Ole Hank was a pacifist and worked to keep us out of WW I & II, but eventually he came around. Before Pearl Harbor some of our goods and materials may of ended up in Nazi hands, History teacher told us once the major reason for Japan attacking us was we stopped sending them oil so they could conquer China. Ford's WWII involvement included making jeeps airplanes (built a plant at Willow Run Michigan to make B-24 Bombers) tank engines and probably a lot of stuff we don't know about. Ford didn't take any bailout money when Chrysler and GM did. Reasons- 1.Bill Ford saw the storm coming and stepped aside and hired someone who got the company ready. 2. Ford actually had car companies they bought that were worth something (Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin, Mazda and Volvo) they sold them to raise cash. 3 The Ford family still very much runs the Ford Motor Company, taking the cash or doing a bankruptcy would cause them to loose control of the company something they were not willing to do when they had other alternatives.
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Today's Featured Article - Restoration Story: Fordson Major - by Anthony West. George bought his Fordson Major from a an implement sale about 18 years ago for £200.00 (UK). There is no known history regarding its origins or what service it had done, but the following work was undertaken alone to bring it up to show standard. From the engine number, it was found that this Major was produced late 1946. It was almost complete but had various parts that would definitely need replacing.
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