has worked on the assembly line for 16 years. ``A lot of people were
nervous, but there's going to be a lot of people celebrating now.''
Gov. George Voinovich praised Chrysler's decision and said the state gave the
company an attractive package of incentives.
Chrysler will receive a $96.6 million investment tax credit from the state.
It also will get $6 million over a three-year period from the Ohio Industrial
Training Program.
Ohio also is giving the city a $10 million low-interest loan for
infrastructure improvements at the site, a $4.5 million grant to assist with
road improvements, and a $1 million grant for acquiring land and cleaning up
the site.
The first Jeep, developed in Toledo for the U.S. Army, rolled off the
assembly line in 1941.
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