Re: OS4 Update and WWII question

Posted by P Backus on September 04, 2006 at 11:19:58 from (69.128.32.12):

In Reply to: OS4 Update and WWII question posted by Greg-N-CA on September 04, 2006 at 06:55:04:

I believe that Hal is right that vets had a higher priority when it
came to getting cars and trucks after the war. I think that during
the war and after to get a tractor you had to put your name into
a pool and the War Department (the real one, not your wife!)
would decide by way of a lottery of sorts who would get the next
available one, regardless of brand or model. Of course it wasn"t
given to you, but you had the oportunity to buy it. The War
Department also set the prices, which in some cases forced
some, like Henry Ford, to sell at or below their cost for a short
while.
I may be fuzzy on some of the details- I"m going on memory of
what a friend told me. For instance, I"m not sure what went into
the selection process, like if you could request preferred makes
or models, etc.
Paul (waiting to be corrected by someone who"s been through it)

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