Taiwan

 

Simply call them and ask!

 

i'm pretty sure the boxes indicate taiwan.

 

Funny, I can't remember the last time I bought ANYTHING that WASN'T made in China.

 

That steak you had for supper...
I think most of our food (at least) comes from here!
I hope so...

 

Check the package. Much of the beef now days says "USDA Inspected" then in small print says "Product of Mexico".

 

Taiwan..... I just purchased a pair of rear bumper brackets, Dynacorn brand and they were made in Taiwan.It was the worst tooling I have ever seen. I had to send them back there is no way without putting them in a vise and beating on them that they MAY of fit. Absolute junk!

 

I believe it is Taiwan for the Dynacorn bodies. Shoulda asked at their booth-
just got back from SEMA/AAPEX a few hours ago.
Ford Motor Company had a '65 Convertible body in their booth that is
supposedly now available..... had many, many additional pinch-welds.....
definitely not an original from back in the day.

 

just received my new Taiwan made rh truck support.Who ever taught these 12 year olds how to stamp metal? It is a good thing I am using small pieces of this panel because it is that bad.

 

Sounds like Dynacorn may be having same prob that Japan had. They couldn't keep up with demand plus they could have things made in mainland China hence quality goes way down!
But OH YES!! We can make a bigger profit!!
BTW:....Those folks attached to their Volvos......they may be made in Sweden but are owned by China!!!!

 

As I understand it (GE bought 49 percent of major Japan company) the cost of making a product in Japan exceeded the cost in USA.

Forget the evil bigger profit crap! You can't make and sell a product at a loss!
The profit is used to pay for employees, plant equipment and research!

 

They all do it now ......

As I understand it (GE bought 49 percent of major Japan company) the cost of making a product in Japan exceeded the cost in USA.

Forget the evil bigger profit crap! You can't make and sell a product at a loss!
The profit is used to pay for employees, plant equipment and research!

I read an article on the body's(1967 Fastbacks) and all it said was they were made over sea's to save on labor costs. It did not say were.
I dealt with the BIG Blow off valve company that has "made in USA" stickers on the boxes.
The parts are made over sea's and assembled in USA.
It needs to say USA if it is all from USA.

 

Nothing intrinsically wrong with Taiwan-made parts. Depends only on how well the people involved want the product to be made. Some of it's not half bad. And don't confuse China and Taiwan. Not the same people or work ethic at all. China- big country filled with communists. Taiwan- small country filled with capitalists.

 

Don't forget...capitalists...bad! OOPS! Cut me off!

 

Dynacorn is simply a name to a part for us Americans. Did you ever think Dynacorn may not be telling the appropriate people there is anything wrong with the parts? If you were Dynacorn and had 5,000 qaurter panels for a 65 Mustang convertible that you know dang well did not fit, would you tell anyone? You would want to get rid of inventory.
Alot can be accomplished with commincation and understanding. This is why we have quistionable aftermarket parts. Consumers need to commincate to the suppliers and the suppliers to the wholesalers and the wholesalers to the manufactures. I believe the manufactures don't know there is a problem otherwise they would fix it.

 

Dynacorn does not care about quality just quanity

 

I've read a lot of posts here on VMF where people said the Dynacorn parts they bought fit very well; better than any other afermarket parts. Thus, it would seem Dynacorn parts are inconsistent.

And, c'mon people, where a part is made has absolutely, positively nothing to do with its quality. And, as others have stated, determining where exactly something is manufactured is difficult and sometimes impossible.

 

I've read a lot of posts here on VMF where people said the Dynacorn parts they bought fit very well; better than any other afermarket parts. Thus, it would seem Dynacorn parts are inconsistent.

Dynacorn used to manufacture the Worst Junk out there! I'd heard that they decided to turn over a new leaf, when they began to sell complete bodies? ( It Probably wasn't cost effective for them to try to assemble their own crappy parts.)... Anyways as the story goes, they completely redid their tooling? Last year I went through three different manufactured battery aprons for my '68. The last one I bought was a Dynacorn, and it was the absolute best, next to an Original! I believe it's possible that a lot of their previously manufactured parts are still around? Or not?

