N SH I P in volume production ONE OF THE outstanding features of the new Ford is the precise care with which each part is made and assembled.
Many measurements are accurate to within one one-thousandth of an inch.
Some to three ten-thousandth of an inch. The wrist-pin holes are diamond bored within a variation of three ten thousandths of an inch. The Ford valves are made of chrome silicon alloy, selected because of its durability and resistance to the oxidizing effect of hot gases. The valve stems are held exact in diameter to within one one-thousandth of an inch along their entire length. There is never a variation of more than two one-thousandths of an inch from the seat to the mushroom end.