Talk:Rochester Products Division

Latest comment: 10 years ago by Stepho-wrs in topic Low-importance

Notes edit

Clarify whether this is in the City of Rochester, in Monroe County, New York, or the Town of Rochester, in Ulster County, New York.66.10.94.35 (talk) 19:29, 29 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

Low-importance edit

Why is the history of this company rated as of low importance? The decline in U.S. manufacturing is directly connected to the record national debt. An understanding of that process is essential to understanding U.S. history. Wake up. Rupertlt (talk) 15:14, 24 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

A large majority of all articles are marked as low importance to their respective WikiProjects, simply because of their scope. Think of it this way. If you were trying to write a book about automobiles (in general) or New York (all of it), how much would you write about the Rochester Products division in particular? You may be pleased to know that that Manufacturing in the United States article is marked as top importance (the highest grade) for WikiProject United States, certainly one of the largest WikiProjects in existence. But as we say, notability is not inherited, so that doesn't mean every American manufacturer will get that treatment. And unfortunately, that article is about as robust as the American manufacturing sector itself... --BDD (talk) 22:22, 21 June 2013 (UTC)Reply
It also depends on whether you are from the US or not. Would you be so keen to defend manufacturing in Australia (my country)?  Stepho  talk  23:11, 21 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

Carburetors in non-GM applications edit

Need references to Rochester carburetors used on non-GM cars. --Rupertlt (talk) 14:25, 26 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

The following Packards used Rochester carburetors:
1955 400 & Patrician, 352 ci, 260 HP (Rochester 4GC 7007230)
1955 Caribbean, 352 ci, 290 HP (Rochester 4GC 7008230 7008231)
1956 400 & Patrician, 374 ci, 290 HP (Rochester 4GC 7008610)
1956 Caribbean, 374 ci, 310 HP (Rochester 4GC 7009600 7009601)
Caribbeans hat a special setup with 4 bbl. 1955 and 1956 Clippers used Carter carburetors. Maybe further investigation reveals more Packard models that used Rochester carburetors. --Chief tin cloud (talk) 13:45, 7 March 2011 (UTC)Reply