Woodrow Wilson wanted Ford to run for the Senate as a Democrat, and he almost won, without any investment on his behalf.
If you remember Kingsford charcoal, the name came from Ford. Using wood scraps from his plants, Henry Ford found he could make charcoal briquettes.
Oh, and the movie Ford vs Ferrari (despite the bad name) was a great movie.
Have you noticed that the new Fords, or any other new car really, still have map lights, though we don't really need them since most cars now have built in GPS?
Ford was also somewhat eccentric. "Perhaps the wackiest manifestation of Ford’s vision was building an entire town in the middle of the Amazon, named Fordlandia. The aim? To create a utopia in the jungle (although securing a source of cultivated rubber may have been his more calculated intentions), an 18-hour boat trip up the river to the nearest city. The project was never fully realised, but emphasised the boundless nature of his vision." Source
Ford was a fan of Hitler, and Hitler was a fan of Ford. "According to Deadline Detroit, in a 1931 interview with a Detroit News reporter that took place in Hitler's office, Hitler indicated the portrait of Ford hanging on the wall and said, 'I regard Henry Ford as my inspiration.'" Source
Ford was also a little paranoid and obsessive. "When it came to his employees, Ford was obsessed with ensuring that they were 'model Americans.' Because of his power and wealth, Ford was able to turn this eccentricity into borderline megalomania. The Ford Sociological Department employed 'investigators' who studied and examined the loyalties and personal lives of all his workers. Anyone who Ford didn’t like or approve of was blacklisted, had their wages cut, or were ultimately dismissed if they refused to toe the (slightly paranoid) line." Source
Have you noticed that the new Fords, or any other new car really, still have map lights, though we don't really need them since most cars now have built in GPS?
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