Randall wrote:
>>>Were British Cars originally positive ground due to the weather in England?
>>>Something I've heard about Misty climate conducting better. Is this true?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Paul Dorsey
>>>60 TR3A
>>>
>>>
>>Paul, I'm afraid that someone has been pulling your leg.
>>
>>
>
>Well, to be fair, there have been lots of people who believe positive ground IS
>better for reducing chassis corrosion. One such was Henry Ford.
>
>
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>Henry Ford also backed Adolph Hitler.
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>
>
Henry Ford's acceptance of the Grand Cross of the German Eagle from
Hitler in 1938 nominally helped reinforce Ford's reputation as an
anti-Semite, but it later fueled charges that Ford had been profiting
from both sides of the war (which he was--it was impossible for Ford to
have put so much money, in the immediate pre-war period, into Ford truck
plants in France without knowing that the Germans would soon be running
them). But, history rarely remembers that, shortly after Ford's receipt
of the medal, a senior executive of General Motors, James Mooney, was
awarded a similar medal for his "distinguished services to the Reich."
Ford wasn't the only one who had his "polarity" mixed up. :)
Cheers.
--
Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM
Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance....
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