Ford was a pioneer in early reliable cars, first the really basic and cheap Model T, then Model A and on to the v8s etc. And built some airplanes. I just saw on Jay Leno special of his many rare and special cars, a part with a friend who owns a both a good as new Model A and a 32? v8. The A was John Dillinger's personal car and the v8 was the one he stole from the sheriff when he escaped from the jail in Indiana in 1934. He wrote a letter to Ford appreciating the V8 and what a good get away car it was.
I might like to own that model A. One historic car I would not want to even sit is is a car Hitler owned which just went unsold at an auction for $155,00.
Ford built the execellent Tri Motor planes and then gave up on aviation after an accident in his small private plane design. What if they had contiued to build planes,would Ford be what Cessna was to light gen aviation? Of course Ford did build thousands of B-24 s in WWII but not be their design and not a gen av plane for the public.