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Old 16-05-2009, 05:49 PM   #31
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I use to have meetings in that area once a fortnight while it was still going. It wasn't room that was the issue, from what I was hearing.
Ok, interesting. I was just going off what I had been told. I was also told that the seats were made in China, not Thailand, but I disregarded that. How long ago did they take the seat trims overseas?
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Old 16-05-2009, 05:56 PM   #32
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Ok, interesting. I was just going off what I had been told. I was also told that the seats were made in China, not Thailand, but I disregarded that. How long ago did they take the seat trims overseas?
Close to the end of 06 (during the big cost cutting drive) it was decided. Thailand is the country I heard, so it may be China. Either way it isn't the middle aged Chinese ladies sewing it any more.
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Old 17-05-2009, 02:53 PM   #33
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Seat trim was made in house but now in Thailand....for Ford anyway.
Sorry , I meant door trim.
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Old 17-05-2009, 03:07 PM   #34
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Yep, front and rear glass for Falcon and Territory still has Pilkington Australia stamped all over it, and so it should, too.

vztrt - Broadmeadows 1, where seats were previously stitched, has become Focus receiving. There just isn't room inside Broadmeadows to do seats any more. Futuris still trims them, however.

Dave_au - used to be SFH, however this has probably changed, however I though FG's windows had Ford Autoglass printed on it. I'm Probably wrong, however.
My FG has Ford stamped on every glass panel, so no mention of Pilkington/Viridian.
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Old 17-05-2009, 04:16 PM   #35
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My FG has Ford stamped on every glass panel, so no mention of Pilkington/Viridian.
I see. My Territory had Pilkington Australia on the front and rear windscreens. I stand corrected.
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I see. My Territory had Pilkington Australia on the front and rear windscreens. I stand corrected.
IIRC Ford have a JV glass plant in China.
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I see Chinese writing on all the wiring looms in the BA. I think the EL also had Chinese writing on a few looms too.
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Sorry not meaning to steal your thread ,but who knows how much it cost to build these cars.
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Old 17-05-2009, 09:11 PM   #39
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Gee, looking for facts on Ford/Holden manufacturing on an automotive forum. You sir deserve some kind of prize for your naivety.
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Sorry not meaning to steal your thread ,but who knows how much it cost to build these cars.
That is something that we will never know. Ford keep that very close to their chest.
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Old 19-05-2009, 09:01 AM   #41
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Back in the eighties I used to pick up seats from Bridgestone and take them to GMH/Toyota and also Nissan and the dashboards I picked up at Tuppaware and took them to Ford
sort of made you think who made who and that was twenty odd years ago
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