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Durant almost landed Ford, but couldn't come up with $2 million
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James Couzens, left, and Henry Ford, right, agreed to Billy Durant's $8 million offer. But skeptical bankers wouldn't lend Durant the down payment.
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By:
Lindsay Chappell
September 14, 2008 05:00 AM
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