Henry had a few dreams that he thought would change the world. For example, he saw that most of the car companies were making cars for the very wealthy, but Ford looked beyond this and dreamed that every family in the United States would own their own car, even the poor farming families.

Henry was born into a rather poor farming family during Abraham Lincoln's presidency on July 30, 1863, in a small town called Dearborn located in Michigan. During the first years of Henry's life, he would work on the farm, take his toys apart, and ask many questions such as, "How does a clock work?" (The Story of Henry Ford).

At the age of 16, Henry left home and found a job as a machinist apprentice. Then, from about 1880 until about 1884, he worked many other jobs usually fixing watches and clocks (The Story of Henry Ford). While doing this, he was learning mor

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The new engine that came out in 1932 now revolutionized the history of cars: the V-8 engine. This engine was the most high tech at that time. Henry Ford and Thomas Edison would team up to make educational movies for people free of charge. Luther Burbank and Will Rogers would star in these films ("Henry Ford" 568).

In June of 1896, Henry built his first car: a two cylinder lightweight carriage, called the "quadricycle" ("Henry Ford" 566). 1899 came, and Henry decided to resign from the Edison Illuminating Company to organize the Detroit Automobile Company. After two years of hard work, the company went bankrupt because of the lack of cars sold (The Story of Henry Ford).

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Changes to the plant for this new car cost approximately $25,000,000. The new car was called the Model A and had 5,580 parts. It was very luxurious because it was the first car to have safety glass in its windshield as standard equipment, came in four different colors, came in 17 body styles, had four wheel brakes, and hydraulic shock absorbers. Before the car went into production, in mid-1928, there were over 400,000 orders for the Model A (The Story of Henry Ford).

The Ford Motor Company was starting to become more interested in flight so that in 1926, they started an airmail service. An airport was also built for the public so that people could experience a ride in a plane for a small fee. Finally, late in 1927, the production of the Model T stopped because they were getting ready to make another car... (Ingpen et. al. 42).

By 1913, there were over 7,000 dealers selling Ford cars. To make his workers happier he made minimum wage $5 per day in 1914. The speed of Ford's assembly line was so fast, that in 1914 the workers could build a complete Model T in 93 minutes. In addition, over 250,000 Model Ts had been sold and Ford now owned over 50% of the automobile market. Before Ford left on his journey, in 1915, he began to develop and test tractors ("Henry Ford" 567).

By 1921, Henry and Edsel both decided to stop producing vehicles for the government. Their sales were up so high, that in 1922, over 1,000,000 Model Ts had been sold that year, and they started to disapprove of the war. Henry said "I hope to show them that they can make more money making tractors than by making weapons." (The Story of Henry Ford).

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