Who once declared that you could have any model of his car as long as it's black?
"one has in human society, while being deluded into thinking one does. It is also speculated that the song is about the fear of making choices. The origin of the title is unclear. One possible origin of the title comes from an answer frequently given by a studio technician to questions put to him: ""You can have it any colour you like"", which was a reference to Henry Ford's apocryphal description of the Model T: ""You can have it any color you like, as long as it's black."" (Ford said something very like this in his autobiography.). Roger Waters may"
"""Any customer can have a car in any color as long as it is black."" In fact, the car was offered in a variety of colors in the earliest days. The ultimatum game is a form of Hobson's choice. According to the ""Oxford English Dictionary"", the first known written usage of this phrase is in ""The rustick's alarm to the Rabbies"", written by Samuel Fisher in 1660: It also appears in Joseph Addison's paper ""The Spectator"" (No. 509 of 14 October 1712); and in Thomas Ward's 1688 poem ""England's Reformation"", not published until after Ward's death. Ward wrote: The term"
"railroads in the former Confederacy. By 1918, half of all the cars in the U.S. were Model Ts. In his autobiography, Ford reports that in 1909 he told his management team, ""Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black."" However, in the first years of production from 1908 to 1913, the Model T was not available in black but rather only gray, green, blue, and red. Green was available for the touring cars, town cars, coupes, and Landaulets. Gray was only available for the town cars, and red only for"
"200 U.S. car makers in 1920, only 17 were left in 1940. It also transformed technology. Henry Ford is reported to have said, ""Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black."" Before the assembly line, Ts had been available in a variety of colors, including red, blue, and green, but not black. Now, paint had become a production bottleneck; only Japan Black dried quickly enough, and not until Duco lacquer appeared in 1926 would other colors reappear on the T. In 1915, Henry Ford went on a peace mission to"
"car, sales reached 472,000. (Using the consumer price index, this price was equivalent to $7,828.08 in 2015 dollars.) By 1918, half of all cars in America were Model Ts. All new cars were black; as Ford wrote in his autobiography, ""Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black"". Until the development of the assembly line, which mandated black because of its quicker drying time, Model Ts were available in other colors, including red. The design was fervently promoted and defended by Ford, and production continued as late as 1927; the"
"Ford's apocryphal remark, ""any color as long as it's black"". In 1914, an assembly line worker could buy a Model T with four months' pay. Ford's complex safety procedures—especially assigning each worker to a specific location instead of allowing them to roam about—dramatically reduced the rate of injury. The combination of high wages and high efficiency is called ""Fordism,"" and was copied by most major industries. The efficiency gains from the assembly line also coincided with the economic rise of the United States. The assembly line forced workers to work at a certain pace with very repetitive motions which led"
"finished first in its class, and was the most successful Art Car of all in competition. Hervé Poulain Hervé Poulain (born 16 December 1940) is a retired French racing driver, author, and auctioneer. He is best known today as the instigator of the BMW Art Car Project. Poulain's idea was to invite artists to use new automobiles as their canvas. In 1975, Poulain commissioned American artist and friend Alexander Calder to paint the first BMW Art Car. This first example would be a BMW 3.0 CSL 'Batmobile' which Poulain himself would race in the 1975 Le Mans endurance race.[1] Poulain"
"Hervé Poulain Hervé Poulain (born 16 December 1940) is a retired French racing driver, author, and auctioneer. He is best known today as the instigator of the BMW Art Car Project. Poulain's idea was to invite artists to use new automobiles as their canvas. In 1975, Poulain commissioned American artist and friend Alexander Calder to paint the first BMW Art Car. This first example would be a BMW 3.0 CSL 'Batmobile' which Poulain himself would race in the 1975 Le Mans endurance race.[1] Poulain drove Calder's BMW with Jean Guichet and Sam Posey, although the car suffered driveshaft issues and"
"reliance on japan black led Henry Ford to quip ""Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black"". While other colors were available for automotive finishes, early colored variants of automotive lacquers could take up to 14 days to cure, whereas japan black would cure in 48 hours or less. Thus variously colored pre-1925 car bodies were usually consigned to special orders, or custom bodied luxury automobiles. The development of quick-drying nitrocellulose lacquers (pyroxylins) which could be colored to suit the needs of the buying public in the 1920s led to"
