But Henry Ford used the planetary transmission in his Model T and earlier cars and, in 1905, as a precautionary measure, took out a license from the man who claimed to be its inventor.

In 1962 Braudel and Gaston Berger used Ford Foundation money and government funds to create a new independent foundation, the ( FMSH ), which Braudel directed from 1970 until his death.

Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup and Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation plots were used for the basis of Blow Out.

Major General Robert Ford, then Commander of Land Forces in Northern Ireland, ordered that 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment ( 1 PARA ) should travel to Derry to be used to arrest possible rioters during the march.

Large displacement Ford V8 engines ( 4. 2 litre, 4. 7 litre and 7 litre ) were used, compared with the Ferrari V12 which displaced 3. 0 litres or 4. 0 litres.

The Lola proposal was chosen, since Lola had used a Ford V8 engine in their mid-engined Lola Mk 6 ( also known as Lola GT ).

Early prototypes were powered by 4. 2 litre ( 255 cu. in ) alloy V8 engines and production models were powered by 4. 7 litre ( 289 cu. in ) engines as used in the Ford Mustang.

The Mk II used the 7. 0 litre ( 427ci ) engine from the Ford Galaxie.

In Europe, Mercedes-Benz, Daimler, Jaguar, Opel, Ford, Vauxhall Motors and Volvo are or were common contemporary bases, and in the past even used Rolls-Royce cars were converted, though their cost is generally considered prohibitive.

This engine also continued in use in some export markets using units built at a Ford plant in Brazil, where Land Rovers were built under license and the engine was also used in Ford pick-up trucks built locally.

BMW and Ford had previously retained ownership of the Rover brand to protect the integrity of the Land Rover brand, with which ' Rover ' might be confused in the US 4x4 market ; the Rover brand was originally used under license by MG Rover until it collapsed in 2005, at which point it was re-acquired by the then Ford Motor Company owned Land Rover Limited.

For instance, Mazda's Familia platform was used for Ford models like the Laser and Escort, while the Capella architecture found its way into Ford's Telstar sedan and Probe sports models.

Director Francis Ford Coppola convinced Brando to submit to a " make-up " test, in which Brando did his own makeup ( he used cotton balls to simulate the puffed-cheek look ).

In British oval racing, the term Production car racing has been used as an alternative for hot rods, as run in the West Country during the late 1960s to the mid 1970s, and a Production car world championship race was held twice in the 1970s, won by Spence Morgan in 1974 and Ralph Sanders in 1975, both driving Ford Anglias.

In the late 19th century pioneers such as Frederick Winslow Taylor and Henry Ford recognized the limitations of the methods being used in mass production at the time and the subsequent varying quality of output.

The Volvo trademark was shared between Volvo AB, where it is used on heavy vehicles, and the unit of Ford, where it was used on cars.

The most common 60 ° V6s were built by General Motors ( the heavy duty commercial models, as well as a design used in many GM front-wheel-drive cars ) and Ford European subsidiaries ( Essex V6, Cologne V6 and the more recent Duratec V6 ).

McNamara imported a technocratic managerial style to the Bank that he had used as United States Secretary of Defense and President of the Ford Motor Company.

Screen names are also used to create a more marketable name, as in the case of Creighton Tull Chaney, who adopted the pseudonym Lon Chaney, Jr., a reference to his famous father Lon Chaney, Sr. On the converse, Nicolas Cage adopted this stage name instead of his real name, Nicolas Kim Coppola, in order to conceal the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of famous director Francis Ford Coppola.

Marketed as a slightly more upscale competitor to the ubiquitous Ford Model T, it pioneered or made standard many features later taken for granted: all-steel body construction ( the vast majority of cars worldwide still used wood-framing under steel panels, though Stoneleigh and BSA used steel bodies as early as 1911 ); 12-volt electrical system ( 6-volt systems would remain the norm until the 1950s ); 35 horsepower ( versus the Model T's 20 ), and sliding-gear transmission ( the best-selling Model T would retain an antiquated planetary design until its demise in 1927 ).

Many of these trips used motor vehicles ( Ford Model-Ts ) which employed special techniques for driving in desert conditions.

The area is mostly built up except for a small park on Moor View Terrace however Central Park and Ford Park Cemetery are nearby.

Fiberglass giant Johns Manville's two plants in the metro area were originally built by a subsidiary of Libbey Owens Ford.

On 28 January 1999, Volvo Group sold its business area Volvo Car Corporation to the Ford Motor Company for US $ 6. 45 billion, with the resulting group largely set on commercial vehicles.

Including small close-in offshore islands such as Ford Island and the islands in Kaneohe Bay and off the eastern ( windward ) coast, it has a total land area of, making it the 20th largest island in the United States.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana, and surrounding area, the New Orleans Hornets of the National Basketball Association temporarily relocated to the Ford Center, playing the majority of its home games there during the 2005 – 06 and 2006 – 07 seasons.

In 1849 John Salmon " RIP " Ford explored the area between San Antonio and El Paso noting in his mapped report the productive land upon which the Mescalero Indians farmed.

In 1849 John Salmon " RIP " Ford explored the area between San Antonio and El Paso noting in his mapped report the productive land upon which the Mescalero Indians farmed.

Also at this time new industries near the area such as the Ford Motor Company plant at Dagenham caused a new wave of mostly working class developments along the route of the new Underground line.

Major settlement of the area, mostly escaping slum conditions in the East End of London, occurred during this period when the new motor and chemical industries such as the Ford Motor Company plant at Dagenham were set up.

In 1931, the Ford Motor Company relocated to a site at Dagenham, and in 1932 the District Line was extended to Upminster ; bringing further development to the area.

Much of the area history is preserved in the Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum, located across from the parish courthouse in Homer.

The Iron Mountain area is served by Ford Airport ( airport code: IMT ).

Kingsford also has the only airport in the area, the Ford Airport, which serviced the World War 2 Ford Glider factory.

In 1974 East Grand Rapids came to national attention as the legal domicile of Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States, although, as a serving Congressman and Vice-President, Ford had, for all practical purposes, resided in the District of Columbia area for the previous twenty-five years.

Historically, the name Minisink, which dates to the mid 17th century, has applied to a much larger area than the current town, running as far north as Minisink Ford, twenty miles northwest of present day Minisink, south to the Delaware Water Gap, thirty miles southwest of present day Minisink, and from the Kittatinny Ridge to the east to the Poconos to the west ( See ).

Sherrills Ford is located at within area code 828, ZIP code 28673, and FIPS place code 61320.

Currently, students in the Ford City area attend Lenape Elementary from kindergarten through sixth grade.

Unlike the elementary school, the high school is located in Ford City's " downtown " area at 1100 Fourth Avenue, Ford City.

Students in the area attend either Chadds Ford Elementary School or Pocopson Elementary School, followed by Charles F. Patton Middle School and Unionville High School, all of which are a part of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District.

The first European traders to the area, arriving in the mid-18th century, called this point along the Pigeon River the War Ford.

Early 19th century settlement in the Mascot area may have centered around a ford across the Holston River that was known as Saylor's Ford.