Henry Ford and George Holley were big buds. The Holley brothers actually produced a car at the same time Henry was working on his 1st car. The lore is Henry took a look at it and immediately made a deal with Holley in which Holley would supply carbs to Henry and not make cars and Ford would not make carburetors except under license from Holley.
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