Ford dealer Ed Jolliffe has been calculating the cost of getting his body shop ready for the 2015 aluminum F-150 pickup and finds the numbers sobering. "It's going to cost anywhere from $50,000 to $100,000. That's a hell of a chunk," said Jolliffe, who When Ford unveiled an all-new and largely aluminum-based 2015 Ford F-150 at this past Detroit Auto Show, one of the first questions people had regarding the aluminum components of the truck’s body panels and chassis was how body shops would handle the Sparks no longer fly in the Ford body shop in Dearborn, Mich., where the company just started making its 2015 F-150. Instead, there’s only the dull hum of 500 robots, using high speed screws. That’s because Ford (IW 500/6) (F) completely reinvented its Sparks used to fly from the noisy robots welding steel in the Dearborn body shop. Now, 500 new robots quietly rivet aluminum parts together. At Ford's Buffalo, New York, stamping plant, new machines collect and sort aluminum for recycling, which couldn't After laboring for five years to develop its aluminum F-150, Ford Motor Co. now confronts a new challenge: preventing higher insurance rates and a dearth of mechanics equipped to repair its body from deterring buyers. Less than 10 percent of the more than Ford has a stacked line-up for the upcoming 2012 SEMA Show, but they are not the only ones introducing packages for their vehicles. The Ford Mustang is also getting a ton of attention from tuners everywhere, from the Mustang "Boy Racer" by 3dCarbon to the .
A HARRODS FORD: Tom Ford this week launched his first space dedicated to women’s accessories, with a shop-in-shop in London’s Harrods. The 320-square-foot boutique, located within Harrods’ recently renovated luxury accessories area on the store’s Many conversations about the 2015 Ford F-150 have surrounded the potentially high cost of repairing its largely-aluminum body. To the anxiety of dealers and consumers, Ford announced it will pay 20% of what shops will spend on training and gear to fix the Berdnik. Detectives found three other stolen vehicles at the shop along with a stolen engine and other auto parts, the sheriff said. Two pickup trucks -- a Ford F-350 and Ford F-250 -- were reported stolen early this month in Sayreville while a seized though Ford will pitch in with $10,000 for each dealership’s shop upgrade and certification. The move goes against an earlier statement made by the automaker, which did not require dealer-owned repair facilities to be certified to work on the aluminum .
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