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Article: Henry II's vision forges Ford of Europe: Part 1 of 2; Though difficult to create, unit became model for industry.(Ford 100)
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- Automotive News
- Article date:
- June 15, 2003
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Byline: Bradford Wernle
June 1967 opened with the release of the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
On June 5, Israel attacked Egypt and Syria to begin the Six Day War. Egypt closed the Suez Canal in response.
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and the Who headlined the Monterey Pop Festival, the high point of the Summer of Love.
And frequent traveler Henry Ford II visited Europe with two things on his mind: He wanted to see the company's GT40 race cars perform in the 24-hour race at Le Mans on June 10 and 11, and he wanted to make a fundamental change in the way Ford operated in Europe.
The legacy of that fateful ...