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World Service,30 Apr 1999,4 mins

Manufacturing Model T Cars at Ford

My Century

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When Paul Batin arrived at the Ford Motor plant in Detroit as a young boy in 1927 he found the factory very different from what he'd hoped. He tells the story of the Model T Ford from the inside, as a teenager working on the factory floor.

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