Plant that made iconic engine closes.

[bahodeme]

For hot rodder it's a sad day. Even though the engine was no made, it was nice to go and see the plant were it was made. The good part is the employees are going to another plant ot losing their jobs.

The plant builds its last engine Friday, shutting down after 57 years of production. The 250 workers will transfer to the nearby Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1, which is adding a third production shift.

Opened in 1955, Engine Plant 2 made engines for Thunderbirds, Mustangs and a whole lot of pickups. At one point, it was making massive 9-liter engines for commercial vehicles. The 5-liter V-8 that Ford used on sportier Mustangs in the 90s came from the plant as well.

But none of those motors was as beloved as the Cleveland.

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/05/ford_to_close_cleveland_engine.html

 

[Elwood70]

damn...my first car was a 1971 Ford Torino 500 with a 302 and a C-4...and the first thing I wanted to do was put a Cleveland and a C-6 in it.


...with a console shift..


never got to do it......yet.