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I would assume that if any of those guys on the assembly line were having a "Bad Day" you might end up with a lemon.

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That's cool. I was not aware of the overhead 'pick a part' system at the end. The components required for the operation on a revolving chain, overhead. I imagine some young person sitting at the edge of a stockroom, hanging the parts on the chain as empty slots came by. Behind him parts pickers replenishing his supply with totes of parts fresh from the foundry.

Think for a moment at the monumental task that Henry accomplished just to get the financing in line to build the factories. Not only to assemble cars, but smelting steel, fabrication of components, rail lines to tie it all together. Quite an accomplishment in its own right.

I read once that on an aircraft carrier, it takes 500 men to support each pilot. Think of the level of logistics and money in place to launch that first Model A. I wonder how many A's that Henry figured he would need to break even?

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I believe I read once that Edsel predicted sales of 30 million Model A's, double T production.

Can you imagine, if they had sold even half of that number, how many Model A's would be running around today? There are a lot left over from the 5 million run.