02-21-08: In news this week about the Canadian Auto Workers Union and
a proposed Ford Motor Company project to invest $600 million in the
shuttered Windor, Ontario engine plant, telling details were dropped
about what they would be building.

Buzz Hargrove, president of the Canadian Auto Workers union, says Ford
Motor Co. is now weighing a project to reopen the plant that has been
the birthplace of the "Windsor" engines longer than most enthusiasts
have been alive. The plant closed last November, ending an era.

What is more exciting than hearing that the plant could open again is
what they plan to build there. Hargrove said this, regarding the
proposal:

"The best example of that is the 5-litre engine for the Ford plant in
Windsor. We have an opportunity to win an engine in that facility.
When Ford first started talking to us and the provincial and federal
government about it, it was about a $350-million investment which
would have led to about 300 jobs being created in a plant that closed
in November of last year. And since that time, they've adapted that
engine. And they're going to utilize it in more vehicles than they
initially planned. And the project now is an over $600-million
investment, and possibly close to 600 jobs in the city of Windsor, in
a local union, and a community, that are desperate for investment and
jobs."

This is further scuttle to back up the many rumors that the 2010
Mustang will debut with a new 5.0 liter V8. While this may not be
breaking news, it backs up what we have been hearing. The news that
the engine is going to be used in more vehicles than initially planned
is also alluring. Besides the F-Series and the Mustang, what other
vehicles would be used for this engine?

Time will tell!
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Patrick