After shuffling key executives and drawing up a new organizational chart, Ford announced a recovery plan that aimed to achieve $7 billion in pretax profit by 2006, mainly through "leaner" manufacturing, "smarter" engineering, plant closures, worker layoffs, and supplier concessions. New models wer...
The time gears must mesh so that the tooth marked "Ford" on the small time gear will come between the two teeth on the large gear at the point marked zero (0). The time gears now being properly set, the exhaust valve on No. 1 cylinder is open and the intake valve closed, the oth...
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When a transmission shifts gears, the engine speed can change quickly as the engine speed and vehicle speed are brought together through the transmission gear set. Engine speed is anticipated during gear shifting by the equation: Ant_Eng _N = Eng_N · Tar_Gr _Rto Cur_Gr _...
However, only second and third gears worked automatically; a shift to low had to be made manually. A redesigned dash gave the interior a more upscale look. Also new for '51 was Ford's first hardtop coupe, the Custom V-8 Victoria. Though it, too, was a bit late, the Vicky proved no...