| Frank Oresnik's Chevy truck dubbed 'old
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| | all this interest."
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| girl' recently passed the one
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| | Oresnik passed the million-mile mark Feb.
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| million-mile mark thanks to an engine
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| | 8 in southeastern Wisconsin while on his
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| built in Flint.
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| | way back home to Catawba, located in
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| "This engine is a real marvel," Oresnik
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| | Price County, about an hour west of
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| said in a telephone interview with The
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| | Rhinelander, reported MLive. "I won't say
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| Flint Journal. "It keeps this truck going
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| | it was relief ... it was exhilarating,"
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| and going. I'm a complete booster of the
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| | he said later during a stop in Gresham.
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| job your men and women did on my engine."
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| | "This truck has been so dependable over
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| Officials at General Motors Corp. said
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| | the years."
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| the engine in Oresnik's Chevy Silverado
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| | Oresnik said there has been some
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| was manufactured at the former Flint V-8
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| | interested in General Motors or Shell Oil
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| Engine Plant off Van Slyke Road, which
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| | buying the truck. But he said he has
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| ceased production in 1999 and was
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| | interest in taking a roadtrip to Michigan
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| demolished a year thereafter.
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| | and meeting workers who built the engine
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| The durability of the engine is not
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| | in Flint as well as those who assembled
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| surprising to V-8 workers. Actually, some
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| | his truck in Pontiac.
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| of them are still building said engines
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| | John Crabtree, Flint Engine South's plant
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| at Flint Engine South, a plant situated
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| | manager, said in an e-mail that Oresnik
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| on the same General Motors property.
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| | would not be disappointed if he visited
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| "They were good engines," UAW Local 659
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| | some of the "greatest engine building
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| shop chairman Joe Ledford said of the V-8
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| | talent in the world today."
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| that powered Oresnik's truck. "That's all
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| | "I was extremely proud to be the plant
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| we've ever done is build engines."
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| | manager of the V-8 plant," Crabtree
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| Oresnik has been in the news for quite a
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| | concluded. "Whether we're talking about
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| while now. He hit the one million-mile
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| | the eight cylinders that we built then,
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| milestone in southeastern Wisconsin with
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| | the world-class six cylinders that the
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| a National Public Radio audience
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| | same workforce makes today, or any engine
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| listening in and a camera crew filming.
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| | that GM needs for tomorrow. ...This is
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| "I can't tell you how much fun it was,"
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| | just another reminder that our Flint
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| Oresnik noted. "It was really humbling,
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| | South team is always up to the challenge.
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