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Offline topp

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This is sad
« on: February 08, 2011, 10:24:37 pm »
 
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll...-1/FOSBUSINESS


This is the company that made the orignial Dashes for our trucks.
If you take your dash off, and remove the trim, Davidson Rubber Co. is stamped in it, along with the date the dash was made.....
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Re: This is sad
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2011, 04:01:36 am »
When I clicked on the html it says "Sorry! The page you requested cannot be found" but the advertisement to the right was a bra fit specialist. I think I want a carrier change ::)
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Re: This is sad
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2011, 07:02:02 am »
Quote from: topp on February 08, 2011, 10:24:37 pm

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll...-1/FOSBUSINESS


This is the company that made the orignial Dashes for our trucks.
If you take your dash off, and remove the trim, Davidson Rubber Co. is stamped in it, along with the date the dash was made.....

I'm guessing they folded too?
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Re: This is sad
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2011, 08:06:47 am »
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Re: This is sad
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2011, 09:39:54 am »
     It just goes to show you, if the United States doesn't do something to keep businesses here, they will just keep moving out of the country.
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Re: This is sad
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2011, 11:17:17 am »
Until America makes things Americans use everyday, we will continue to go down the tubes. The Gov susidizes all sorts of things. Why not subsidize some factories so they can compete with the foriegn prices?  ??? No.  I think it's part of a plan by OUR elected leaders to break America down to nothing so we will easily become part of a one world government ruled by the World Bank. There will be no middle class at all. Just the filthy rich and the dirt poor.  The ignorance of many of it's citizens and the greed of our officials will be the ruin of this country. I am stepping off my soap box now....
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Re: This is sad
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2011, 11:41:46 am »
I'm glad you said it bobcooter. It doesn't make me look quite as crazy when I just say that I completely agree with you.

It sounds like they really did shoot themselves in the foot with the chemical waste dumping.
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Re: This is sad
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2011, 12:32:27 pm »
Or it was made up to eliminate them......

I Agree with Cooter, the world we "see" daily is manipulated daily to destroy This country and most others, eventually bringing a world Government.....  Makes me sick to think about it...
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Offline Grim 82

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Re: This is sad
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2011, 01:18:53 pm »
We live in a modern feudal system disguised as democracy.

As far as any story being made up, it wouldn't surprise me one bit, considering that for every person tasked with gathering and recording information there are 10 more behind the scenes tasked with spinning and distorting said information to further an agenda.

One fact remains; no company I know of can build a dashpad like those guys could.
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Re: This is sad
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2011, 01:46:40 pm »
LOL, democracy.

Anyway, I'm not sure the board rules on talking politics.

However, well, it's not good that the company could not find a way to compete or stay in business. I hope the equipment and workers can find new and productive homes.

And actually the US I believe is still the #1 manufacturer in the world. A lot of it has just gone "leaner" meaning there's less jobs in that field. More production per worker which drives down prices. Obviously some stuff has gone overseas, especially when leadtime is less important, but if you've been in a company now-a-days, you need your stuff now! That's where the future is, increased flexibility and the OTD that these overstressed companies demand.
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Re: This is sad
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2011, 05:48:26 pm »
I didn't really read the article closely or thoroughly but I saw where it said they were big polluters and if they made all the dash pads that cracked and warped for the last 50 years good riddance to them.
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Re: This is sad
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2011, 06:44:00 pm »
Quote from: VileZambonie on February 09, 2011, 05:48:26 pm
if they made all the dash pads that cracked and warped for the last 50 years good riddance to them.

I wonder if they made the dash in my 99 Dodge Ram, that dash was full of cracks and had chunks of it falling out. 
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Re: This is sad
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2011, 08:10:49 pm »
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The Gov susidizes all sorts of things. Why not subsidize some factories so they can compete with the foriegn prices?

that would be no different than charging tariffs on imports.  China would light the fuses on all their nuclear missiles gettin ready for WWIII, they know that if the U.S. did make trade unequal, that would be the death of them. And, we are too far down this hole now to ignore that.  A generation ago, we could've done something. Not now. Of course, we know trade is NOT equal, but you cant tell them.
So, because Chinese and Koreans and Mexicans earn 50 cents a day and make parts we consume, all of our money we earned in the '50's-70's when we led the world is now going overseas to equalize economies.  We are going down to their standard of living.

There is no free trade.  They earn a few bucks a week working in factories overseas, unions here demand $40 a hour plus retirement and insurance benefits til it runs these companies overseas. Added to that is all the frekin policies from OSHA, taxes, permits, regulations, audits, etc..---our gov't is suffocating companies here.

We do need to take a stand and do something or we will fall farther and farther below the living standard we are used to.
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Re: This is sad
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2011, 08:23:14 pm »
Very true, Andy.

I thought that the general opinion was that there is no comparison to an OEM dash for these trucks, and if the company that made them is out of business, I'm confused about the good riddance...?

I wonder from a product quality standpoint, obviously dumping chemicals in the city water table isn't cool.
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Re: This is sad
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2011, 10:50:58 pm »
Quote from: Grim 82 on February 09, 2011, 08:23:14 pm
I thought that the general opinion was that there is no comparison to an OEM dash for these trucks, and if the company that made them is out of business, I'm confused about the good riddance...?

I wonder from a product quality standpoint, obviously dumping chemicals in the city water table isn't cool.

Yeah isn't that somethin.... The best fit is the OE dash however the replacements are all paint to match, susceptible to the same failure and expensive. Quality control obviously wasn't their main concern.

Sooner or later someone in the aftermarket will get it right hopefully. I'm curious about the skinned untis Chris now has listed.
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