I remember a while back, maybe 20 years or more, one of the highway departments bought several foreign tractors, then painted them John Deere Yellow, like the industrial equipment. They initially said they wanted all of their equipment to be the same color, but then it came out that they really didn't want to take the heat from the labor unions for not buying American made tractors. Remember, back then there was a much more hostile attitude towards foreign made products. Quite the scandal, indeed! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif