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Oscar and his partners started "retailing" about a year ago. The autos they sell have serial numbers that have been altered by skillful craftsmen. Oscar has friends closely connected with certain motor vehicle departments who for a fee will issue bona fide registration forms, plates and marker tags...
Skimming through the voluminous stacks of mail that reach him in Washington, Ralph Nader last summer began picking up an unusual pattern of complaints about some products made by his old antagonist, G.M.'s Chevrolet Motor Division. Scores of engines on Chevies made from 1965 to 1969, the letters indicated, were twisting loose from car frames, sometimes with the frightening result that the auto's accelerator pedal was pulled all the way down to the floor and the brakes failed. At roughly the same time, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was looking into similar complaints. Last week...
...many businesses and middle-class residents to its surrounding suburbs that a local wag once cracked: "Will the last company to leave please turn off the lights?" Rather than wait for that dismal moment, Henry Ford II has a better idea. Last week he announced that the Ford Motor Co. will sponsor a $500 million development to lure people back to the center city...
...Pittsburgh Mellons, have clearly been stung by criticism that they have not done enough to stem the deterioration of the city where they base their fortunes. Henry's brother, William Clay Ford, plans to move his Detroit Lions football team to Pontiac, Mich., for example, and Ford Motor Co. is building a $750 million commercial and residential complex in nearby Dearborn. Both projects threaten to attract more businesses and people from downtown Detroit-a trend that Henry Ford II obviously hopes to diminish...
...date he has secured options on the riverfront property. Next the city must transfer its holdings to Ford Motor's Land Development Corp., which will supervise planning and construction. "The size of the development is such that no single company can handle it by itself," Ford explained. "We want and need the participation of other companies to bring the plan to reality...