Word: motorize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Henry Ford (Ford, Lincoln) was quoted as saying, astoundingly: "I am sure they [ancient peoples] had the automobile, the radio, the airplane-everything that we have, or its equivalent, and perhaps many things that we have yet to discover." Mr. Ford did not deny the general supposition that Ford Motor Co. (U. S.) stock in some form would soon be offered to investors, just as Ford Motor Co. Ltd. (British) has been...
Practically every 1929 model motor car has been completely redesigned or considerably improved in its body design. (Fisher made most of the bodies; Briggs...
Price is a difficult thing for a motor manufacturer to fix. Labor costs so-much, material so-much. Not in all cases is it possible to economize by making one's own parts. It often is cheaper to buy from a large-scale parts factory. In a list of 93 models, for example, 13 used Lycoming motors, 14 Continentals. Ford, famed for controlling all manufacturing steps from raw material to finished cars, last week had contracted to buy batteries, tires, bodies, shock absorbers from outside companies.* All manufacturers seem to give good value in 1929 cars. The table...
During 1928 motor makers obligated themselves to pay $785,000,000 taxes (estimated) on production of 4,044,000 cars (estimated), 586,000 trucks (estimated...
During 1928 there were but three motor mergers-Chrysler & Dodge, Studebaker & Fierce-Arrow, Hupmobile & Chandler-Cleveland (Cleveland cars have not been made for years...