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Henry Ford

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  • New Zealand driver, 105: 'I don't think I'm old'

    -- Bob Edwards was born before the first Model T rolled out of Henry Ford's factory in Detroit. He learned to drive in a French car that had a lever instead of a steering wheel. And he's still on the road, only now in a red four-wheel-drive Mitsubishi.The   Read more »

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  • Blair’s Car to Be Featured at Show

    year Trevor Blair, 18, saw a picture in a history book of one of the first cars Henry Ford built in 1896. Always interested in taking on personal challenges, he decided to build a modernized replica of the car, and succeeded. Not an online subscriber yet? 7:36 PM from St. Ignace News Read more »

  • NASCAR: Winner of next MIS Sprint Cup race gets a new trophy

    Roush, founder of RFR, said after the event, which was witnessed by Edsel B. Ford II, the great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford, and Allison. Ford’s 1,000 NASCAR wins have come in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide stock car and Camping World truck series combined. 7:06 PM from The Oakland Press Read more »

  • 110 years ago, the Model A got Ford into gear

    across six continents. With about 172,000 employees and 65 plants worldwide. And the global, consumer-centric vision of Henry Ford, centered on mass production leading to both high quality and low cost, helped the way for the industrial manufacturing expansion 2:49 PM from CNET Read more »

  • Henry Ford starts a car company, or three (pictures)

    of the Ford Motor Company. But like many revolutions, this one didn't get off to an easy start. Throughout his life, Henry Ford had been tinkering with machines. Years before founding, on July 16, 1903, the company that bears his name, he developed other engine-powered 2:48 PM from CNET Read more »

  • Ford reaches NASCAR milestone

    said. “We all know how Ford Motor Company started, and I think reaching this milestone really honors the spirit of what Henry Ford started.” Trevor Bayne claimed NASCAR win 999 just a week prior in the Pioneer 250 Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway in 1:52 PM from SCS: Stock Car Spin Read more »

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About Henry Ford

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. As owner of the Ford Motor Company, he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. He is credited with "Fordism": mass production of inexpensive goods coupled with high wages for workers. Ford had a global vision, with consumerism as the key to peace. His intense commitment to systematically lowering costs resulted in many technical and business innovations, including a franchise system that put dealerships throughout most of North America and in major cities on six continents. Ford left most of his vast wealth to the Ford Foundation but arranged for his family to control the company permanently.

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