Liquid Air! How the heck could liquid nitrogen replace gasoline? Well believe it or not this is a relatively old idea that was first introduced in 1899. There was a care actually called Liquid Air produced in a joint venture and designed by Hans Knudsen. Read the rest of this entry »

Many of the readers here at Wimzit.com have brought up the issue of lack of jobs or places to work in Decatur. I’m sure much of this is due to the recent layoff that Fleetwood had where 300 jobs were lost. Read the rest of this entry »

I know this post doesnt have much to do with Decatur but as I make a huge portion of my extra income online through the use of the ebay affilaite program on my other sites I thought I would post about it as it could drastically impact my income Read the rest of this entry »

In a previous article I asked how Fort Wayne would be impacted by the sell or spin off of GE appliances. At that time there was not to be any impact as GE Consumer and Industrial was not included in the potential sell of GE Appliances business. Read the rest of this entry »

EBay, which launched its new affiliate program back in April just, released an announcement earlier this week informing its affiliate partners that it had made a big mistake. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you an internet savy person that likes writing website or keeping a journal. If so then blogging for extra income is right up your alley. If you notice most bloggers today have to make extra income just to keep up with the cost of hosting their pages. Read the rest of this entry »

I have discussed 2 of the largest employers in the Decatur Indiana area that produce world class products that draw people from across the country. We have produces some of the most recognized luxury motor homes, and speed boats, It’s only fitting that Decatur Indiana should be the home of Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, Inc.

If you not familiar with the Lingenfelter name then you definitely are not a Corvette enthusiast.  John Lingenfelter has won 13 NHRA national event titles and holds countless speed records.  Lingenfelter Performance Engineering is the premire companies when it comes to making high performance engines and accessories for Corvettes , Vipers, Cadillacs. Lingenfelter Performance Engineering  has been featured numerous times in magazines such as Car And Driver, Motortrends, Corvette Fever and Road&Track.  So if you looking to beef up your stock Corvette and have $20-50,000 to spare, you can rest assured your getting a quality product. 

As you can see in my past 3 articles Decatur Indiana might be a small community in the heart of Amish country, but we are definitely not without out some national recognition.  These three companies I have discuss build some of the world’s most sought after products and draw people from across the country . When people ask you why anyone would want to come to Decatur Indiana, just ask them “Why haven’t you been here before?”.

In my previous post I discussed one of Decatur Indiana’s better know companies Fleetwood American Coach.  While the American Coach may draw owners to the Decatur with their luxury motor homes, Thunderbird does the same with it’s high performance boats and yachts.  Thunderbird which produces a line of high performance Formula boats moved its headquarters and production facilities from South Florida to Decatur, In in March of 1988.  Thunderbird has been producing quality high performance powerboats since the mid 1950’s and is still a leader in the boating industry.  In their 50 years of crafting these high quality boats, they have won numerous awards including its most recent : “Boat of the Year” in 2006 by Powerboat Magazine.  Even though Decatur, In is a small rural community, high quality luxury products like Thunderbird’s Formula powerboats help to put us on the national map.

I’ve noticed recently that a lot of the visitors to this site are not from the Adams County or Decatur Indiana area.  At first, I figured maybe they had family or friends located in Decatur and were just wanting to know more about the town.  Then I examined some of the stats from the website a bit closer.  Many of the people are looking for things to do in the Decatur Indiana area.  That got me thinking why would anyone come here.  Well, as it turns out, we have several businesses in town that draw customers from around the country.  Today I’ll discuss one of them: American Coach

Fleetwood motor homes produces the American Coach line of RV’s right here in Decatur Indiana.  I had forgotten that there if a factory service department located here for those motor homes.  Which is terrible since I know several people that work there.  If I remember right one of them had mentioned that people come to Decatur to have warranty work done on their American Heritage, American Eagle, and American Tradition luxury motor homes.  I contacted some old friends that worked there and sure enough people come from all over to have work done here.  Their service department’s schedule is booked solid months in advance.  The Fleetwood motor home production plant also offers tours.  I don’t know about you but if I’m spending tons of money on a luxury motor home I want a tour of the plant. Perhaps, this is why people from around the country want to come to Decatur Indiana.