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Oldest U.s. Auto Plant To Close - Frost__2001 - 06-29-2006
Oldest U.S. Auto Plant to Close
The Daily Auto Insider
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
June 2006
A Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, that produced about 11 million vehicles over nearly a century closes this week, the Associated Press reported.
The plant was opened by the Pope Motor Car Co. in 1909 and was bought a year later by John North Willys, who built cars bearing his name for the next few decades. During World War II, the plant made Jeeps and military equipment, including trailers, aircraft parts and rockets, the story said.
Most recently, it has produced bodies for Jeep Wranglers.
Production of the 2007 Jeep Wrangler will begin next month at a new $900 million factory complex a few miles away.