The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them. Coolidge
I have pictures (somewhere) of my grandfather (dads) next to his Model T. My mother in her 31 Model A coupe in Iowa City while in college in 1936. My first Ford was 1946 2-door, V-8 Sedan. All I own now, and have since 2004, are Toyotas....
The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those who got there first.
My. and many grandmothers broke a wrist cranking a T Ford.
Ford may well have been the most influential man of the twentieth century.
I remember hearing of old family members having to back up a steep, long grade because of the way the gasoline flowed from the tank.
You try to go up a long, steep grade forward, and the slant would not let the gas flow to the engine and it would die.
They had to back up the grade in reverse, and it worked fine.
I heard them talk of that many times.
When I was a kid, I remember my GreatGranddad talking about going up Ranger Hill near here that way in a Model T. That would have been a long ass haul (several miles) in reverse!
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Being as I grew up near metro Detroit, I've toured many of the Ford estates. Certainly were an interesting family, and the estates are cutting edge for their time. I own the book too.
bringing adam smith type production lines to real life products, and then paying his workers sufficently to allow them to procure the mfg'd product. only thing left to do was get the gov't to upgrade the roads so that his product could progress down the "highway."
Caught part of a show on history/ discovery channel. Ford built a city / compound in South America. Rubber plantation complete with power generation. Hospital.
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
Ford apparently started looking for a site for his first vehicle plant in Cincinnati, OH. Somewhere around the Queensgate area on the Mill Creek. For some reason Cincinnati politicians at the time said "No". Ford then went on up the road to Detroit. Growing up with line of sight visibility to downtown Cincy, always wondered how life would have been different if Cincinnati had said "Yes"...