Episode
How Do They Do It?: Ford Transits, Driza-bone, Saltfish
Overview
How do Ford produce the ubiquitous white van, the Transit? Plus, how do they ensure the Driza-bone coat lives up to its name?
Details
- Series
- How Do They Do It?
- Season
- Season 14
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2017-02-03
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Ford Transits, Driza-bone, Saltfish is Episode 10 in Season 14 of How Do They Do It?. It aired on 2017-02-03. The runtime is 22 min.
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