"the church and is open to all years, makes, and models. Ron Hines Ron Hines (born 1940) was the first black Ivy League-educated auto racing engineer on America’s road racing circuits. He was an engineer for Black American Racers, Inc. (BAR), the first black auto racing team to attain national sponsorship in America, in the 1970s. Ron Hines was raised in New Rochelle, New York. His interest in automobiles began as a teenager. At age 14, he bought a partially finished 1948 Plymouth coupe with a chopped top. Knowing he was too young to own and drive a car, Hines’s"
"Eddie Sachs Edward Julius Sachs Jr, (May 28, 1927 – May 30, 1964) was a United States Auto Club driver who was known as the ""Clown Prince of Auto Racing."" He coined the phrase ""If you can't win, be spectacular."" Sachs was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. His career included eight USAC Championship Trail wins, 25 top-five finishes in 65 career AAA and USAC starts, including the 1958 USAC Midwest Sprint Car Championship. He was an eight time starter of the Indianapolis 500, 1957–64, winning the pole position in 1960 and 1961, with his best finish being second in 1961. Leading"
"Blackie Gejeian Michael ""Blackie"" Gejeian (June 24, 1926 – September 2, 2016) was an American race car driver, race car builder, and hot rod enthusiast. Considered an ""Industry Legend"", Gejeian was the organizer of the Autorama, one of the largest custom car shows in North America, held annually in Fresno, California. Michael ""Blackie"" Gejeian, an Armenian by descent, was born on June 24, 1926 in Easton, California, near Fresno, to a family of Armenian Genocide survivors. His family, including his extended family, were farmers who lived together in one farm ranch. Gejeian later recalled: Seventeen of us lived in that"
"then not widely available). Another very famous example is the Rolls Royce owned by John Lennon - originally black, he had it repainted in 1967 in a vivid psychedelic gypsy caravan style, prompting bandmate George Harrison to have his Mini Cooper similarly repainted with logos and devices that reflected his burgeoning interest in Indian spirituality. Other notable examples include several cars re-painted in psychedelic style by Hapshash & The Coloured Coat and the famous psychedelic Porsche owned by American singer Janis Joplin. The fashion for psychedelic drugs gave its name to the style of psychedelia, a term describing a category"
"that he would never pass the physical examination because he was blind in one eye. His fellow racers knew it was because of his skin color. Rajo Jack Dewey Gatson, better known as Rajo Jack or his pseudonym Jack DeSoto, (July 28, 1905 – February 27, 1956) was an American racecar driver. He is known as one of the first African American racers in America. He won races up and down the West Coast of the United States in stock cars, midgets, big cars and motorcycles. Rajo Jack was inducted in the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in"
"Charlie Wiggins Charles Edwin ""Charlie"" Wiggins (15 July 1897 – 11 March 1979) was an auto racing driver and mechanic from the United States, who won the prestigious, annual, Gold and Glory Sweepstakes race four times between 1926 and 1935. As an African-American competing in the Midwest during the inter-war years, he was barred from participating in white-only events – including the Indianapolis 500 – but was a leading light in the parallel Colored Speedway Association (CSA) championships. His dominance during this period was such that the popular media dubbed him the Negro Speed King. His career was ended when"
"controversial to this day, although they declined to protest as Jones' car (nicknamed ""Calhoun"") had been the fastest in the race. Many experts believe that USAC officials were biased against Clark and the rear engine Lotus, and that had it been an American driving a roadster in second place at the time Jones would have been black flagged. He died on May 5, 1984 in Gardena, California. ""I didn't even know my dad was bald until I was a teenager,"" joked his son, Cary. ""He even wore the hat sitting down for breakfast in the morning. My mother was always"
"previous 50 years. Miller's son has also written a book about the Miller Racing Group and NASCAR, titled ""Racing While Black"", published in 2010 by Seven Stories Press. Leonard W. Miller Leonard W. Miller (born 1934) is one of two black motor racing pioneers living in the United States. Miller was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in its suburbs. His lifelong love of automobiles began at age five in 1939, and he began secretly tinkering with his family’s 1937 Ford in 1948. He built an advanced 1940 Ford club coupe hotrod convertible in 1953. As a charter member of"
