I'm currently living in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio and have been employed as a Toolmaker by various GM suppliers in the area for over 23 years.

GM just announced that they will close the Moraine plant before the end of the year.

When I started in this trade, there were over 3500 tool and machine shops in the area, the largest conglomeration of such in the world. We are now down to 65 independent shops. with the closing of GM, Duramax will follow. Delphi, formerly known as Delco, has closed many plants in the area as well. It is projected that 80-85% of the remaining shops will close the doors after the first quarter of 2009. Dayton will become another Detroit within a year.

I have been laid-off 4 times in the past 24 months, and have gotten sick and tired of drawing unemployment.

Thank God that I accepted an offer in Ogden Utah last month and am moving next week. If i hadn't accepted the offer, I'd stay on unemployment longer than the 4 months I've been on it so far.

BTW...I purchased the 560SL with the signing bonus I received by accepting the job in Ogden!! I feel it was a better investment than the stock market!!

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles