Word: repairs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Dropouts. Many buyers have discovered otherwise. The commission cites one survey of 50,000 buyers of new 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966 cars. Approximately a third complained that their autos were delivered in "unsatisfactory" condition, and a fourth of those with warranties said that repair work was shoddy. Why so many beefs? Part of the trouble, according to the FTC, is in the assembly lines. Sales are moving too fast for the assemblers, much less the inspectors, to keep up with the pace. More than 25% of 1967-model cars were recalled for possible safety defects. That, says...
Conditions may be even worse at the dealer's service area. There is a nationwide shortage of about 140,000 mechanics. The industry finds that many dropouts who drop into the repair business never do learn the trade. Those with rare aptitude often find better-paying jobs with an airline, or even on an auto assembly line. Service under warranties, which cover about 10% of auto-repair business, suffers from an additional handicap. Dealers say that the automakers are niggardly with compensation for warranty work, allowing only a 25% profit margin for parts, compared with the 40% or more...
Precisely a year ago this week, Britain swallowed its pride and cut the exchange value of its tottering pound from $2.80 to $2.40. The third devaluation in 36 years was aimed at giving the country time to repair its foundering economy. The Labor government maintained that the devalued pound would swiftly turn the U.K.'s persistent trade deficit, a major source of sterling's troubles, into a surplus. With British goods much cheaper in the world marketplace, exports would rise while imports declined because foreign products automatically would cost Britons more. Surveying the early results, Prime Minister Harold...
...than 320 modern plants are active in metal fabrication, electronics, optical instruments, diesel engines and other fields. Along with low labor costs, they get easy access to Asian markets from Singapore's key location at the tip of the Malay Peninsula. Swan Hunter International, a British shipbuilding and repairing firm, is using that geographical fillip to advantage. Noting that no fewer than 127 mammoth tankers of more than 200,000 tons are on order throughout the world, the company is expanding repair facilities at the naval base to handle the ships that will pass by Singapore en route from...
Radcliffe has alloted $200 to clean, oil, and repair locks on the 72 doors. Many keys are missing and new ones will have to be made...