So I went as close to the source as I could without calling the Henry Ford Museum: Period Newspapers. Turns out that Henry Ford loved the farmers, and wanted to help them during the Great Depression. He knew that cars were always increasing in popularity, and if he could make plastic cars out of farm…
Cars were an important part of the Jazz Age and of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald mentions only two cars by make in The Great Gatsby— Nick Carraway’s Dodge and Gatsby’s Rolls-Royce. The rest are left to the reader’s imagination. Jay Gatsby’s Rolls-Royce plays a crucial role in the story and is described…
Production Dearborn Deuce Convertibles debut at York, PA June 2004 Full production has now begun on the much-awaited ’32 roadster body with its innovative disappearing top. An impressive lineup of production bodies at the NSRA Nats East in York, Penn. on June 4, 5, and 6th, 2004 clearly demonstrated production capabilities. After producing the first…
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A Young Family Sedan I was 29 years old and wanted to build a hot rod from the ground up. I had some experience in restoring cars but had never started from the ground up! I knew eventually in my life I would start a family so a sedan would be the way to go.…
Contrary to popular belief, Henry Ford did not invent the automobile. While his Ford Motor Company did produce the vehicle that initiated a new era in personal transportation (the Model T), the invention of the first automobile is generally credited to Karl Benz of Germany. In fact, Henry Ford’s most important contribution was actually the…
At one point, half the cars on the planet were Model T’s. Ford has made just half a dozen of its latter-day T’s, though it could possibly build more. The new cars were commissioned by Ford for the company’s 2003 centennial celebrations. If you could buy one, which you can’t, the new cars would be…
As I went through the tours, thinking about cars in general and how we are on the cusp of a future of driverless cars becoming reality for everyone, I was impressed with how relevant Henry Ford still is. I find this very impressive considering that in many ways he wasn’t an “idea person.” For me,…
MAKE IT POSSIBLEWork has begun to bring the Henry Ford Estate back to life! Through a comprehensive program of restoration and reinterpretation, the Estate is being transformed from a house to a home – a home that strongly reflects the lives of Clara and Henry Ford. Join us in making it possible! Become involved in…
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For the discerning hot rod collector, TrueWest Imports presents a truly rare opportunity to purchase the legendary “Dick Miller 1932 Ford Model B Roadster”. This gorgeous red fully-fendered 1932 Ford Roadster has quite a storied history dating back to the mid-seventies. The car was built by street rodder and world famous Bonneville land speed record…
Henry Ford is one of the most renowned entrepreneurs in history. He optimized transportation and forever changed the United States automobile industry. His innovative manufacturing process produced low-cost, reliable vehicles, while simultaneously keeping his workers well-paid and loyal. Before his success, however, Ford encountered failure during initial production of his first automobile. His investors got…
LANA O’Neill isn’t your stock-standard 16-year-old gal. Nup, she’s usually found in the shed with her dad Bill, covered in grinding dust and weld splatters. She’s been wielding the tools on her own sweet ’27 T roadster, a build that she started when she was just 12! How’d you get to be building a rad…
Classic cars being refurbished at Garaje NostalgiCar include a toy car that will be fixed up for the owner’s son. AngelVR Airbnb New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo smiles after seeing a Japanese Toyota engine fitted into the body of Lola, a refurbished 1956 Chevrolet in Havana. The car’s owner, Julio Alvarez Torres, left, lifts the…
Henry Ford was thirty-six when a diminutive outfit grandly called the Detroit Automobile Company was founded to manufacture motor cars in the city. The first venture of its kind in Detroit, it had a paid-up capital of $15, 000, with Ford himself getting his shares free. The greatest mogul the emerging automobile industry would produce…
Henry Ford Unmasked at Last!! This exposé is under construction Click on images to enlarge The Ford Motor Company was a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Company!! John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937). John D. Rockefeller—the quintessential robber baron—was a billionaire by 1910. He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company. Around 1910, he financed…
Henry Ford ranks among the most important figures of the industrial era. He founded the Ford Motor Company, which pioneered assembly-line production, driving down costs and making automobile ownership a staple feature of middle-class American life. Through it all, he maintained a highly idiosyncratic style of charitable giving. He saw work as the purpose of…
A huge stack of SUNN amplifiers was a common sight at major concerts and festivals of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s…even Woodstock! While the new Model T looks very much like an old SUNN from that era, it is actually an all-new tube amplifier with some unique modern features. Here’s a list of things to notice…
Snyder’s Antique Auto Parts was founded in the late 1950’s as a manufacturer of small carburetor springs for Model T Fords by Don Snyder, Sr. As the small carburetor spring company grew, we began to produce a wide variety miscellaneous springs that were used in the Model T Ford. This eventually led to the manufacturing…