Evolution of the automobile industry and Henry Ford horses, automobiles. Nearly three years after the birth of his only son in 1893, Ford succeeded in producing his first car. After months of hard work and two final sleepless nights, the Quadricycle rolled out of Ford's garage. The quadricycle was a primitive machine, with a tiller as a steering wheel, bicycle tires, a bicycle seat, and a bicycle chain to transfer power from the engine to the wheels. Engine manufacturing plants did not exist, so Ford's car was built from scratch. by hand, the common areas being recycled for new uses. A house bell was the horn. The two cylinders were made from pipes salvaged from an old steam engine, sharpened and then cut in half (Taub 17-18). Charles King attempted to create one of the first automobiles. However, his car weighed three times as much as Ford's attempt, at 500 pounds. While King's car could only travel five miles per hour, the speed of a brisk walk, Ford's automobile reached up to 20 miles per hour. Because Ford lacked factory experience, the company closed its doors before a single car could be produced and sold. A convincing victory in an automobile race in 1901 attracted a new group of supporters for Henry Ford's industry. "With fifty thousand dollars in capitalization, these supporters created the Henry Ford Company. But Ford could not bring himself to design and build the low-cost cars in which he claimed to be interested (Taub 18)." In 1903, Ford designed another car, the Model A. This had a two-cylinder engine producing eight horsepower, capable of reaching speeds of up to thirty miles per hour. H...... middle of paper ......ster.Henry Ford's invention of the automobile opened up many opportunities that people had never dreamed of before. This new invention is one of the main factors that allowed our nation to become where it is today. Through all the different models of automobiles, we have evolved to where we are today. Works Cited - Barker, Ronald. Automotive design: twelve great designers and their work. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 1992.- Clymer, Floyd. Henry's wonderful Model T 1908-1927. New York: Bonanza Books, 1955.- Meyer, Stephen III. The five-dollar day: labor management and social control in the Ford Motor Company 1908-1921. Albany: State of University of New York Press, 1981.- Taub, Eric. Tavrus: the making of the car that saved Ford. New York: Dulton Book, Penguin Group, 1991.

Essay / Evolution of the automobile industry and Henry Ford horses, automobiles. Nearly three years after the birth of his only son in 1893, Ford succeeded in producing his first car. After months of hard work and two final sleepless nights, the Quadricycle rolled out of Ford's garage. The quadricycle was a primitive machine, with a tiller as a steering wheel, bicycle tires, a bicycle seat, and a bicycle chain to transfer power from the engine to the wheels. Engine manufacturing plants did not exist, so Ford's car was built from scratch. by hand, the common areas being recycled for new uses. A house bell was the horn. The two cylinders were made from pipes salvaged from an old steam engine, sharpened and then cut in half (Taub 17-18). Charles King attempted to create one of the first automobiles. However, his car weighed three times as much as Ford's attempt, at 500 pounds. While King's car could only travel five miles per hour, the speed of a brisk walk, Ford's automobile reached up to 20 miles per hour. Because Ford lacked factory experience, the company closed its doors before a single car could be produced and sold. A convincing victory in an automobile race in 1901 attracted a new group of supporters for Henry Ford's industry. "With fifty thousand dollars in capitalization, these supporters created the Henry Ford Company. But Ford could not bring himself to design and build the low-cost cars in which he claimed to be interested (Taub 18)." In 1903, Ford designed another car, the Model A. This had a two-cylinder engine producing eight horsepower, capable of reaching speeds of up to thirty miles per hour. H...... middle of paper ......ster.Henry Ford's invention of the automobile opened up many opportunities that people had never dreamed of before. This new invention is one of the main factors that allowed our nation to become where it is today. Through all the different models of automobiles, we have evolved to where we are today. Works Cited - Barker, Ronald. Automotive design: twelve great designers and their work. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 1992.- Clymer, Floyd. Henry's wonderful Model T 1908-1927. New York: Bonanza Books, 1955.- Meyer, Stephen III. The five-dollar day: labor management and social control in the Ford Motor Company 1908-1921. Albany: State of University of New York Press, 1981.- Taub, Eric. Tavrus: the making of the car that saved Ford. New York: Dulton Book, Penguin Group, 1991.

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