Ford Motor Company Also Made Airplanes
You are looking at an automobile parked beside a Ford Tri-Motor Airplane. Ford Motor Company started building aircraft during the First World War. There were many reasons for this interesting business move. First of all, Henry Ford liked to work with anything mechanical. However, it was also his way of doing his part to support the country in the trying time. There was even a point when the United States Centennial of Flight Commission considered him a pioneer in the field of aviation. Sadly, the airplane business did not prove very lucrative and he shut it down by 1933.
Ford Motor Company Also Made Airplanes
Bonnie and Clyde Used a Ford Flathead As Their Getaway Car
Bonnie and Clyde made a name for themselves as criminals back in the Great Depression. Their choice of a getaway car was none other than a 1934 Ford Flathead with a 21-stud V-8 engine. Clyde even sent a letter to Ford to tell him how much he adored the vehicle: “While I still have got breath in my lungs I will tell you what a dandy car you make. I have driven Fords exclusively when I could get away with one. For sustained speed and freedom from trouble, the Ford has got every other car skinned, and even if my business hasn’t been strictly legal it don’t hurt anything to tell you what a fine car you got in the V8.”
Bonnie and Clyde Used a Ford Flathead As Their Getaway Car
