I have mixed feelings about Henry Ford. He was a talented industrialist, who cared about his workers, a pioneer in a living wage. He was a collector, who preserved a ton of American history. He was also virulently anti semitic, opposed to organized labor - my grandfather was at the Rouge plant when Fords thugs opened fire. He was a brilliant if flawed person.
I had never seen Fairlane, on my most recent adventure I stumbled across the sign and turned. The buildings are currently closed for renovation, but the grounds were largely open. I walked the places my great grandfather did, the power house was in the back of the building that housed the garage.
I have owned a lot of cars, never a Ford, have you?
We had two different Ford Explorers in the ‘90s. The only American cars we’ve ever owned ... and we were very happy with them.
ReplyDeletemy first car was a 1972 ford pinto. my parental units bought it for me for a high school graduation present. they wanted me to die in an explosion.
ReplyDeletethen a pontiac, then a chevy, then 2 hyundais, now a kia.
ka-BOOM !!! lol!
DeleteThank god for Ralph Nader...oh wait, that was the Corvair
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Two--one I leased in the early 80s (can't remember the model, but it was a red sedan that later oxidized). The other was a new Ford Fiesta that I bought in Germany to have to drive while I was teaching there for two years. It was bare-bones--no AC, no radio, standard transmission. I just wanted a car that would cause me no trouble. Those were the only two American cars I ever owned--the rest were Mazdas, Toyotas, and Hondas.
ReplyDeleteAll of our big trucks were/are Found On Road Deads as a friend used to call them. Balder Half preferred Chevys in cars. Now we have a Ford 250, a Honda civic (I think), my Buick Le Sabre and a Dodge Caravan (the wheelchair chariot). That's a lot of vehicles for two people!
ReplyDeleteNo Fords...an old Cadillac, a Chevy Chevelle Mailibu, a Honda 350 motorcycle, a Datsun pick-up, a Volvo station wagon, a Toyota Celica, Camry, two Landcruisers, a Honda Civic, and a Chevy Sonic (I should have gotten another Honda or Toyota!)
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-Andy