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To: tonyt who wrote (50763)	3/30/2001 7:42:15 PM
From: Yogizuna	Respond to of 77400

Why would a Ford supervisor be driving a Chevy??? That is exactly what I thought at the time..... <g> But perhaps he knew something to help him make that decision??? Back in the late 50's into the mid-60's when I was a kid, most adults in my area thought GM cars were superior compared to Chrysler, Ford and American Motors's products, and since I used to help them maintain their cars, I did see some evidence their opinions were more right than wrong. But in 1966 something really strange happened when my best friend's father traded in his 1958 Rocket 88 Olds for a brand new Mercury. That would not seem so out of the ordinary, except for the fact that my pal's father worked at the General Motors plant in Linden NJ as an assembly line worker! Now what did he know??? I remember asking him why he did that considering he helped build GM cars, and he said something like: We are building junk these days.! Amazing. So in late 1963 a Ford supervisor buys a new Chevy, and then in 1966 a GM assembly line worker buys a new Ford product! Did quality control at the two different companies change that radically in just three years, or are people just plain weird? I vote for the latter. <g>