He’s the son of Cynthia and Edsel Ford II (who is the son of Henry Ford II). Edsel retired from the company's board of directors in 2021 and Ford III replaced him. Bill Ford, who also is Edsel ...

In the 1950s, Ford Motor Company decided to pay tribute to Edsel Ford, the only son of Henry Ford, by creating a new brand bearing his name. Edsel Ford had been a pivotal figure in the company's ...

Despite endless hours of testing and consultation, the chairman of the board decided at the last minute that he was going to go with Edsel, the name of Henry Ford's son. "As for the design ...

In the 1920s, many Americans were listening to Jazz and learning the Charleston. Henry Ford preferred the country dances he learned as a boy - quadrilles, gavottes, the schottische, the polka and ...

The Model 40 Special Speedster Its rich history began in 1932 after Edsel returned from a trip to Europe. He asked Ford's chief designer, E.T. "Bob" Gregorie to design and supervise the ...

For many years, Henry Ford took annual camping trips with the "vagabonds" - his close friends Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs - with an entourage of servants, photographers ...