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- 1924LINK-BELTCOMPLETE
- 1970sFORD + LINCOLNCOMPLETE
- 1980sF.M. ENVELOPE CO.COMPLETE
- 2022MUTiNYRESTARTING
I bought a car factory and we're starting it back up.
Meet Mutiny.
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DAYS OF TRYING TO SAVE
THIS CAR FACTORY
THIS CAR FACTORY
FACTORY FLOOR PROJECT TRACKER
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DAYS SINCE LAST
CATASTROPHIC FAILURE
CATASTROPHIC FAILURE
FACTORY RULES
01. THINK HARD
02. BE NICE
03. DON'T DIE
>>> Our mission is to revive a once-great car factory in Detroit with thriving jobs that pay a thriving wage worked by industrious people who want to build the future together.
We'll do this by launching the next great American car company.
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I grew up watching these hulking factories slowly sink into the earth only to be torn down unceremoniously -- a plot of land left behind like there was never anything there. All the stories of innovations created, processes refined, lives lived, all gone. Jobs shipped away somewhere far away to eke out a shred more margin in the short term. Profitable now, ruinous later.
What's worse is these factories we've lost were useful places. Factories are tools we use to make better lives for ourselves and our community. They're the place where we get together to build tomorrow.
This disposable culture is the norm right now - but it doesn't have to be.
We're going to get this great factory operational again and on the double. No waiting around for the winds to change or hoping some politician makes our dreams come true. We're putting hammer to nail and brick to beam as we get this resource back online for working people everywhere.
First, simple products. Shirts and posters and stickers. We're doing these immediately so we can turn the lights back on and begin hiring great people.
Then, fantastic creations of metal, cloth, glass, and rubber. We're building a car company and we want you to be a part of it. I know, wild.
If you're in, sign up for THE CREW today and check out our well-made products that fuel our mission.
We can do this. Really.
Andy Didorosi
Founder, Mutiny + THE CREW
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MUTiNY ULTRASOFT CREWNECK SWEATSHIRT - DETROIT MADE
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When you order from us it's our hands placing it in the box with care.
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We chose to spend more on our materials to proudly say we use American whenever possible. When we can't find something Made in America we make it ourselves or find a sustainable supplier.
Our single and 2-color posters are printed by hand in our factory in Detroit. We handle all of our own shipping and fulfillment at our factory as well. When you order from us it's our hands placing it in the box with care.
Most of our shirts come from Royal Apparel headquartered in New York. Their factories are exclusively in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. This is especially impressive in an industry that's only 3% Made in America.
Our paper stock comes from French Paper in Niles, Michigan where they've been making quality paper products for over 150 years.
Our screenprinted shirts are printed by Wethouse Printing by our good friend Aaron Cummins and his family. Their attention to detail is impeccable. We get our screens made by Ocelot Print Shop in Detroit who offers tons of community print resources at affordable prices.
We choose to work with local suppliers because we desire to keep our dollars, ingenuity, and manufacturing power within our communities. This may not matter to everyone but it matters a great deal to us.
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THE FACTORY
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Our factory started life as the regional headquarters for a manufacturer named Link-Belt built in 1924. This article from the 1924 issue of Brick and Clay record shows the original structure that came first. This is now just a small part of the southwest corner of the building. The building was slowly expanded over the coming decades to fill demand.
NEW LINK-BELT WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE AT DETROIT. BRICK AND CLAY RECORD, 1924. 
FROM A LINK-BELT ADVERTISEMENT. Link-Belt was known for making chain drivers, conveyors, pulleys, and other material moving equipment. Their major invention was the automatic furnace stoker that kept your furnace full of coal so you didn't have to stoke it manually. You may know Link-Belt today as a major crane manufacturer.
Shortly after construction Link-Belt began supplying assembly line parts to Henry Ford for the Ford Motor Company. These pieces played a vital role in the construction of Ford's factories.
- 1970s
In the 70's the building was purchased to produce Ford and Lincoln cars as part of a major complex on Detroit's west side. The complex extended 13 acres to the south and included a Holley carburetor factory. There aren't good records from this time aside from a construction permit request to seal in the once-public alley between the two buildings and to build a bulletproof guard shack in the street. We'll update this as we find more records from this era.
- 1980s
In the 80's the building was purchased by the F.M. Envelope Company to begin high-volume envelope production from raw materials. They produced envelopes for all Hilton Hotels nationwide, the US Park Service for camping fees, the Detroit Zoo, and thousands of other customers. Their daily output was in the millions of units.
- 2021
In 2021 the factory was purchased by Andy Didorosi of The Detroit Bus Company to serve as both the headquarters for the bus company and also to invest in a new method of building a manufacturing organization.
