I didn't think it could be a Ford but the amount of snow covering the top of what appear to be similar to jailbars kept me from identifying it. If there might be any objections to having a pic of a snowbound chevy on this thread, I am surely open to it being deleted. I am sure a Ford could pull it out of its misery!!

 

Post 1112: One of the trucks is a "Cornbinder" the car behind the panel truck is a 1941 Studebaker Commander or President.

I'm sure there are many more non Ford vehicles pictured in this thread.

 

'41-'46 Chev. Ford copied this in '42, then followed them again in '48.

 

Great info Bill, I always enjoy your posts, thx

 

 

Washington DC 1922

 

OK I'll bite, what is that silo looking thing running off the 2 PTO's .... moonshine

 

I doubt the silo had anything to do with moonshine, as this was FoMoCo's traveling exhibit (usually set up at county fairs) for Fordson Tractors, Model T's and Lincoln's.

Henry Ford bought the Lincoln Motor Co. in 1922 for 8 million dollars from a US Bankruptcy Court auction. He was the only bidder. He then gave Lincoln to his son Edsel.

Lincoln founded in 1916 by Henry Martyn Leland to build Liberty aircraft engines, initially for the Brits.

The Lincoln car was introduced in 1921, it was an engineering marvel, but a styling disaster, Lincoln soon went bankrupt.

Leland had been with Cadillac (former name: The Henry Ford Co!) since 1902, but GM founder "Billy" Durant was a pacifist, wanted nothing to do with supplying any gov't with war material.

Durant bought Buick in 1903, when he bought Oldsmobile in 1908, he introduced the new corporate name: General Motors. GM bought Cadillac in 1909.

 

Great info as always Bill, you're an asset to FTE for sure,
your check is in the mail, much appreciated

8 million bucks in 1922, WOW ..... blows my mind

 

Besides the 8 million bucks, Ford had made an "under the table deal" with Leland to pay back all of Lincoln's stock holders, but Ford reneged.

Leland was invited by Ford to stay on with Lincoln, but that only lasted a few months. Leland had never gotten along with Ford, ever since their first association with The Henry Ford Co.

Ford, along with financial backers, founded this company in 1902, but not one car was made, as Ford was more interested in racing then designing a car.

Leland, known as the Master of Precision (formerly with Leland & Falconeur, Brown & Sharpe, Colt Firearms), was brought in by the financial backers to "save the day." Ford was soon forced out.

Leland renamed the company after the founder of Detroit: Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. The Cadillac Motor Car Company was born!

 

 

Again thx for the info Bill, much appreciated

 

Durant bought Buick & formed General Motors in 1908. Olds came on board later in '08, Cadillac was purchased in '09. Buick was founded in 1903.

 

Durant bought Buick first (before forming GM) after taking a test drive.

Before that he wasn't interested in any auto venture, as he had retired from the day-to-day operations of the Durant-Dort Carriage Co.

After he bought Olds, and had decided not to join Benjamin Briscoe's United States Motor Co. (it soon failed), then he founded GM

btw: I said that Durant bought Olds in '08, Cadillac in '09.

But what I didn't say was that Durant soon went hog wild, bought many other companies, most of which weren't any good, so he was forced to relinquish control of GM circa 1910.

He regained control several years later (by trading Chevy stock for GM stock-walked into a GM board meeting and said two words: I CONTROL!), but was forced out for good in 1920 after buying more worthless companies, spending most of his time playing the stock market.

 

Durant was elected to the Buick Board of Directors on Nov 1 1904. He turned down it's presidency, but was 'recognized as being in control'. A few days later he had the majority of its stock.

I knew it wasn't as early as 1903, but it was closer than I had recalled. What was jumbled a bit in my mind is that D B Buick stayed on until the end of 1908 before severing his ties to his namesake company.