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Henry Ford Portrait by Fred Hartsook, c. 1919 Born (1863-07-30) July 30, 1863 Springwells Township, Michigan, U.S. Died April 7, 1947 (1947-04-07) (aged 83) Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. Resting place Ford Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan Occupations Engineer industrialist publisher philanthropist Years active 1891–1945 Known for Founding and leading the Ford Motor Company Pioneering a system that ...
Ford Model A (1903–04) The Ford Quadricycle was the first vehicle developed by Henry Ford. Ford's first car was a simple frame with a gas-powered engine mounted onto four bicycle wheels. [3] The earliest cars were hand built, one by one, and were very expensive. The peculiar machines were seen as toys for the rich. [3]
Ford Model C. The original Ford Model A is the first car produced by the Ford Motor Company, beginning production in 1903. Ernest Pfennig, a Chicago dentist, became the first owner of a Model A on July 23, 1903; [4] 1,750 cars were made in 1903 and 1904 at the Ford Mack Avenue Plant, a modest rented wood-frame building on Detroit 's East Side ...
The Ford Model T used a 177 cu in (2.9 L) sidevalve, reverse-flow cylinder head inline 4-cylinder engine. It was primarily a gasoline engine. It produced 20 hp (14.9 kW) for a top speed of 45 mph (72 km/h). It was built in-unit with the Model T's novel transmission (a planetary design ), sharing the same lubricating oil .
Henry Ford (pictured c.1919 ), founded and led the company, presiding over it during two tenures, 1906–1919 and 1943–1945. The Ford Motor Company is an American automaker, the world's fifth largest based on worldwide vehicle sales. Based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, it was founded by Henry Ford on June 16, 1903.
Number built. 199. Variants. Stout Bushmaster 2000. The Ford Trimotor (also called the "Tri-Motor", and nicknamed the "Tin Goose") is an American three-engined transport aircraft. Production started in 1925 by the companies of Henry Ford and ended on June 7, 1933, after 199 had been made. [1]
In 1882, George A. Rentschler, J. C. Hooven, Henry C. Sohn, George H. Helvey, and James E. Campbell merged the firm with the iron works of Sohn and Rentschler, [1] [2] and adopted the name Hooven, Owens, Rentschler Co. In 1883 the firm began the manufacture of Corliss steam engines, [3] producing a total of 700 such engines by 1901.
The V8 engine used in the first Lincoln automobiles is said to be influenced by the Liberty engine's design. In 1922, Lincoln became insolvent and was bought out by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company . Ford's bid of $8 million was the only bid at a receivers sale.