"GMCs. The partners opened Palm Springs' Plaza Motors in 1938 with the same makes, adding Pontiac and Buick in 1996. A famous customer who got away was Elvis Presley. One day Elvis, dressed in his all black signature style, including black silk shirt, black leather jacket, and black wrap-around sunglasses, strolled into Plaza Motors and demanded a black Cadillac on the spot. ""We explained that we didn't keep black cars in stock because of the desert climate,"" McCoubrey said. ""He wanted it that day. We could order one for him, but he didn't want to wait."" McCoubrey was the 10th"
"Mark Donohue Mark Neary Donohue Jr. (March 18, 1937 – August 19, 1975), nicknamed ""Captain Nice,"" and later ""Dark Monohue,"" was an American racecar driver known for his ability to set up his own race car as well as driving it to victories. Donohue is probably best known as the driver of the 1500+ bhp ""Can-Am Killer"" Porsche 917-30 and as the winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 1972. Cars that Donohue raced include: AMC Javelin, AMC Matador, Chevrolet Camaro, Eagle-Offy, Elva Courier, Ford GT40 MK IV, Ferrari 250LM, Ferrari 512, Lola T70, Lola T330, Lotus 20, McLaren M16, Porsche"
"Managers who failed to increase sales for three successive months were fired, regardless of seniority. In the 1950s, Earl Scheib expanded his company with locations across the nation and started a national advertising campaign. Sheib wrote the commercials and became the company's spokesman. He became famous for his slogan, ""I'm Earl Scheib, and I'll paint any car, any color for $19.95. No ups, no extras."" This campaign and slogan were maintained until Scheib died. However, the price was slowly increased over the years. There was also controversy early on during the advertising campaign because a number of factory colors were"
"Horowitz recruited friends Norm Richardson (a skilled mechanic) and Charlie Thomas (a former Pontiac engineer). In the wake of Preston Tucker's bad press they had difficulty forming a dealer network, and only finished 97 production cars before declaring bankruptcy in 1951. The original prototype shares the same general shape as the production model, but features a rear mounted engine layout and a soft folding top. It is owned and has been restored by company founder Lou Horowitz's grandson David Kaplan. According to Kaplan, ""The black one never had an official number. When I restored it I put a PR on"
"the Oakland. Durant had arranged an $8-million deal to buy Ford in 1909, but the bankers turned him down and the board of directors of General Motors dismissed him. Both Durant and rival Henry Ford foresaw the automobile becoming a mass-market item. Ford followed the course of the basic Model T, and had said ""Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black."" Durant, however, drawing on his experience in the carriage business, sought to create automobiles targeted to various incomes and tastes. This brought about his plans to merge Buick"
"create a product of high technical quality. If you created a product that worked well and was durable, it was assumed you would have no difficulty profiting. This was called the production orientation. Henry Ford famously said of the Model T car: ""Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants, so long as it is black."" Management theorist Peter F Drucker wrote in 1954 that it was the customer who defined what business the organization was in. In 1960 Theodore Levitt argued that instead of producing products then trying to sell them to the customer, businesses"
"skin color or gender. The main theater in Harrah's Reno was named ""Sammy's Showroom"" after entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. (whose Duesenberg replica now resides in the museum that bears Harrah's name), and actor-comedian Bill Cosby recalls Harrah as a good friend. The William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration is named after him. Harrah had an extensive collection of cars. Many of his cars enjoyed 'best' or 'one-of-a kind' status. Some notable mentions in his collection were the two Bugatti Type 41s, a Phantom Corsair, two Ferraris among several others. In 1966 his 1931 Bugatti Type 41 Coupe de Ville"
"black 1971 for himself and a white 1971 for his Las Vegas doctor, Elias Ghanem, and leased a white 1972 and a black 1973, his favorite Blackhawk, which he purchased at the end of the lease; this 1973 car is also on display at Graceland). Other famous owners included Dick Martin (1971), Lucille Ball (who got her 1971 Blackhawk as a gift from her husband Gary Morton with a dash plaque saying ""I Love Lucy - Gary""), Sammy Davis Jr. (who owned two 1972, one for himself and one for his wife), Dean Martin (who owned three and crashed his"
