Houdaille

Finally, in October 1985, Houdaille pulled the plug on what was left of the company.

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Denied protection under its novel complaint to the U.S. trade representative—it said that its own inattention to fundamentals over the years was the fault of the scheming Japanese, who had secretly subsidized an industry cartel—Houdaille began stiffing suppliers, automatically marking down all invoices by 5 percent.

Economic Principals David Warsh 1993

The Burg family, which ran the company, sold out to Buffalo-based Houdaille Industries.

Economic Principals David Warsh 1993

The 'Rossa Corsa' red body was formed in aluminum and laid down on a tubular steel frame suspended by double wishbone control arms with transverse semi-elliptic leaf springs and friction dampers in the front; while a live axle, semi-elliptic leaf springs and Houdaille friction dampers round out the rear suspension setup.

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Stagnation followed in the 1970s, followed by a bid in 1979 to reinvigorate Houdaille by initiating one of the first management leveraged buyouts, designed—it was said—to make the company’s bosses more reponsive to the discipline of the market.

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Crippled by rising interest bills and battered by the soaring dollar, Burg’s tool business crumbled, while Houdaille turned to Washington for protection against what had become a flood tide of Japanese imports.

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38 DCN carburettors, four-speed manual gearbox, unequal A-arms, coil springs, Houdaille hydraulic shock absorbers and anti roll bar front suspension, live axle, semi elliptic leaf springs, Houdaille shock absorbers with four trailing arms rear suspension, four-wheel drum brakes.

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