Henry Ford built his first car in 1896. It had a two-cylinder engine that ran on alcohol, a two speed transmission, steered with a tiller and sat on four bicycle wheels. He called it a “Quadricycle” and sold it for $200, then he built another.
In 1899, the Detroit Automobile Company was foundered to build delivery trucks with Henry Ford as manager. By 1901 the company had failed and was reorganized as the Henry Ford Company but Ford took his name and left in 1902. Under the direction of Henry Leland the company was reorganized as Cadillac.
In 1903, the Ford Motor Company was incorporated. There were twelve shareholders including Ford, Alexander Malcomson, a dealer in coal, Banker John Gray, and the Dodge brothers. The company’s early cars included the Models A, K, N and S all of which had right hand steering and were not inexpensive cars.
In 1908, the Model T was introduced. Its four-cylinder engine produced 20 horsepower and could run on ethanol, kerosene or gasoline. From 1908 to 1913 you couldn’t purchase a Model T in black, then in 1914 it was the only color you could.
Ford introduced the moving assembly line at its new Highland Park plant. By 1914, it only took 93 minutes to assemble a Model T and Ford was building more cars than the combined output of all other manufactures in the world.
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