In a dry run it refused to start, but by parade time the 1903 Model A was purring nicely. The driver, William Clay Ford, younger brother of Henry II, led 75 Ford cars through Dearborn, Mich., to celebrate the company's 75th anniversary. For Ford, 53, known to sports fans as the owner of the Detroit Lions, the parade was his first public appearance as chairman of the company's executive committee. How does William feel about his new job? "Unless somebody invents a day with more than 24 hours," he says, "more time at the...
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