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WE all have a crack at vehicle servicing shortcomings from time to time but it is all too easy to overlook the size of the problem. I was shown over Ford's new training school last week and one of the figures which came up was that to keep Ford vehicles in roadworthy condition requires the repair industry to carry out about half a million services a month. The great problem is to run fast enough to do more than stay in the same place—the Ford vehicle population has increased by 80 per cent since 1960 and is expected to double in the near future.
Bower House, the 18th century mansion at Havering-AtteBower, Essex, has been lavishly converted and equipped to teach dealership managers how to do their jobs and it will also train fitters and salesmen. I hope a lot of the effort will go into creating good diagnosticians—and that the right proportion of effort will be devoted to people for the transport industry. With so many cars to look after, there is a national danger of us lacking enough staff to cope with all the wheezes that the Ministry dreams up for the professional operator.
All power to Ford's elbow, say I.