A Conversation for Henry Ford

Any colour so long as it is ...

Post 1

Recumbentman

'Ford wrote in his autobiography that he told his management team in 1909 that in the future “Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black”.[

However, in the first years of production from 1908 to 1914, the Model T was not available in black but rather only grey, green, blue, and red.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_T




Any colour so long as it is ...

Post 2

shagbark

Not sure I trust wikipedia on that I would have to find a primary source before including that.


Any colour so long as it is ...

Post 3

Recumbentman

Wiki was not the first place I heard that.

Wikipedia do insist on sources; the one they cite here is Ford 1922 'My life and Work by Henry Ford' http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7213 page 72


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