In the early 1920's, the streets of the United States began to change from the clip-clop of horses, to the roaring sounds of gasoline engines. The roaring twenties marked a time where Americans were spending money, and enjoying life with new inventions such as movies, the radio, theme parks, and the widespread use of electricity. The most important invention of the early twenties was Ford's introduction of the Model T. Ford was the first car company to bring a cheap and reliable car, to the masses. The impact of the Model T was enormous, influencing the national economy, and creating a new American lifestyle. Roads were being built, and cities grew as people could now travel to the cities with ease, from the rural countrysides. The Model T paved the way for all modern cars, and its designs and mechanics are still used to this very day. Henry Ford brought his company from a one-man business, headquartered in his garage, to a multi-million dollar business, that has become a staple of the American car industry. Car enthusiast, George Dammann, describes Ford the best in this quote: "They have never been the finest car; they have seldom been the cheapest; not always were they the fastest or the best looking; nor the easiest to repair. Often they were not even the best seller. Yet Ford has endeared themselves to millions of Americans," (5). Henry Ford and his company impacted the automobile industry in every way, and if it weren't for Ford and the Model T, the cars that people have come to love today, would not exist.
Henry Ford was an innovator that wanted to see his ideas come to fruition. He would be unable to fulfill that by working at the Detroit Motor Company. Henry Ford quit his job at Detroit Motor Company, because the CEO believed that Ford's ideas would not be profitable, and believed that automobiles were a, "rich man's toy," that would not be wanted by the general public (Dammann 5).
His name was Henry Ford. ... In 1908, Henry Ford had a dream of an automobile that was reliable, reasonably priced, and efficient with the making of the Model T. ... By 1918, almost all American cars were Model Ts. ... Also during this year the Model-T ends and the Model - A begins. ... The Model -T made the Ford Motor Company the largest factory in the world. ...
Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863. ... In 1888, Henry married Clara Bryant. ... He introduced the successful Model T in 1908, which was manufactured for 19 years. ... Ford was able to market the Model T to the public due to his advanced production of technology. ... Ford began losing sales to General Motors because the Model T was becoming outdated in 1926. ...
In 1904, Ford introduced the successful Model T, which was manufactured for 19 years. ... In 1909 Ford made the decision to manufacture only one type of car, the Model T. Initially it took 14 hours to assemble a Model T car. ... Because of his advanced production technology, Ford was able to market the Model T to the general public. ... By 1927 Ford had sold over 15,000,000 Model T cars. ...
Henry Ford would go into automobile racing and then build his own car company. ... In 1908, Ford brought out for the first time the Model T. ... The model T it was far ahead of its time. ... The Model T, was the most affordable car of it's time, but how Ford was able to make it so affordable was by his production ingenuity. ... Henry Ford once said, "You can have it in any color you want as long as it's black." ...
-Henry Ford Henry Ford's parents left Ireland during the potato famine and settled in the Detroit area in the 1840s. ... With a few colleagues, he devoted two years to the design and planning of the Model T. ... As a result, the only cars in the world to utilize vanadium steel in the next five years would be French luxury cars and the Ford Model T. A Model T might break down every so often, but it would not break. ... The central role that the Model T had come to play in America's cultural, social and economic life elevated Henry Ford into a full-fledged folk hero. ...
Henry Ford did. ... Henry Ford had a mind to invent something new. ... And after that, in 1908, he began production of the "model T ".They were so successful that 15 million of them had been sold at a very affordable price. In 1927, The Ford Motor Company stopped making model T cars. ... Henry Ford changed the world. ...
Henry Ford Henry Ford was one of the most important and influential inventors and businessmen in the short history of America. ... Ford was born on July 30, in the year of 1863; Henry Ford was the oldest child of the family. ... In 1908, approximately five years after the first Model A was sold, the Model T was produced. ... Without the Model T who knows what would have happened to Fords company. ... Henry Ford died on April 7, 1947. ...
Henry Ford had a mind like no other man that was simultaneous and contradictory toward the future he helped create. ... Henry Ford represented the 1920's along with the flappers and flasks that did not represent his values. The model T was the first automobile built for the masses by Henry Ford. ... Henry Ford looked forward into the future by changing the way people lived and worked. ... Ford had a reputation as a forward-looking inventor, yet Ford idolized the values of the past. ...
Henry Ford was a very controversial person in American history. ... Henry Ford was born in Dearborn Michigan. ... Probably the most well known car in history was the model "T-, produced in 1908 for the first time. ... By the year 1918, ½ of all the cars in America were Ford's model "T-. ... By 1927 fifteen million model "T-'s had been sold. ...
