Henry Ford
When Henry Ford was born on June 30th, 1863, neither he nor anyone for that matter, knew what an important role he would take in the future of mankind. Ford saw his first car when he was 12. He and his father where riding into Detroit at the time. At that moment, he knew what he wanted to do with his life: he wanted to make a difference in the automobile industry. Throughout his life he achieved this in an extraordinary way. That is why he will always be remembered in everyone's heart. Whenever you drive down the road in your car, you can thank all of it to Henry Ford. Through his life he accomplished extraordinary achievements such as going from a poor farm boy to a wealthy inventor who helped Thomas Edison. When he was a young man, he figured out how to use simple inventions, such as the light bulb. He then taught himself the design of a steamboat engine. His goal was to build a horse-less carriage. He had come up with several designs and in 1896, he produced his first car, the Model A. When Ford's first car came out, he was interviewed by a reporter and when asked about the history of the car, he had said "History is more or less bunk." Ford worked in Thomas Edison's factory for years and the left to become an apprentice for a
car-producer in Detroit. While working there, he established how he was going to make the car. He looked through hundreds of books on bicycles and books on horse and buggies. Ford decided to use wheels from a bicycle, and the same steel framing. From the horse and buggy, he took the idea of the shape of the actual frame. He also made a handlebar that was in the same place as a horse rider for a buggy. When Henry Ford opened his first automobile plant, not only did it bring much attention to the industry, but it also made people want to own a car so that they looked "cool". People knew that this was going to be a successful industry so they wanted to work in it. Even though most people think that the first true car ever made by Henry Ford was the Model A; they are actually being deceived. Henry Ford's first actual cars were made for racing. Only a year or so later did Ford start making Model A's. The profits from the Ford Motor Company were used to make racecars for special races. When Henry Ford first decided to make cars, he had a huge dilemma. He didn't know whether to use petroleum, electric, or steam engines for the car. After much reasoning and many experiments, he finally rested on petroleum because there was an abundance of it in the U.S. at the time. When the car began production, it immediately had an impact on the working hours of people. The car allowed people to get to work and home much quicker. This allowed bosses to shorten the workdays for their employees. However, not many people were able to benefit from this because cars then were still a lot of money and the average person was unable to afford it. When Ford Motor Company started producing the Model A, they had to come up with a slogan. While Ford was walking down the street one day, he was listening to a conversation between two men and one of them said: "The person who invented this car was definitely thinking of the people, not himself." This is where Ford got the saying Ford: Car for the People. The reason many people felt this way was because it was cheap and could be purchased by the average person. The Model A was so successful that Ford began working on a new car. Little did he know, it would become the most famous car ever. In 1907, the work on the Model T started. While working on the project, Ford never rushed his people to work harder but he inspired them by saying things such as "I wonder if we can do it?" The car was so well liked because it was so high off the ground, the mechanics were simple, and the car itself was incredibly strong. When a prototype Model T came out, Henry Ford immediately put it to the test. Ford himself took the car to the British Isles, where he drove the car to the top of Ben Nevis, the highest and toughest hill of it's ki
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