Henry Ford

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and the left to become an apprentice for a car-producer in Detroit. While working there, he established how he was going to make the car. He looked through hundreds of books on bicycles and books on horse and buggies. Ford decided to use wheels from a bicycle, and the same steel framing. From the horse and buggy, he took the idea of the shape of the actual frame. He also made a handlebar that was in the same place as horse rider for a buggy. When Henry For opened his first automobile plant, not only did it bring much attention to the industry, but it also made people want to own a car so that they looked "cool". People knew that this was going to be a successful industry so they wanted to work in it. Even though most people think that the first true car ever made by was the Model A; they are actually being deceived. ’s first actual cars were made for racing. Only a year or so later did Ford start making Model A’s. The profits from the Ford Motor Company were used to ...

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Model T started. While working on the project, Ford never rushed his people to work harder but he inspired them by saying things such as "I wonder if we can do it?" The car was so well liked because it was so high off the ground, the mechanics were simple, and the car itself was incredibly strong. When a prototype Model T came out, immediately put it to the test. Ford himself took the car to the British Isles, where he drove the car to the top of Ben Nevis, the highest and toughest hill of it’s kind. When the car achieved this without a hitch, attention was drawn to it and it became very popular. Since the Model T was so successful and well built, over the course of 20 years, ...

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