The Bug and the Beetle

Started by 2o6, June 05, 2010, 07:35:50 PM

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2o6

June 05, 2010, 07:35:50 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg3PzgK-usk


This made me laugh. It's a propaganda video meant to inspire 70's era Pontiac factory workers to work harder because of the foreign threat.

cawimmer430

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June 06, 2010, 01:17:30 AM
Just watched the first two minutes of it. Nice. Will watch it all later.  :ohyeah:


"They are headed past the building where GM cars are assembled. To our customers."




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Sure.  :tounge:
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June 06, 2010, 06:45:56 AM
That would be one mean game of punch bug if you watched this thing.

565

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June 06, 2010, 07:30:53 AM
This video is good stuff.


They need to show this again to everyone at GM, right now.

Madman

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June 08, 2010, 09:35:40 AM
Quote from: 565 on June 06, 2010, 07:30:53 AM
This video is good stuff.


They need to show this again to everyone at GM, right now.


They obviously didn't listen to it in 1971.  Why would they listen now?

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2o6

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June 08, 2010, 10:22:02 AM
Quote from: Madman on June 08, 2010, 09:35:40 AM

They obviously didn't listen to it in 1971.  Why would they listen now?




Thing is, It wasn't the quality, but moreso the cars themselves. GM simply didn't make a desirable small car that wasn't a penalty box.

Morris Minor

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June 08, 2010, 11:48:21 AM Last Edit: June 08, 2010, 11:58:14 AM by Morris Minor
Most evenings I use a shortcut route that takes me past a GM assembly plant that closed in 2008. They used to do a bad job screwing together that crap minivan, Chevrolet Venture and badge-clones, that nobody wanted.

The weeds pushing up through the parking lot surface are getting to be quite mature.

South of Atlanta, in Hapeville, is the old Ford assembly plant. It closed in 2006.
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