DETROIT — Edsel Ford II spent decades at Ford Motor Co. accepting assignments in far-flung corners of the family business, learning unfamiliar facets of a car company it was once expected he might eventually lead.
But at age 72, the great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford has finally found a role he isn’t fully ready to embrace: retirement.
Ford may have stepped down in May from a 33-year stint on the automaker’s board of directors because of age restrictions, but