> No one could think about cars at that time. Correct. Ford Motor Company was Henry Ford's 3rd car company, and by that time there were probably 15+ car compan

> No one could think about cars at that time. Correct. Ford Motor Company was Henry Ford's 3rd car company, and by that time there were probably 15+ car companies in Detroit alone. As a curious aside, his second car company is still around too. He left after serious disputes with his financial backers; they decided to liquidate the company and brought another experienced Detroit engineer in to do so, but he recognized the value and convinced them to continue, renaming it the Cadillac Automobile Company.