I also recently purchased a "Ford Licensed" Hood for a '70! I rejected the first one as the metal was pinched, gathered, and wrinkled during assembly at the front point? The second one was much better, with the exception that the hood pin holes in the framework were oval and looked like someone used a jigsaw to freehand them? This hood was supposed to be made here in the States, from Original tooling? These manufactures need better Quality Control!

 

As long as we continue to buy, nothing will change. Granted, OE parts are hard or impossible to buy, but I salvage every single part I can possibly save. If I can repair a panel, I do so. Most of what you buy is only good for patch panels anyway.

 

I picked up a clamshell pack of screwdrivers at Menards last week that said "MADE IN USA" in three different places (With flags), it even said it on the back at the top, but at the bottom it said "mad in china" in small letters.

I told a manager about it, I even mentioned that someone could get in big trouble if the wrong person purchased it, they said they would take care of it. I go back this weekend to see if they really did take care of it.

One thing that I know from going to the Motorcycle expo in Indy for several years is that you can get anything made in China, you just gotta buy it by the 1/4 container load. If you want real high quality they can also do that, but it will cost you more than the typical harbor freight hand tool.

 

well jus sew ya'll no , i wuz made in the u.s. by americans !!!

 

It's all made in Taiwan boys.

 

You guys should look up CCW and look up the motorcycles they make. Very interesting story of a guy that couldnt get support in the US so he actually moved to china and set up the manufacturing. Goes their like multiple times a yr to make sure everything is still built to standard.

 

Maybe we should be most concerned if a product is any good! After WWII a lot of stuff that was cheap junk was availible from Japan. In the 70s they beat the US with quality.

Now the big problem is lost jobs. Let's talk about quality, doing a good job! If a part/product is made exactly to the US, Germany, Swedish etc. design and the tooling is in Taiwan does that automatically make it an inferior product?

I buy local in my neighborhood, never bought a Japanese, Korean, German, British, Italian (non USA brand name)auto.

We back laws and regulations that prevent getting oil from a couple of square miles in Alaska. We agree by voting to regulations that have eliminated much of manufacturing in the US. Steel made in the US costs way more than steel made in China for example. Not evil company profit but regulations.

I'm not talking politics which is illegal on VMF. I'm referring to us. We want to protect frogs, birds, caribue, rare insects, the mating habits of purple wackadoo, keep the water and air pure and the ozone layer unharmed. These are good things folks that's why they are called ideals. We need to understand we can't have (sure we can want) all these things and people/workers paid $20/hr. and compete with Taiwan, India, Korea, Mexico etc. We want everything and we want it cheap while we all get high pay...hmmm.

 

I work for a company now that designs its suspension products in-house and has them
made in 22 locations around the globe. The quality and warranty rate are on par with
the main players in the aftermarket (Moog, etc).
Economies of scale and margin are our main reasons for this. The big suspension companies
may own their equipment and facilities but they are mighty proud of their parts and that
pride is reflected in the pricing. And that's how they stay afloat.

AFA never owning an import car, you really haven't missed out there. Although the name-
plate may say Domestic, it's tough to find any car that has much domestic content.
With the passing of the Crown Vic Ford, I don't think there is a truly American car now.

Lost jobs? I was in that boat for nearly 3 years. Let's just say that automotive corporate
decision making was not in its finest hour when the financial situation had them running for
the hills. And what had them in that position with their backs against the wall? A reliance
on doing the easy thing; making the easy money and not being strategic in thinking.
I was briefly in the aerospace industry for 7 months during that time as well before
being part of a 50% workforce reduction- not much sense in the decision making there either.

 

I bought a Meguiars clay bar kit and it said made in USA on the box. I don't for sure about the bars or even the quick detailer spray, but the microfiber cloth and the storage dish for the clay said made in China.