I didn't realise that Ford in America turned down the job, that must have been Mr very contrary Ford for you!
I must have gleaned that 'fact' regarding the Rolls Royce blueprints being no good for Ford from the History Channel. I do wonder though about how much Ford thinking influenced Rolls Royce and their shadow factories elsewhere in England, where they did use relatively untrained staff to crank out the volume.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Merlin
...beginning in 1939.
Ford - Manchester UK only got going in 1940.
I didn't realise that Ford in America turned down the job, that must have been Mr very contrary Ford for you!
I must have gleaned that 'fact' regarding the Rolls Royce blueprints being no good for Ford from the History Channel. I do wonder though about how much Ford thinking influenced Rolls Royce and their shadow factories elsewhere in England, where they did use relatively untrained staff to crank out the volume.