- 2022
2022: Mutiny was launched.
VALUES AND PRINCIPLES
~/values.txtThese are the values and principles we set forth to guide The Crew.
Mutual respect. Everyone shall treat other Crew members, members of the larger community, and all others as equals. You have a responsibility to the community around you to represent the ideals of The Crew.
All skill levels are welcome. The Crew exists to teach and to learn. We lift up those of us who have not learned a skill yet. We do not gatekeep.
Immediacy. The problems we face today are urgent and immediate issues. We must act as though time is precious and fleeting.
Buy Local. We will procure all of our materials and labor from our community including Detroit, Michigan, and the United States of America. If we cannot find someone locally we make it ourselves or we will not sell it.
Thriving wage for thriving work. We shall always pay a thriving wage for all work rendered for-hire. We will only work with suppliers who pay a similar thriving wage.
All knowledge is useful. At the core of The Crew is the utility of both teaching and learning. We will never charge for the exchange of skills and knowledge.
Profits are another tool, not an end goal. We make profits work for us to pay thriving wages, provide exceptional quality products, and extend benefits to our community. Profits are not the only goal but must be respected in reasonable measure. We only spend according to our means.
ABOUT ANDY
~/andy.txtYou probably found your way to THE CREW via Andy's TikTok or other social media contrivance. Either way, here's an entirely unbiased account of the founder of The Crew, Andy Didorosi.
Andy is a Detroit-native born at Hutzel Hospital in downtown Detroit in 1987.
Professionally he started bussing tables at Ferlito's Family Dining for $4.30 an hour. This wasn't cutting it. A friend introduced Andy to car auctions where you could get a rundown Cutlass for $100. Andy used his busboy savings to buy 3 cars.
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He got a job shortly after at Slim's Hotrodd Garage to learn automotive repair and was ultimately a terrible employee. He resigned from Slim's after learning a ton and set up shop for himself. After the city cited Andy for fixing cars in his dad's Roseville, MI backyard he rented the corner of a very small warehouse in Ferndale to set up shop properly.
After the Ferndale shop he rented a small warehouse in Fraser to be the center of his business operations. Andy started an automotive performance shop called Team Deluxe that did terribly. As it turns out trying to make money building racecars is a horrible business -- especially for a teenager.
In 2010, Andy was looking for another workspace and found the options available to him lacking. He approached a building owner in Ferndale about leasing out his building and starting a small business incubator so other small businesses could find a place to operate. Paper Street was born.
His shopmate back in the small Ferndale warehouse showed Andy how to buy and sell industrial equipment so he switched his focus to this so he could pay for the mounting utility bills at Paper Street along with his racing habit.
In 2011, Andy got his big break when he landed the Farmer Jack equipment liquidation at the original Farmer Jack facility on Borman Avenue in Detroit. This took the duration of the summer but yielded a modest profit.
Later in 2011, Andy was frustrated with the state of public transit in Detroit and decided to buy a 1996 Ford B600 school bus. Originally the plan was to drive the bus up and down Woodward Avenue in protest of the streetcar line that was canceled because of regional infighting. Andy decided to start a route that ran a similar loop that riders could ride all day for just $5. The Detroit Bus Company was born.
This initial route was another terrible financial decision -- but soon individuals began calling to rent Andy's buses privately for weddings, corporate events, and shuttles. They started a small charter services outfit using DBC's wildly-painted Art Buses to liven up streets wherever they go.
The Detroit Bus Company grew from 1 bus to 2, to 3, up to 15 buses -- all on earned revenue. Soon, there was a TODAY Show piece about the company, a Dark Rye documentary, and a whole host of other national media.
In 2013, The Detroit Bus Company launched the Youth Transit Alliance to begin providing free rides to Detroit kids in need from school to after school programs. In 2015 this program became Ride for Ride, a freestanding 501c3 non-profit. DBC provides thousands of free rides to kids in Detroit, Highland Park, and Hamtramck each year.
Since launch DBC has given thousands of scooters away to Detroit's kids via the PlayFreeBird project, provided hundreds of free voter rides through our Vote Rides project, and connected tens of thousands of people to Detroit's story through tours and events.
In 2020, Andy worked with his team to build both Arsenal of Clean, the largest producer of hand sanitizer in Detroit while giving away thousands of gallons to Detroit first responders, hospitals, schools, government agencies, and non-profits. A truckload of free sanitizer was also sent to the Navajo Nation. Later in 2020, Andy worked with friends to start Farebox, a company creating fleet management software.
Andy's next project is growing THE CREW and launching Mutiny, a new automotive company headquartered firmly in Detroit.