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Trivia question- - - - what is DELCO an anagram for?
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At worst case it's great PR.
Shame what they did to Delco.
GM spun them off into the scam which is/was Delphi.
With all the testing and development, Delco had a lot of costs.........and still was the ONLT double digit profit maker of the groups spun into Delphi.
Cash cow.
They took the meat off the bone to try and fatten it up, nobody bought into it.
And Geithner protected the hourly pensions, but fugged the salaried (still being fought in court).
If they'd have left em alone they'd proly still be decent sized.
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DELCO Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delco_Electronics![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/JhvqYO6.jpg) That green spot on the right now has Delphis new labs and power plant.
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Millwright I know says he was declared essential and report to work, so he and his buds proly clearing a spot /moving in equipment. Think N of Lincoln rd is GM, south of it is Delphi, which is now Borgwarner https://www.borgwarner.com/newsroom...strengthen-propulsion-systems-leadershipNow Delphi is called Aptiv? Name changes, eh, they just fire/lay off more.
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This all sounds good, but really won't employ that many people.
Maybe use people they have or call back some they let go on contract.
Once done they'll proly shut the medical group down. You know how the press is, I read that they have volunteers ready to go. Also read that the first set of castings have been made, they were supposed to be machined last night, be ready to go for assembly this morning.
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In WW2, it took GM about a year to start producing FM1 Wildcats and TBM Avengers as the Eastern Aircraft Division of GM. Eastern eventually built more Avengers than Grumman did.,
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Just wait until they recall the first 100,000 of them for bad ignition interlocks.
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No worries, they will offer an extended warranty. That's where they really make their money.
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I'm curious to know if they're going to manufacture the extra doctors and nurses to run the tens of thousands of new ventilators.
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I'm curious to know if they're going to manufacture the extra doctors and nurses to run the tens of thousands of new ventilators. ..........Not to worry........... I'm sure there's an app for that, right?
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Ever heard of Delco Electronics?
They were part of GM and then got spun into Delphi.
World headquarters, Kokomo Indiana.
Delco had development and testing on site, wafer fabs (way back used to grown own crystals too).
Seriously a world class badass.
They used to do their own stamping and plastic molding too.
From module housings to packaged devices.
It aint a friggin' vehicle assembly plant.
They did FR4 stuff, radio lines, Tech 2000, side impact sensors, fuel vapor sensors, Harley and Marine EFI, GM transmission and brake controllers, ECMs and Harley Davidson controllers.
Much if it ceramic.
Was a booming place for a long while.
Excellent response. I worked with GM on a number of electronic products in the 1970-1998 era; I was very impressed with their capabilities, both intellectual and manufacturing. the people I worked with are now gone, but the capabilities are still there.
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Wow, tuff crowd... All ya'all are gonna get the vega model. AND ifin ya keep it up there's a corvair model on the drawing board... 
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I hope the ventilators produced by General Motors are better than the vehicles they produce.
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So we're back to the age old question; gas or delis?
The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh
Which explains a lot.
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Yep, there will be two models, based on social status...
The corvair-ilator....for the low life, working-class electorate.
The corvette-ilator for the ruling class.
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Yep, there will be two models, based on social status...
The corvair-ilator....for the low life, working-class electorate.
The corvette-ilator for the ruling class. Cadillac-ilator... Corvette-ilator is in the performance parts catalog.
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Liberal chit rag of a paper in that town says 1000 called back to work (laid off).
Dunno if that 1000 hourly (trades, operators and techs) or inclusive of salaried (engineers).
Know more if they get it going.
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Ever heard of Delco Electronics?
They were part of GM and then got spun into Delphi.
World headquarters, Kokomo Indiana.
Delco had development and testing on site, wafer fabs (way back used to grown own crystals too).
Seriously a world class badass.
They used to do their own stamping and plastic molding too.
From module housings to packaged devices.
It aint a friggin' vehicle assembly plant.
They did FR4 stuff, radio lines, Tech 2000, side impact sensors, fuel vapor sensors, Harley and Marine EFI, GM transmission and brake controllers, ECMs and Harley Davidson controllers.
Much if it ceramic.
Was a booming place for a long while.
Excellent response. I worked with GM on a number of electronic products in the 1970-1998 era; I was very impressed with their capabilities, both intellectual and manufacturing. the people I worked with are now gone, but the capabilities are still there. I worked there for 20 years in advanced development and production. There was a LOT of talent there, that was p*ssed away. Seriously, it's a friggin shame.
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Liberal chit rag of a paper in that town says 1000 called back to work (laid off).
Dunno if that 1000 hourly (trades, operators and techs) or inclusive of salaried (engineers).
Know more if they get it going.
Numbers I saw was aprox 240 for production, another 112 for salary. Trades are there setting up the site for assembly. I thought I read that they are unpaid volunteers, don't quote me on that. I was going in 20 different directions at the same time yesterday, brain is overtaxed.
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