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Jun/Jul 2008Subscribe NowEngine videos online! Check out the GEM video index on YouTube, the quickest way to find gas engine videos on the Internet. We’ve done the searching, all you have to do is the watching! Click below for GEM engine video index. |
Edison's FordsonRecently Discovered 1928 Fordson was Originally owned by Thomas EdisonBy Jack HealdPhil Bochicchio and the Fordson tractor thst was originally a gift to Thomas Edison from Henry Ford. Phili's father, Rocco, bought the tractor from edison's son, Theodore, in 1943 for $100. Henry Ford is well-known as a pioneer of big industry, but another defining trait was his deep appreciation for friends and his altruistic, giving nature. Early home movies show Henry Ford cavorting with some of these close friends as they picnicked or camped in various outdoor locations. In the best-selling book, Ford, the Man and the Machine, by Robert Lacy, photographs eloquently depict "Ford's vagabonds" usually camping out in the Smoky Mountains or the Adirondacks. These vagabonds often included his close friends and business associates such as Harvey Firestone,... 830 of 5552 characters shown.
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