twin cities plant to be demolished

[harleyjj]

Just read this in the Detroit news.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...ord-plant-OK-d

[zzlegend]

Thats a shame. Another piece of history fading away. Lets hope Tom W. buys it and turns it into his personnal garage. I would even drive from Calif. to visit him, as i am sure alot of people on here would do. Mark

[700rpm]

Oh man. The environmental cleanup is going to astronomical.

[Steve Wastler]

I'm thinking how cool it would be to find that forgotten storage area that was last walked into in the late 30's... Hmmmm

[Great Lakes Greg]

Geez, don't anybody tell Tom W.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

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I've heard of people breaking up THICK chunks of paint deposits from some OLD Ford plant paint booths & carving art objects from it. Much like carving turquoise. Also, from old glass plants some broke up THICK deposits of bluish/greenish glass & chiseled/ground beautiful glass art objects!
GENTLEMEN, start up your Dremels!! Bill W.

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by Great Lakes Greg

Geez, don't anybody tell Tom W.

I posted about that a couple weeks ago when it was on the Twin Cities news, but I can't find it in the "search" feature.
The Twin Cities is famous for destroying historic buildings. There have been at least three programs each about 3 hours long on public TV called "TWIN CITIES LOST", where they show how the Twin Cities has destroyed many historic buildings. It hurts to watch it and shows how the people in power sure can make wrong decisions.

[John Duden]

AH DANGIT!! My truck will never Return HOME!!! it hurts to think about it!!!
They also tore down the st. Paul union stock yards too. A peice of history that had a lot of meaning to grandpa and i. Dad and grandpa hauled livestock to their everyday, and now and then i would skip school to go along.
John

[zzlegend]

Tom, i think this is what you are looking for. Excellent pictures and it looks like you took them just in time. Mark.

http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showth...in+cities+ford

[roccaas]

Has Ford announced any follow on to the Ranger? The small/medium Pickup market seems like a big hole to leave in Ford's product line. Toyota, GM, and Nissan seem to be making investments in the market, and the Hilux/Tacoma are used as a tradable asset in the third world (like cattle and sheep).

[Afan]

I hate reading all of these auto plant closing stories

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Dog here,
What will "they" do with all the TUNNELS under the plant area?? INQUIRING minds want answers! Bill said they mined the stuff to make glass there.
Buster T.