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<p>As I remember reading about Walter P. Chrysler, his motto was
form follows function while GM's was function follows form...<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Agreed Howard and I'll add this: They are designed
to be built quickly and efficiently, because labor is
expensive. The amount of consideration given to repair and
maintenance varies a ton, and if a change is going to cost
another penny to build, they usually (not always, but usually)
won't do it.
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 11:46
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style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I was not in the
design area at International Trucks so I did not do that
work, but I had friends that were. Generally a new
vehicle starts with a design that sets the size of an
envelope the engineers have to work with. Certain
things like engines and radiators get their share of the
space first as they usually cannot be moved around in
that envelope. Then other groups start placing their
components in the space that's left with some groups
having more freedom to claim space than others--internal
politics. Those on the low end of the totem pole are
sometimes scrambling to make room for what has to be
there. No, they can't make the front end two inches
longer or add a bulge on the side of a fender to squeeze
in what's needed although sometimes early in the process
that two inches might be added when the original concept
proves too impractical. The engineers know that
serviceability may be lacking, but they have little say
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at
11:12 AM HERBERT METZ <<a
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knowledgeable about the auto industry, but my current
thinking is the stylists probably have as much authority
as do the engineers. Herb(GA)<br>
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