Re: [Chrysler300] 300's made out of radioactive Jap metal.

[Don Wheeler <cdflyer@xxxx>]

Folks,
I don't think racial slurs are appropriate for our group.




On 10/1/03 3:06, "Owen & Jo Grigg" <ram300@xxxx> wrote:

> Heck, found this on http://www.allpar.com/history/inside/plymouth-6.shtml
> 
> Does this mean our Chryslers are rusty radioactive Jap bombs?
> 
> Owen 
> 
> Some 20 years later, in the 1970s, it was suspected, and alleged that in a
> government effort to aid the economy of Japan in the mid 1950s, steel was
> melted down for shipment to the United States. Under a subsidy, this steel was
> sold to the largest users, which of course, was the automotive industry.
> Purportedly this steel was from the Atom Bombed buildings left in Hiroshima
> and Nagasaki. Of course this does raise a deadly radio activity question,
> however, conclusive tests showed that remelted iron and steel returns to
> normal, since it is a "new" metal. The true issue was that it contained high
> levels of iron, which is a notorious oxidizer. As well introduction of nickel
> or chromium, into the molten steel, which are good oxidation resistors, was
> prevented due to cost considerations!
> 
> The use of that poor quality steel, along with the considerable lack of rust
> resistance methods on the line, garnered Chrysler a poor reputation that still
> lingers today in some people's minds. Yet, given what we know now about the
> steel from Japan, it is totally unfair to lay all the rust problems at
> Chrysler's door step. They were doing their patriotic duty for the country.
> Some repayment they got for that.
> 
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