KnightHawk Very nice find.Post 1926 From the Toyota President and the next president mouth. Developing new technologies inhouse rather than purchasing or licensing from the outside the company. Showes intent what they were going to do with Solomon tech.(steal it) (Why change this is how the company got started by copying others)
From the next president interview He (Kiichiro Toyoda the founder of Toyota) fresh from a study of Auto plants in the U.S. and Europe in 1930.Kiichiro set up shop to conduct reserch ect. CONSTANTLY VISiTING various Automotive operations including those of Ford Japan and GM Japan (A history of stealing from others)(by now they should have it down to a sience )