[mhsprecher]

Ford had worked on steam engines early in his career and when they bought the railroad, they rebuilt the locomotives in the Ford plant rather than buy new or have some other org bought it.

In the early days, Ford's biggest headaches were from his own shareholders, which included the Dodge Brothers. The board was not in favor of the Model T. It was a bit of a skunkworks project with just a few people working on it.