Colonel Benjamin Ford wrote to Morgan from Wilmington that he understood a Mrs. Sanderson from Maryland had obtained permission from Smallwood to visit Philadelphia, and would return on May 26th, escorted by several officers from Maryland `` belonging to the new levies in the British service ''.

And then the station wagon and the Ford would seek him out again.

As the " small Aston " DB7 would require a large engineering input, Ford agreed to take full control of Aston Martin, and Gauntlett handed over the company chairmanship to Hayes in 1991.

During the Gerald Ford administration, characters would be shown speaking to Ford at press conferences, and fictional dialogue supposedly spoken by Ford would be written as coming " off-panel ".

Ferrari, who wanted to remain the sole operator of his company's motor sports division, was angered when he was told that he would not be allowed to race at the Indianapolis 500 if the deal went through since Ford fielded Indy cars using the company's engine, and didn't want competition from Ferrari.

Then, not long before the finish, the Automobile Club de l ' Ouest ( ACO ), organizers of the Le Mans event, informed Ford that the geographical difference in starting positions would be taken into account at a close finish – meaning that the McLaren / Amon vehicle, which had started perhaps behind the Hulme-Miles car, would have covered slightly more ground over the 24 hours and would therefore be the winner.

" Four years later, Gerald Ford would become president when President Richard Nixon resigned under the threat of impeachment.

However, as soon as Ford met Cagney at the airport, the director warned him that they would " tangle asses ", which caught Cagney by surprise.

BusinessWeek explained the alliance between Ford and Mazda has been a very successful one, with Mazda saving perhaps $ 90 million a year in development costs and Ford " several times " that, and that a sale of its stake in Mazda would be a desperate measure.

On November 18, 2008, Ford announced that it would be selling a 20 % stake in Mazda, bringing its stake to 13. 4 %, and surrendering control of the company.

On November 18, 2010, Ford reduced its stake further to 3 %, citing the reduction of ownership would allow greater flexibility to pursue growth in emerging markets.

While the VW / SEAT / Ford model had alength of, the Espace and the eurovan were around shorter and would be considered today as compact MPVs.

In 1963 Ford sold enough of their aerodynamic “ sport-roof ” edition Galaxies to the public so it would qualify as stock, and with the heavy-duty FE block bored and stroked to the new limit of 427, the top 5 finishers were all Ford.

Reagan's supporters then sought to amend the convention rules so that Gerald R. Ford would be required to name his vice presidential running mate in advance as well.

In 1976, Ronald Reagan, who was trailing President Gerald R. Ford in the presidential delegate count, announced prior to the Republican National Convention that, if nominated, he would select Senator Richard Schweiker as his running mate.

Kissinger would work to prevent sectarian conflicts in Yemen and Lebanon from devolving into regional wars under Presidents Nixon and Ford.

The first " Ford GT " the GT / 101 was unveiled in England on April 1 and soon after exhibited in New York.

For three weeks, she was signed with Eileen Ford, who soon dropped her.

Ford soon dropped the " J " and worked for Universal Studios, playing minor roles in many television series throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Gunsmoke, Ironside, The Virginian, The F. B. I., Love, American Style, and Kung Fu.

Unsung pioneers of the art include: WLW's Fred Smith ; Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll ( who popularized the dramatic serial ); The Eveready Hour creative team ( which began with one-act plays but was soon experimenting with hour-long combinations of drama and music on its weekly variety program ); the various acting troupes at stations like WLW, WGY, KGO and a number of others, frequently run by women like Helen Schuster Martin and Wilda Wilson Church ; early network continuity writers like Henry Fisk Carlton, William Ford Manley and Don Clark ; producers and directors like Clarence Menser and Gerald Stopp ; and a long list of others who were credited at the time with any number of innovations but who are largely forgotten or undiscussed today.

The rights to " Lordsburg " were bought by John Ford soon after it was published in Collier's magazine on 10 April 1937.

Ford read the story in 1933 and soon purchased the rights to it for $ 10.

He was forced to emigrate to Australia in 1852 ( inspiring the painting The Last of England by Ford Madox Brown ), but after a year he returned to Britain, soon establishing himself as both a sculptor and art-dealer.

Flat Rock is home to the AutoAlliance International manufacturing plant, soon to be known as Ford Flat Rock Assembly Plant, co-owned by Ford Motor Company and Mazda Motor Corporation.

Ford built a plant — which soon converted to producing auto parts — at the north end of North Fifth Street so it could take advantage of power provided by a branch of the hydraulic.

