Detmuscle Member Username: Detmuscle
Post Number: 24 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 9:14 pm: | |
Hi everyone, I have to do a presentation at the end of this semester on the automotive industry in the 1960's/70's and how the Domestic automakers responded to foreign competition and government regulation. Im having a little trouble finding information so if anybody knew any good internet sites it would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance. |
Retroit Member Username: Retroit
Post Number: 499 Registered: 04-2008
| Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 9:16 pm: | |
google.com |
Gnome Member Username: Gnome
Post Number: 2136 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 9:21 pm: | |
lol |
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg
Post Number: 2102 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 9:21 pm: | |
General Motors has this on-line history wiki that is a "work in progress", but you might find something helpful in there by searching/browsing through it. |
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 3948 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 9:28 pm: | |
yahoo.com also helps. |
Urbanfisherman Member Username: Urbanfisherman
Post Number: 52 Registered: 07-2008
| Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 9:54 pm: | |
Go to the library. |
Retroit Member Username: Retroit
Post Number: 500 Registered: 04-2008
| Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 9:54 pm: | |
Detmuscle, in all seriousness, your instructor or you picked an awfully broad subject matter. Any chance you could be a bit more specific. How about: 1. Toyota in the US: The early years 2. The Oil Embargo of 1974 and its effect on car design/technology 3. The American auto-workers' resentment of foreign competition 4. How Ralph Nader changed GM ...etc. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 9239 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 10:26 am: | |
Detmuscle, get yourself a ticket to the Henry Ford, take a right when you walk in, and find the exhibit on the history of the automobile industry from its beginnings to today. Better than anything you'll find on the web. |
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 3741 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 10:30 am: | |
Hi. I'm a student trying to write a paper. Can anybody recommend some sites to use? I'd go use a book or something, but how am I supposed to copy and paste from a piece of paper? Thanks in advance! |
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies
Post Number: 3117 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 10:49 am: | |
Try the Skillman library downtown Detroit. From the Libraries website: http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/n ahc/index.htm
quote: Description: Located in the Rose and Robert Skillman Branch Library of the Detroit Public Library, the National Automotive History Collection (NAHC) is regarded as the nation's premier public automotive archive. The NAHC documents the history and development of the automobile and other forms of motorized, wheeled, land transportation in the United States and abroad. Since the late nineteenth century, the Detroit Public Library has aggressively collected automotive print materials such as books, periodicals, advertising literature, photographs, specifications, service and owner's manuals, and personal and business papers. In recognition of this effort, the library established the NAHC as a collection in 1953. The NAHC contains resources of over 600,000 processed items. Thousands of photographs which depict the automobile's historical, social, mechanical, and design aspects are available for public viewing, research, and publication. Automobile manuscript files contain more than 350,000 technical and descriptive items that illuminate the styling detail, specifications, and restoration of the automobile. Biographical files, personal papers, and business documents of both pioneers and corporate leaders offer insight into the development, industrial psychology, and economics of the automotive industry. Rich in automotive fact and lore, international in scope, customers will agree that the NAHC offers unsurpassed resources and reference services.
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Daddeeo Member Username: Daddeeo
Post Number: 310 Registered: 09-2008
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 10:58 am: | |
They obviously didn't respond very well. As much as I hope they get over their present problems, they've had over 30 years to get their act together. It's been like watching a crash in slow motion. |
Retroit Member Username: Retroit
Post Number: 505 Registered: 04-2008
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:01 am: | |
I hated it when I was a student and my instructor asked me to write a paper on something I knew nothing about. How did they expect me to do anything other than plagiarize. Why couldn't I write a paper on something I had first-hand experience with, like family history, my neighborhood, my friends? (As you can see, I was a handful for my teachers!) |
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 3742 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:12 am: | |
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Retroit Member Username: Retroit
Post Number: 506 Registered: 04-2008
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:15 am: | |
^Exactly! Good grief! |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 3734 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 2:47 pm: | |
Try "The Making and Selling of Cars" by Rubenstein or "The Machine That Changed the World" By Womack. Start there and investigate their sources. |
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav
Post Number: 1162 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 3:01 pm: | |
Retroit....ain't that the truth. The more education "evolves"...the more it stays the same (and/or worsens). |
Slick Member Username: Slick
Post Number: 35 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 3:22 pm: | |
detroitnerd, quote "copy and paste from a piece of paper" that is not writing a paper. That is plagarism. Your writing should reflect your opinions on what happenend to the subject matter. If you cut and paste give credit to the author who you stole the material from. my 2 cents. |
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 3757 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 3:33 pm: | |
Slick: Sorry I didn't add a "SATIRE" label. When you see I've posted something, a lot of the time I'm kidding. I thought that was so over-the-top people would know. (We DetroitYES! posters can be a sarcastic bunch!) But, yes, that's plagiarism! And plagiarism is wrong! Want to learn more about plagiarism? Why not visit your local library! |
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner
Post Number: 2022 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 3:35 pm: | |
Slick the subtle sarcasm is lost on you. Didn't you notice the smiley face? |
Newport1128 Member Username: Newport1128
Post Number: 246 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:00 pm: | |
Detroitplanner, Try googling Dodge Colt, Plymouth Cricket, Chevrolet Vega, Ford Pinto. The first two were actually foreign-made cars (Japan and England, respectively) which Chrysler imported and re-badged to combat the imports. The Colt was made by Mitsubishi and the Cricket was a Hillman Avenger. The Vega and Pinto were U.S.-made import fighters. |
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav
Post Number: 1163 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:36 pm: | |
Newport1128...don't forget AMC's totally-awesome Gremlin & Pacer. The Dodge Dart was economy car from the 1960s; little bastard got dang-near 30 mpg on the freeway |
Raggedclaws Member Username: Raggedclaws
Post Number: 291 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:51 pm: | |
Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, right next door to the Henry Ford. http://automotivehalloffame.or g |
401don Member Username: 401don
Post Number: 869 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 6:32 pm: | |
Well, as I recall they introduced the Datsun B210 and so we were pissed so we figured we'd out run 'em so we introduced the Cobra, Camaro, Barracuda, Challenger, Charger, Trans-am, Firebird and Duster. Yet somehow they still passed us, so we gave up on cars and started building trucks. To counter gov't regulation we hired a lot of lawyers to pay lawsuits. That's pretty much how I remember it. Oh yeah, now it's time to build cars again so we just went to Washington to ask for a loan. That part is still up in the air. |
Sludgedaddy Member Username: Sludgedaddy
Post Number: 225 Registered: 01-2008
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 7:16 pm: | |
Take a look at the amusing and oh, so true, Volkswagen commercials of the late 1960's. Advertising does make it happen. Of course, those commercials about the value and frugality of the VW never did mention that one needed an ice scrapper in the winter to remove the ice that built up on the inside of the windshield. |
Sludgedaddy Member Username: Sludgedaddy
Post Number: 227 Registered: 01-2008
| Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 7:18 pm: | |
Detmuscle...and by the way....Turn on....Tune In....Drop Out.... |