canadian built vin

[old ugly]

This car used a lot of Robertson screws. Built before ford and Robertson came to dislike each other.
I read some where that ford saved over $1.00 per car by using Robertson screws, so it must have been quite a dislike to give up on $5,000,000 over the whole model A production.

[ModelA29]

Originally Posted by old ugly

This car used a lot of Robertson screws. Built before ford and Robertson came to dislike each other.
I read some where that ford saved over $1.00 per car by using Robertson screws, so it must have been quite a dislike to give up on $5,000,000 over the whole model A production.

Maybe Henry wanted to save $1.50 a car. Or Robertson couldn't or wouldn't supply the quantity needed. All too often big companies eventually get 70-80% of a suppliers output and then it becomes deal or die.

[Randy in ca]

Originally Posted by ModelA29

Maybe Henry wanted to save $1.50 a car. Or Robertson couldn't or wouldn't supply the quantity needed. All too often big companies eventually get 70-80% of a suppliers output and then it becomes deal or die.

The way I've always heard it stated is that Henry Ford, after finding that the Robertson screw saved a significant amount of work time for each car, attempted to get an exclusive license for the use and manufacture of the Robertson screw in the U.S. He was turned down by Robertson who felt it was not in his own best interest