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Originally posted by BrianH
But he did show me a fake Edelbrock valve cover that came on a GTR engine. On it was stamped MADE IN USA. He said an island near Korea was renamed Usa for the sole purpose of saying USA on it's products.
Sounds like a good plot for a Oliver Stone movie.
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Oh gosh, I haven't head that old story for so long! Usa has existed for several hundred years, so the renaming part is bunk.
Usa, Oita prefecture, northern Kyushu, Japan, 24 miles northwest of the prefectural capital Oita. The city developed around the site of the first and most famous of shrines dedicated to the Shinto god Hachiman, Usa Hachiman Shrine, which dates to about 717-724.
Before World War II, Usa was known in the United States for its manufacture or distribution of products labeled "MADE IN USA," in an apparent attempt to deceive those Americans avoiding Japanese goods. Today the city's industries turn out machinery, textiles, and rice products (such as ame, or rice jelly), and the region grows rice, vegetables, and mandarin oranges.