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亨利·福特：我的生活与工作·补录 60
亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导
Every one of these "Model A's" has a history. Take No. 420. Colonel D. C. Collier of California bought it in 1904. He used it for a couple of years, sold it, and bought a new Ford. No. 420 changed hands frequently until 1907 when it was bought by one Edmund Jacobs living near Ramona in the heart of the mountains. He drove it for several years in the roughest kind of work. Then he bought a new Ford and sold his old one. By 1915 No. 420 had passed into the hands of a man named Cantello who took out the motor, hitched it to a water pump, rigged up shafts on the chassis and now, while the motor chugs away at the pumping of water, the chassis drawn by a burro acts as a buggy. The moral, of course, is that you can dissect a Ford but you cannot kill it.
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定位：Additional excerpt 60 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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福特用一辆1904年的Model A（编号420）的传奇经历说明：这辆车被转手多次，干过最粗重的活，最后发动机被拆去抽水，底盘被驴拉着当马车用，但车依然没坏。核心意思是福特汽车极其耐用，经得起折腾。这背后是福特对材料和工艺的坚持：他相信产品要能承受真实世界的粗暴使用，而不是只在展厅里光鲜。对今天做产品的人来说，可执行的做法是：把耐用性和可靠性当作设计底线，用极端场景测试产品，而不是只追求短期卖点。
上下文
亨利·福特在自传《我的生活与工作》中回顾早期福特车的质量口碑，用真实用户故事证明产品耐用。
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