"Coffee Jim," to whom Ford confided his hopes and aspirations on these occasions, was the only man with available cash who had any faith in his ideas.

Capital in more substantial form, however, came in about 1902.

With money advanced by "Coffee Jim," Ford had built a machine which he entered in the Grosse Point races that year.

It was a hideous-looking affair, but it ran like the wind and outdistanced all competitors.

From that day Ford's career has been an uninterrupted triumph.