Random Ford Trivia! Besides Ford, Mercury and Lincoln, what were (they don't exist anymore) the other two divisions of Ford?
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tommyrot - Jun 01, 2009 6:14:24 am PDT #22208 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tom Scola - Jun 01, 2009 6:15:15 am PDT #22209 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Edsel is one of them.
tommyrot - Jun 01, 2009 6:18:28 am PDT #22210 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yep. Point for Team Scola!
Gudanov - Jun 01, 2009 6:18:45 am PDT #22211 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I have a completely irrational loyalty to Ford (I've only ever bought Fords, Mercurys and a Lincoln) so I'm rooting for them (and happy they're not needing bailouts).
I'm rooting for Ford too. I've had an Escort, a Tempo, a Villager (even though it is really a Nissan), and a Windstar and they have all been good cars for the most part. Plus, they have a plant in Kansas City. At least Ford has got themselves a pretty good CEO right.
Jesse - Jun 01, 2009 6:29:56 am PDT #22212 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I can't find a simple description of the creaky voice online (other than laryngealisation), but they talked about it on A Way With Words one time. [link]
tommyrot - Jun 01, 2009 6:30:05 am PDT #22213 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The other Ford division is probably more obscure than Edsel. It was the Continental Division, created to build the Continental Mark II, one of the most beautiful post-WWII American cars. The Mark II cost almost as much as a Rolls Royce, but was largely hand-made in small numbers, so Ford still lost money on the car. The Mark II is sometimes described as a Lincoln, but it's not. The Continental division lasted only two or three years (the Mark II was only produced for the '56 and '57 model years).
msbelle - Jun 01, 2009 6:32:43 am PDT #22214 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Scola get another point, because I did, in fact, have some fruit, and it was just the thing.
I do not know what creaky voice is.
DavidS - Jun 01, 2009 6:45:15 am PDT #22215 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is creaky voice what the Tin Woodsman had?
If so, I suggest: oilcan!
I'm Chevy biased because we had a 1965 Chevy Impala when I was growing up, drove that car cross country twice and it lasted for 13 years without a breakdown. We were sad to sell it.
tommyrot - Jun 01, 2009 6:51:35 am PDT #22216 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I like the Chevy Impala's of '65-'67 vintage, with their grills that lean forward (although Nader complained that such grills were unsafe for pedestrians that might be hit by one - what a whiner).
Gudanov - Jun 01, 2009 6:52:40 am PDT #22217 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
On the GM side, we had a Saturn we drove for 120,000 files and it was a good car.
The cars we had growing up gave me a negative Chrysler and VW bias. My parents had a Volkswagen Dasher and Plymouth Volare which were both horrible cars. Then they also got a Dodge Omni O24 (which became my first car) which combined a Chrysler body with a VW engine. It was also a very problematic vehicle.