S1 Ep102: Dodge vs. Ford Was A Toxic Feud
Past Gas
Donut Media
4.9 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Hamilton and Burr. Hatfield and McCoy. Biggie and Tupac. The Dodge Brothers and… Henry Ford? There are many great feuds that define American history, but few know about the legal battle between two automotive giants that forever changed the industry. Why did Henry Ford hate the Dodge brothers so much? How did their rivalry reinforce corporate corporatism as we know it? All that and more on today’s Past Gas.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey what's up my name is Nolan I'm from Past Gas by Donut Media we're not a |
| 0:03.9 | automotive history show on November 7th 2021 Vin Diesel the executive |
| 0:08.5 | producer and star the Fast and Furious franchise decided to post a public |
| 0:12.5 | message on Instagram to the biggest action star in the world Dwayne the |
| 0:16.2 | Rock Johnson the co-stars had been making snarky comments about each other in |
| 0:20.0 | interviews or saying cryptic things on social media for years for a while it |
| 0:24.5 | seemed like they had let bygones be bygones yet with the 10th iteration of |
| 0:28.3 | the franchise about to start production diesel decided to create some waves |
| 0:32.0 | could the Fast and Furious franchise find an identity before it's too late what |
| 0:36.5 | is the future for Brian O'Connor after Paul Walker's tragic death and is |
| 0:40.2 | it possible for a car to drive out of an airplane and land safely before the |
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| 0:47.6 | the Fast and Furious franchise this was super fun great episode and we learned a |
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| 1:01.0 | get your podcasts today |
| 1:13.0 | when it comes to infamous American feuds few can compare to the battle between |
| 1:17.8 | John and Horace Dodge and Henry Ford from 1903 until 1915 the rap |
| 1:24.6 | scallion Dodge brothers helped Henry Ford get Ford Motors and the infamous |
| 1:28.9 | Model T off the ground when their contract ended however Ford decided he |
| 1:35.4 | wanted to use his company's massive profits to enrich his workforce and |
| 1:39.1 | provide discounted automobiles to the consumer the resulting lawsuit Dodge |
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