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Ford, Firestone Tire Separation Problem Echoes Earlier Situation.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 2001
By Maya Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 24--FORT MYERS, Fla.--If Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone were alive today, still kicking around their old Florida haunts, the companies they founded might have resolved their differences instead of parting ways.
That's what happened in 1932, over another tire-separation problem.
Ford had just introduced a V-8 engine and, as usual, equipped most cars coming off the assembly line with Firestone tires. But the new engine was so powerful that the tires shredded during quick starts, leaving "snakes" of rubber on the road.
No problem. Harvey Firestone shut down his plant, and gave his engineers 48 hours to develop a tougher tire. They met the deadline and...
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