Its pretty good, though at times the dialog falls into modern sayings and slang. The episode with the Servi-car was something that I hadn't heard about either.
the Servi Car blew my mind.. how they didn't get sued by Ford for defamation on that? It might be true... but nothing on the internet backs it up for historical accuracy... so, although I'd love to post about the greed and backstabbing between the big dog companies that survived the great depression.. I have to wait on that for some strong historical facts to come out
For sure. Its one of those stories that fits with the cutthroat nature of Henry I, especially if you consider how he managed to gain total control of Ford Motor Company and avoid bankruptcy at the same time. When he wanted to build Airplanes he bought out Stout Aircraft so it wouldn't be a stretch that he'd do something similar with the Servi-Car. I've been doing off and on research of the Ford V1650 "GG" prototype aircraft engine that they built when presented with the possibility of license building the Rolls Royce Merlin in the U.S., which proved Ford had the engineering savvy and the balls to do about whatever they wanted if another company didn't have the good sense to put a stop to it. But who knows, its more likely a tale handed down through the family.
Its pretty good, though at times the dialog falls into modern sayings and slang. The episode with the Servi-car was something that I hadn't heard about either.
ReplyDeletethe Servi Car blew my mind.. how they didn't get sued by Ford for defamation on that? It might be true... but nothing on the internet backs it up for historical accuracy... so, although I'd love to post about the greed and backstabbing between the big dog companies that survived the great depression.. I have to wait on that for some strong historical facts to come out
DeleteFor sure. Its one of those stories that fits with the cutthroat nature of Henry I, especially if you consider how he managed to gain total control of Ford Motor Company and avoid bankruptcy at the same time. When he wanted to build Airplanes he bought out Stout Aircraft so it wouldn't be a stretch that he'd do something similar with the Servi-Car. I've been doing off and on research of the Ford V1650 "GG" prototype aircraft engine that they built when presented with the possibility of license building the Rolls Royce Merlin in the U.S., which proved Ford had the engineering savvy and the balls to do about whatever they wanted if another company didn't have the good sense to put a stop to it. But who knows, its more likely a tale handed down through the family.
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