Bryan Appleyard

The most important thing was possibly his use of vanadium steel, which is a special kind of steel that had been discovered in Britain, I think, first. But then he found it. You can make very light cars out of this stuff. And he believed in lightness, like some people believe in God. You know, it's just lightness in an automobile to him was the most important thing. And it cracked it.

The most important thing was possibly his use of vanadium steel, which is a special kind of steel that had been discovered in Britain, I think, first. But then he found it. You can make very light cars out of this stuff. And he believed in lightness, like some people believe in God. You know, it's just lightness in an automobile to him was the most important thing. And it cracked it.

It coped with the bad American roads by making this wonderfully ingenious suspension system that meant, you know, probably a good condition Model T. would be better at going over bad roads now than a modern SUV. It had a special system for holding the engine in place so that the twisting of the suspension didn't damage the engine. It was a beautiful little thing.

It coped with the bad American roads by making this wonderfully ingenious suspension system that meant, you know, probably a good condition Model T. would be better at going over bad roads now than a modern SUV. It had a special system for holding the engine in place so that the twisting of the suspension didn't damage the engine. It was a beautiful little thing.

It coped with the bad American roads by making this wonderfully ingenious suspension system that meant, you know, probably a good condition Model T. would be better at going over bad roads now than a modern SUV. It had a special system for holding the engine in place so that the twisting of the suspension didn't damage the engine. It was a beautiful little thing.

And it started out quite cheap, and then it got cheaper still. He kept pushing down the price. And amazingly, he made ever more money out of it.

And it started out quite cheap, and then it got cheaper still. He kept pushing down the price. And amazingly, he made ever more money out of it.

And it started out quite cheap, and then it got cheaper still. He kept pushing down the price. And amazingly, he made ever more money out of it.

Yes and no. It came out of thought processes from others about how you best made people work more efficiently and quicker. And other people had had these ideas. But what he did was simplify the process so that every workman on the line would do one job. And he did do that all day. It made it very, very efficient.

Yes and no. It came out of thought processes from others about how you best made people work more efficiently and quicker. And other people had had these ideas. But what he did was simplify the process so that every workman on the line would do one job. And he did do that all day. It made it very, very efficient.

Yes and no. It came out of thought processes from others about how you best made people work more efficiently and quicker. And other people had had these ideas. But what he did was simplify the process so that every workman on the line would do one job. And he did do that all day. It made it very, very efficient.

The problems were later to emerge from this, which is later story was that the Japanese made it better. But nobody had ever seen anything like this. Could produce millions of cars very easily. And they flooded out of the factory. They were such an extraordinary, they changed politics. Both Stalin and Hitler admired Henry Ford for what he did.

The problems were later to emerge from this, which is later story was that the Japanese made it better. But nobody had ever seen anything like this. Could produce millions of cars very easily. And they flooded out of the factory. They were such an extraordinary, they changed politics. Both Stalin and Hitler admired Henry Ford for what he did.

The problems were later to emerge from this, which is later story was that the Japanese made it better. But nobody had ever seen anything like this. Could produce millions of cars very easily. And they flooded out of the factory. They were such an extraordinary, they changed politics. Both Stalin and Hitler admired Henry Ford for what he did.

in other words both ends of the political spectrum and they admired him because to them this seemed like a new world a new way of organizing humanity it was a new politics in a way

in other words both ends of the political spectrum and they admired him because to them this seemed like a new world a new way of organizing humanity it was a new politics in a way

in other words both ends of the political spectrum and they admired him because to them this seemed like a new world a new way of organizing humanity it was a new politics in a way

There was a sort of monstrous simplicity of the man. He was easily influenced. Towards the end of his life, he was thinking of handing over the company to not to his son, whom he didn't regard as that competent, but to somebody called Harry Bennett, who's a low-life thug. He beat up people who protested against working conditions and things. He was a low-life thug.

There was a sort of monstrous simplicity of the man. He was easily influenced. Towards the end of his life, he was thinking of handing over the company to not to his son, whom he didn't regard as that competent, but to somebody called Harry Bennett, who's a low-life thug. He beat up people who protested against working conditions and things. He was a low-life thug.

There was a sort of monstrous simplicity of the man. He was easily influenced. Towards the end of his life, he was thinking of handing over the company to not to his son, whom he didn't regard as that competent, but to somebody called Harry Bennett, who's a low-life thug. He beat up people who protested against working conditions and things. He was a low-life thug.