Henry Ford First Car

Angle iron for the frame a leather belt and chain drive for the transmission and a buggy seat.
Henry ford first car. In the coal shed behind his home on bagley avenue in detroit. The first car built by the company was sold on 23 july 1903 and henry became president before becoming the controlling owner three years later. The quadricycle was henry ford s first attempt to build a gasoline powered automobile. Henry ford july 30 1863 april 7 1947 was an american industrialist and business magnate founder of the ford motor company and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production by creating the first automobile that middle class americans could afford he converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into an accessible conveyance that profoundly impacted the.
At first only a few cars a day were produced at the ford factory on mack avenue detroit where two or three men worked on each car built from components made to order by other companies. Ford had to devise his own ignition system. Ford s first car was a simple frame with a gas powered engine and four bicycle wheels mounted on it. Henry ford established the ford motor company in 1903 and five years later the company rolled out the first model t.
The peculiar machines were seen as toys for the rich. The ford quadricycle was the first vehicle developed by henry ford. It utilized commonly available materials. The earliest cars were hand built one by one and very expensive.