Revivals of any sort--from White Castle hamburgers to the Ford T-Bird--carry a high risk.
From then until the introduction of the Ford Model T in 1908, cars were just toys for the rich.
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The original station wagons were literally that wagon bodies built on a Ford Model T chassis used to transport people and luggage from a train station.
Ford really can't afford to give up those Mercury sales or potential customers who don't like the name FORD.
But Ford isn't the only one playing big-company antics more common among small-fry marketers.
Ford won't be left entirely high and dry if tastes trend back to bigger cars.
If Ford doesn't seem to care for Mercury, it does want to grow Lincoln.
Does anyone seriously believe that Ford won't be able to make good on its 7.35s of 2012?
Ford wasn't interested and instead asked it to solve the emissions problem, out of which came the catalytic converter.
Ford won't confirm that, saying only that the Freestyle name will continue, though perhaps not on the current vehicle.
Ford hasn't been holding any punches by selling of some of its pieces.
Ford wasn't the only marketer asking consumers to help craft its big-game commercials.
For example, wouldn't Ford be better off fixing its Focus small car instead of spending billions of dollars buying luxury brands?
Nine thousand like-minded Lizzie drivers have gathered there, many also belonging to the older Model T Ford Club International, founded in 1952.
The Model T Ford, built from 1908 to 1927, was meant to be a bare-bones alternative to luxury cars for the rich.
The Rocky Mountain trip was co-organized by local chapters out of Colorado and Oklahoma of the Model T Ford Club of America.
Ford hasn't seen the likes of Jennifer in its showrooms for years.
Ford doesn't want to make that mistake again with the Fusion.
Ford doesn't have any concerns about her knees holding up to the rigors of playing in the WNBA in the summer on the heels of a winter season in Europe.
The Model T Ford when introduced by Henry Ford in 1908 could be ordered with an adjustable Holley carburetor that could be adjusted to run on either gasoline or ethanol.
For example, wouldn't Ford (nyse: F - news - people ) be better off fixing its Focus small car instead of spending billions of dollars buying luxury brands?
Gerald Ford didn't flinch when making tough, unpopular decisions.
And to think Henry Ford didn't even like Europeans.
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Since UPS began shuttling parcels from Seattle department stores with a Model T Ford and a few motorcycles in the early 1900s, it has become an almost invisible hand in the U.S. economy (see chart).
When the two were found dead Homer apparently of starvation, Langley from a booby trap meant to snare intruders the house contained, among many, many other things, 15, 000 medical books, 10 grand pianos and that chassis from a Model T Ford.
In 1903 Henry Ford didn't have the money to pay Dodge Brothers Machine Shop for motors to be installed in his cars, so he gave the Dodge brothers 10% of the shares in his fledgling auto company.
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