"which banned the advertisement. Brabham competed in Australia and New Zealand until early 1955, taking ""a long succession of victories"", including the 1953 Queensland Road Racing championship. During this time, he picked up the nickname ""Black Jack"", which has been variously attributed to his dark hair and stubble, to his ""ruthless"" approach on the track, and to his ""propensity for maintaining a shadowy silence"". After the 1954 New Zealand Grand Prix, Brabham was persuaded by Dean Delamont, competitions manager of the Royal Automobile Club in the United Kingdom, to try a season of racing in Europe, then the international centre"
"car. The ""h"" was deliberately added to mimic the way the word ""thin"" is pronounced in a Dublin accent. Lynott later discovered Henry Ford's slogan for the Model T, ""Any colour you like as long as it's black"", which he felt was appropriate for him. Wrixon was felt by the others to be superfluous to requirements and left after the release of the band's first single, ""The Farmer"" in July 1970. During the band's early years, despite being the singer, bassist and chief songwriter, Lynott was still fairly reserved and introverted on stage, and would stand to one side while"
"automotive ingenuity."" In its 50th anniversary in 2008, the Autorama showcased over 250 cars. However, with the retirement of Gejeian, the Autorama car show ceased from occurring. Throughout its history, the Autorama car show took place once a year for 51 years, the last show being held in 2010. Blackie Gejeian Michael ""Blackie"" Gejeian (June 24, 1926 – September 2, 2016) was an American race car driver, race car builder, and hot rod enthusiast. Considered an ""Industry Legend"", Gejeian was the organizer of the Autorama, one of the largest custom car shows in North America, held annually in Fresno, California."
"age of 41. He was laid to rest in Everett's Woodlawn Cemetery, and was buried with full Masonic honors. His admittance into the Supreme Court is recorded on his tombstone. John Rock (abolitionist) John Swett Rock (October 13, 1825 – December 3, 1866) was an American teacher, doctor, dentist, lawyer and abolitionist, historically associated with the coining of the term ""black is beautiful"" (thought to have originated from a speech he made in 1858, however historical records now indicate he never actually used the specific phrase on that day). Rock was one of the first African-American men to earn a"
"of dangers and inconveniences along the road, from refusal of food and lodging to arbitrary arrest. In response, Green wrote his guide to services and places relatively friendly to African-Americans, eventually expanding its coverage from the New York area to much of North America, as well as founding a travel agency. Many Black Americans took to driving, in part to avoid segregation on public transportation. As the writer George Schuyler put it in 1930, ""all Negroes who can do so purchase an automobile as soon as possible in order to be free of discomfort, discrimination, segregation and insult."" Black Americans"
"black sweaters and jeans — keeping a supply of both in each of his residences. Reporters noted that he had not been seen wearing a necktie since 2007. He was a chain-smoker until his final months. Sergio Marchionne Sergio Marchionne (; June 17, 1952 – July 25, 2018) was an Italian-Canadian businessman, widely known for his turnarounds of the automakers Fiat and Chrysler, his business acumen and his outspoken and often frank approach, especially when dealing with unpalatable issues related to his companies and the automotive industry. Marchionne was the chairman of CNH Industrial, the chief executive officer (CEO) of"
"Presenter Jeremy Clarkson hinted later in the programme that Schumacher was not the regular Stig, and the BBC has since confirmed that this is the case. Schumacher was there on that occasion because Ferrari would not allow anyone else to drive the one-of-a-kind black Ferrari FXX that was featured in the show. During his interview with Clarkson, Schumacher stated that his road cars are a Fiat 500 Abarth, and a Fiat Croma, which is his family car. In 2004, ""Forbes"" magazine listed him as the second highest paid athlete in the World. In 2005, ""Eurobusiness"" magazine identified Schumacher as the"
"Dr. Norman Vincent Peale and the late Lowell Thomas. In 2001, he was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame. Joe Girard Joseph Samuel Girardi, better known as Joe Girard, (born November 1, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American salesman. Girard sold 13,001 cars at a Chevrolet dealership between 1963 and 1978, and was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the seller of the most cars in a year (1,425 in 1973). The world record was previously beat by Ali Reda of Les Stanford Chevrolet with 1,582 in 2017! One of America's most sought-after speakers, Girard"