I was driving by the Pacific Design Center on Friday and spied these new Chrysler Group products on display. Both these cars have upgrades (if you can call them that) from the DUB catalog of aftermarket bling. The wheels probably cost at least $1,000 each. I don’t like the DUB products, but they are popular with a wealthy subset of customers. DUB Magazine also features all sorts of cars with expensive aftermarket upgrades. It’s the kind of thing you’d see at the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) convention in Las Vegas each year.
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2012 Chrysler 300 and Dodge Durango DUB Editions
Posted: March 5, 2011 in Chrysler, DodgeTags: 300, Chrysler, Dodge, DUB, Durango, Los Angeles, Pacific Design Center, SEMA, West Hollywood
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Ford’s Modern Miracle of Mass Production: The B24
Posted: March 4, 2011 in FordTags: Ford, Liberator, Willow Run Aiplane Plant, WWII
In the months before Pear Harbor, the Ford Motor Company opened the Willow Run Airplane Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ford built the Army Air Force’s Liberator Heavy Bomber, nicknamed the “Lib.”
The Willow Run plant was capable of making one of these gigantic bombers, made of 1,255,000 parts, every 55 minutes. Hitler probably didn’t see this kind of war effort coming. It really was a Ford-made miracle.
Over the course of production, 8,685 bombers were made. Watch this fantastic vintage short film to learn more about what the USA was capable of doing when the future of the free world was at stake.