Both the Cobra Mk IV and the Ace were made, and soon a ' CRS ' version of the Mk IV was announced with a carbon fibre body shell, a 212 S / C version with Lotus twin turbo V8 power, as well as the AC Superblower with a supercharger Ford V8.

He worked for Ford Motor Company, which soon blacklisted him for involvement in labor and civil rights activism.

The patriotically named first Ford Anglia, launched soon after Britain declared war on Germany in early September 1939, and given the internal Ford model code of E04A, was a facelifted version of the Ford 7Y, a simple vehicle aimed at the cheap end of the market, with few features.

As soon as it became apparent that the Edsels were not selling, many of these dealers added Lincoln-Mercury, Ford of Britain, or Ford of Germany franchises to their dealerships with the encouragement of Ford Motor Company.

She turned it down in favor of singing and acting, and enrolled at the University of Georgia, but soon reconsidered and went to New York to become a Ford model.

Investigative journalist Max Wallace noted that " whatever credibility this absurd claim may have had was soon undermined when James M. Miller, a former Dearborn Independent employee, swore under oath that Ford had told him he intended to expose Sapiro.

It soon overtook the Austin Allegro as Britain's second most popular small family car, although it was still a long way behind the Ford Escort in terms of sales success.

Fearing his volatile mood swings, she paid to book him into the Betty Ford Center, but Haim left after eight days and their relationship soon disintegrated.

They soon added lead guitarist Lita Ford who had originally auditioned for the bass spot.

Other singers, such as Arthur Brown, Procol Harum's Gary Brooker, Dave Terry aka Elmer Gantry, Vitamin Z's Geoff Barradale and Marmalade's Dean Ford, have recorded only once or twice with the Project.

Six former Oriole franchise radio announcers have received the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting: Chuck Thompson ( who was also the voice of the old NFL Baltimore Colts ); Jon Miller ( now with the San Francisco Giants ); Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal ; Bob Murphy and Harry Caray ( as a St. Louis Browns announcer in the 1940s.

According to Ford ’ s The Modern Theologians, “ Mary Daly has done more than anyone to clarify the problems women have concerning the central core symbolism of Chrisianity, and its effects on their self-understanding and their relationship to God .”

Ford reportedly spent several million dollars in an audit of Ferrari factory assets and in legal negotiations, only to have Ferrari unilaterally cut off talks at a late stage due to disputes about the ability to direct open wheel racing.

As the price and the rarity of the Ford GT40 have increased, so has the demand for a continuation model as well as cheaper imitations and replicas of varying quality.

There have been several kit cars and replicas made that have been inspired by the Ford GT40, as well as a continuation ( exact and licensed replica ):

The partners at Safir GT40 Spares state they have correspondence from Ford declining Safir's $ 8 million offer.

Later models or prototypes have also been called the Ford GT but have had different numbering on them such as the Ford GT90 or the Ford GT70.

Writer Budd Schulberg, assigned by the US Navy to the OSS for intelligence work while attached to John Ford ’ s documentary unit, was ordered to arrest Riefenstahl at her chalet in Kitzbühel, Austria, ostensibly to have her identify the faces of Nazi war criminals in German film footage captured by the Allied troops.

Both weapons are in the Tower of London Armoury and Horace Ford writing in 1887 estimated them to have a draw force of 280 to 320 N ( 65 to 70 lbf ).

While Drexler, Merkle and others have created designs of simple parts, no comprehensive design effort for anything approaching the complexity of a Model T Ford has been attempted.

Unlike their European counterparts, manual transmissions have disappeared due to lack of demand ; 1995 was the last year for a manual transmission in the Ford Aerostar and Chrysler minivans while GM had previously discontinued the manual transmission in the Chevrolet Astro and GMC Safari.

NASCAR, and the auto manufacturers have become aware of this, and for 2013 each brand ( Chevy, Dodge, Ford, and Toyota ) have redesigned their racing sheetmetal to more resemble the street models of their cars.

* 1974 – Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.

Owens-Illinois, Owens Corning, Libbey Glass, Pilkington North America ( formerly Libbey Owens Ford ), and Therma-Tru have long been a staple of Toledo's economy.

" Eustace " was selected for euphony, although Ford may have borrowed the name from Eustace Taylor, his fraternity brother from Delta Kappa Epsilon at Columbia College of Columbia University.

Eleven presidents have lain in state in the Rotunda for public viewing, most recently Gerald Ford.