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Stolen Stovebolts and The Battle of the Overpass

Posted February 02, 2009 11:12 AM by dstrohl
Pathfinder Tags: autoworkers chevrolet engine Ford gearbox labor Toyota

Even before I first picked up a copy of SIA, I'd heard or read these stories elsewhere, and now after reviewing SIA #39, March-April 1977, I see that they both originated in that same issue. The first, by Bob Hall, details the early history of Toyota Motor Corporation and how it borrowed a competitor's technology and designs. The second, by David L. Lewis, recounts the events of May 26, 1937, on an otherwise anonymous overpass outside Ford's Rouge factory and the far-reaching results.

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02/03/2009 12:12 AM

Stealing technology is not new. A man boarded an air plane for Japan with a Xerox copier which he carried on and held in his lap the whole way.

CANNON COPIERS WAS BORN THAT WAY!

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02/03/2009 8:33 AM

This seems like a really interesting article.

If I could actually zoom in & read it, without having it turn to fuzz!
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02/03/2009 4:16 PM

Click on an individual page, then click again and it will magnify to larger than the screen. Not perfect, but easy to read, even in MS Outlook. I've looked at other Hemmings articles from home, using Mozilla Firefox, and confirm that it works, too.

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02/03/2009 7:29 PM

Thanks ron,

I always like to learn a new trick, I was trying to use ctrl/scroll, which usually works, not enough pixels, double clicking got me there...

firefox is cool, but doesn't play as well w/my mail as IE7, so I don't have it installed on my laptop....
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02/03/2009 9:23 AM

Fantastic story, I wonder if Ford has ever paid restitution to all the people who they had beaten up that day. I wounder if this story has anything to do with the reason my father refused to ever buy a Ford?

I am using Mozilla Firefox with the zoom plug-in and I can read the story quite easily, the pages are Jpgs and can be zoomed to fit the page.

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