Posted by Texasmark1 on March 20, 2013 at 07:38:22 from (162.72.56.48):
In Reply to: Re: Made In USA posted by ben there on March 19, 2013 at 20:39:51:
Back in '49/'50 in particular, and I think I may have seen one on a '56 Ford. They had a white oval paper decal in the rear window. Had a Lasso around the perimeter and in the center the words: Made in Texas by Texans. There was a plant in Dallas.
We had one, a '51, 2 door Custom, V8 with one of Ford's first automatic transmissions duly named Ford-O-Matic. Ford wanted his name on everything.
Funny, I am currently reading the book "Wheels for the World" by Douglas Brinkley. Interesting insight into the early industrial revolution in this country, how everything was perfect for the time to make it happen, and especially Henry Ford and the impact he had on it. He was his own man and had quite an abstract personality.
He was obsessed with the T keeping it in production for 19 years. I think the year was 1919, toward the end of the T era, the name Ford was on 1/4 of the automobiles in the world and was sold around the world.
His T was in tune with the times with undeveloped roads, farmers, mountaineers, and urbanites alike. He was obsessed with perfection and wanted it perfect. Then he set about to increase production and cut price........can you believe that....the guy was obsessed with cutting the price and making his car available for the "Little Man" (Song by Alan Jackson).
Course we all know he set the pay scale for industry at twice the going rate at the time ($5 per day) and cut the hours to 8 and week days so that people could afford to buy his cars and had time off to use them.....knowing industry would have to follow suit and HE would sell that many more cars to the "Little Man".
Over the years he reduced the price from an initial price of about $950 in the early turn of the century to $440 around 1920 with constant improvements primarily for reliability.
But his obsession had it's problems. One in particular was that he thought that his T was the perfect car and he fought his team's wanting to build cars in tune with the 20's like other mfgrs. were doing. That cost him a lot of sales.
Interesting reading. I'm only about 1/3 of the way through the book and we are still on the subject of the T.
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