[DeTomaso] What's going on in the parts business?

Sun Aug 4 21:55:15 EDT 2013

Just an aside,

My grandfather gave me the grade school books he had as a child (1917)
indicating the inferior nature of other races (there were 4) that certainly
"informed" the top brass of the day.  It was all very mater of fact and
profoundly wrong.

Most of my family hit at that peculiar age where you were too young for WW1
or too old for WW2 but they did work hard for the war effort in engineering
and chemistry.  My adopted Uncle was a tail gunner in the Atlantic Theatre
and I'm still full of pride for him.  I wish he was still with us.

sean

On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:

> When I was a child (early 60"s) "made in Japan" was synonymous with cheap
> crap. One big difference was that Japan was being controlled by the United
> States and they were being prepared to make the transition from a
> Totalitarian Monarchy to a capitalist democracy. China was a totalitarian
> communist state that has become  a hybrid form of Government that is a
> combination of Communism, capitalism and socialism. China is a right-wing
> Leninist State, not a Communist one. Leninism is the political theory that
> a single party rules the government and governs all affairs as opposed to
> individual politicians. The confusion stems from the fact that the single
> party in China is the Communist Party even though they do not practice
> Communist political theory, but rather state-directed, right-wing economic
> and political theory. Since the economic reforms of 1978 China has become
> the
> world's fastest -growingmajor economy. As of 2013, it is the world's
> second-largest economy by both nominal total GDP and purchasing power
> parity, and is also the world's largest exporter and importer of
> goods. China is a recognized nuclear weapons state and has the world's
> largest standing army, with the second largest defence budget. ( with the
> US still holding the no.1 position in that category) 0ne has to wonder how
> long the US will be able to maintain this position with such a significant
> disparity in the other areas. China also has the worlds largest population
> with1,359,130,000 people (or 19.1 % of the worlds population)
>
> ( the US has the third largest population with a mere 316,378,000 or only
> 4.45%).
>
> While the Japanese have now become synonymous with some of the worlds
> highest quality technological goods they are also stringent followers of
> the world court and respect copyright laws , trademarks and Patents while
> the Chinese show total disregard for the same fundamentals that are key to
> international law and steal other countries technology rather then develop
> their own.
>
> The Japanese have the 10th largest population with a population of
> 126,817,277 but a standing military of only 239,430.Yet they have the
> worlds third largest economy.
>
>
>  The first Chinese dynasty that left written records was between 18,000 and
> 11,000 BCE (same as BC). Between the 10th and 11 century China already had
> a population of 100 million. They invented gunpowder, rockets ,some of the
> earliest and most advanced medicine and pharmacology. They have had wars
> that lasted longer then the US has existed (300 years). So unless we make
> some radical changes to the way we are operating as a country and a people
>  we can expect to be come another footnote in the history of China's
> predominance as a major world power or *THE* *major world power.*
>
> I don't want a bunch of people to think I am unpatriotic or a defeatist,
> but in the beginning of world war II we almost got are asses handed to us
> by the Japanese.Some of you know my grandfather was a Major General the
> Chief military engineer in the Pacific theater of WWII and I can show you
> books written by members of the military who's official position before
> WWII was that the Asian was not suited to operating aircraft due to their
> physical inferiority and their vision problems caused by their slanted eyes
> and there fore posed no real threat to our strapping physically superior
> American soldier. (Anyone who has ever spoken to a US service man that
> fought on Iwo Jima , Gudalcanal or any of the countless other battles where
> GI's , Marines , or Sailors fought the Japs in Hand to Hand combat can tell
> you “just how easy it was” You can add Korea and Vietnam to the list.
>
>  There is a famous adage I'm sure you have all heard. Those who forget the
> past are doomed to relive it.
>
> Boyd
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Part of me just wants to laugh, as 40 years ago my parents said the same
> > things about stuff made in JAPAN.
> >
> > Asa
> >
> > Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> > & Shelley Marie
> > Spokane, WA
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> >
> >
> > On 8/3/2013 11:33 AM, Konrad Szwab wrote:
> > > This is how it is w/ the Chinese garbage. I do not see it getting any
> > > better since most parts come from the same factories and they compete
> on
> > > price, not quality.
> > >
> > > I hate China and India, they are the end to the Western world.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Mikael <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Had to fit new seals to the 8 pistons in the front calipers of my 68
> > >> Camaro.
> > >> It's a job I've done a few times, having owned several Camaros, though
> > the
> > >> last time was 15 years ago. It's never been harder than today, and I'm
> > >> least
> > >> confident it'll stay leak free. Why? Because the parts I bought
> locally
> > >> (Chinese made) didn't fit very well. The outer seals didn't just slip
> > in,
> > >> they had to be manhandled a bit to be installed.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I see this more and more, cheap parts that are of too low quality.
> > >> Experience the last year:
> > >>
> > >> My Jeep: New front caliper, piston will not go back. Got new caliper
> > >>
> > >> Helen's Jeep: New rear drums, became oval. New set. Became oval. New
> set
> > >>
> > >> Helen's Jeep: New alternator. The post for the red wire got loose on
> the
> > >> inside, had to remove it, take it apart, tighten the nut, assemble.
> > Took 2
> > >> hours
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> In all cases where I needed new parts, my local parts vendor sent them
> > for
> > >> free. But I'd frankly rather not have to re-do everything! I wouldn't
> > mind
> > >> paying 10-20% more for something that works and keeps working, and is
> at
> > >> least 95% factory quality. I don't want this cheap stuff that has to
> be
> > >> redone.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> How do I avoid buying too cheap?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Mikael
> > >>
> > >>
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