Show 5 FORD PRODUCTION o r FIGURES STARTLE 5 No VI Wonder onder This Automobile Automo Automo- i l bile Is Known as the theS 7 I S S Universal Car CarIt CarIT 31 IT i It It Is hard to to- tor r realize the magnitude tI C o of 0 the operations of the Ford Motor cornI comS com corn S I p pany l remarked Fred red Alkire president presidentS of o the Alkire Smith Auto company to S t E tah's Old Oldest t Ford Dealers In speak speak- I 5 of the statistics contained In the rec re- re c dent published 1919 20 Ford oord catalogue l S t I We e have become so accustomed lur- lur rf i times time and the raising of finances c war r t tt r the o prosecution of the war wap to think L VS 1 in In big numbers that they have almost 5 5 ceased ceased to make an Impression upon us 5 Rut But when we begin to make snake as Mn eons and analyze these figures carefully 1 A they be sometimes seem almost impossible The growth of the Ford oord Motor com corn Ida k pany sounds almost like Uke a fairy tale wh when n nI f S we e stop atop to consider Its magnitude r 8 i For jor annual illustration the I Uon lion of the company compan ainie Its Lu troD ton about sixteen years ears ago O. June 16 tO S 19 1963 3 has jumped from liOS 1708 cars the first firstS I to estimated d production 1 I this S S year o an n S fl-S 5 5 year o of or 1 l cars l And g the c capacity ip LPt of the I Ford o ord factory r at Detroit and anil I its f S l e oJ ta bf numerous branches and n assembling s n plants S 1 5 5 Mattered throughout t the entire United n t dt ng aJ ri f I 1 States and extending I e even t to Canada and andS S J England has not yet jet et been reached It Ii ItIs Itis S 1 is estimated that the capacity tron tion of the combined Ford lord plants will mil 5 S S reach 1300 cars annually S For the building of the one million 5 t Ford oord cars this year jear ear the materials which AI t will be required q include e the following followingS IO i lr helit S 1 More e than tons t to o of steel Iii feet of rubber cloth mat material for tor tops each of wheels and tires tire S S lamps lampa 5 square feet teet of ot J. J glass for windshields and 77 27 square feet of for guards and S. S S tend fenders rs Freight cars to the number of or V will be required to handle the th material and products in addition to 7 pounds of material to be Inn han 5 5 S died in itt less Ius than carload shipments S S When you jou consider the magnitude of S 1 the materials used and the buying force forceS necessary to make such purchases the theS S S S mechanical force n necessary to build the oars ears and the selling force necessary ary to dispose of th them m. m you b begin to get some C idea of the size of the company company No S wonder n er the Ford Is called the Universal UniversalS S Car I |