Federal ''Cash for Clunkers'' Program Threatens Your Hobby.

Made a trip to Brazil last April. No old cars. Wondered why. Found out if the car is ten years old or older they will not issue a license plate. Don't know if this covers ALL of Brazil though. WW

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Ford, and perhaps some other U.S.auto factories too, used to sell their last years tool/body dies to Brazil.For instance, 1966 Ford cars were made in Brazil years after U.S.Ford factories in America stopped making them.World War Two era Jeeps were still being made in France (Hotchkiss, something like that, I think) in the 1960s. cuhulin

it can't there Ford Maverick groups in Brazil. Ford last made the car for that market in 1979.

Not so much, it's just that they decide to build Ford product from other markets, sometimes with different running gear etc.

This comes up every few years... I'm told that the vast majority of the cars that get crushed are like clapped out Tempos Escorts

4 door VW's etc Nobody will sell a Chevelle or a GTO for scrap... the internet took care of that.

The first (or one of the first) car factories in Russia was based on American Ford cars when Ford (of America) licensed Ford cars (Model A Ford cars) to me manufactured in Russia.Of course there were some differences between the American made Ford cars and the Russian made Ford (GAZ?) cars.Back in the 1920s or 1930s FIAT and Mercedes Benz had factories in New York state.Many years ago, Rolls Royce had a factory in Springfield, Massachusetts.Also, many, many years ago some French and I think some other British cars (American Bantam cars?) were licensed built in America.Back in the late 1930s/early 1940s, Chevrolet and Harley Davidson had factories in China. cuhulin