Taking his inventiveness one step further, Ford also took whatever scraps of wooden crates that he couldn't use, added in the sawdust, and created charcoal briquettes. He soon sold the process to E.G. Kingsford and, thus, for years also had a built-in market for selling his factory's many, many wood scraps.
Greg Robertson
On Feb 10, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Ray Jones wrote:
> Another tid-bit to waste away the day:
> Henry Ford saw the engines coming in from Dodge in wooden crates, thought, and had the contract specs. changed.
> He provided specs for the crate which included having holes here and there and this size by that size. When the engines were uncrated, the crate parts were sent to the body shop.
> There they became the floorboards with the holes for the clutch and brake pedals already in the correct place.
> This way he had Dodge make parts for his cars for free.
> Smart man,
> Ray
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> On Feb 9, 2010, at 8:16 PM, Jan & Roger van Hoy wrote:
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> Well, the Dodge brothers, Horace and John, built the engine for the Model T Ford. They went off on their own in 1914 to build a car for those who wanted a real car. Henry tied up their Ford stock for years in spite. Ford was a despot and more of an efficiency expert than a car man.
>
> --Roger van Hoy
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