On this day June 4th
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On this day June 4th
On this day June 4th 1896 Henry Ford built his 1st automobile. Thanks Henry
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Oddly enough, Henry Ford is often credited with manufacturing the first automobile, yet he was not. He was simply the first one to actually put them onto an assembly line. He was also the one who came up with the concept of "an honest days pay for an honest days work".
Francois Duryea(sp?) was the first person to make an "automobile".
Also of note...Henry Ford also FAILED a few times before becoming successful with the Ford Motor Company. One of the companies he also started , yet sold his shares to was one which is about to go under....You might know of it...It's called "General Motors". Ever heard of it?
Weird, but true.....I'll have to dig out my Ford book again.
Francois Duryea(sp?) was the first person to make an "automobile".
Also of note...Henry Ford also FAILED a few times before becoming successful with the Ford Motor Company. One of the companies he also started , yet sold his shares to was one which is about to go under....You might know of it...It's called "General Motors". Ever heard of it?
Weird, but true.....I'll have to dig out my Ford book again.
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Oddly enough, Henry Ford is often credited with manufacturing the first automobile, yet he was not. He was simply the first one to actually put them onto an assembly line. He was also the one who came up with the concept of "an honest days pay for an honest days work".
Francois Duryea(sp?) was the first person to make an "automobile".
Also of note...Henry Ford also FAILED a few times before becoming successful with the Ford Motor Company. One of the companies he also started , yet sold his shares to was one which is about to go under....You might know of it...It's called "General Motors". Ever heard of it? Weird, but true.....I'll have to dig out my Ford book again.
Francois Duryea(sp?) was the first person to make an "automobile".
Also of note...Henry Ford also FAILED a few times before becoming successful with the Ford Motor Company. One of the companies he also started , yet sold his shares to was one which is about to go under....You might know of it...It's called "General Motors". Ever heard of it?
Weird, but true.....I'll have to dig out my Ford book again.
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled as Carl, (November 16, 1844, Karlsruhe, – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg, Germany) was a German engine designer and automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile and pioneering founder of the automobile manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz. Other German contemporaries, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach working as partners, also worked on similar types of inventions, without knowledge of the work of the other, but Benz patented his work first and, after that, patented all of the processes that made the internal combustion engine feasible for use in automobiles. In 1879 Benz was granted a patent for his first engine, which he designed in 1878.
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Running by February, 1893 and ready for road trials by September, 1893 the car built by Charles and Frank Duryea, brothers, was the first gasoline powered car in America.
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Henry Ford had an engine running by 1893 but it was 1896 before he built his first car.
We all know that Wikipedia is not reliable.
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Nope...read on:
Benz made the first internal combustion engine. Duryea brothers Frank and Charles put it together with the automobile.
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My info is taken from this site: The First Car - A History of the Automobile
We all know that Wikipedia is not reliable.
Benz made the first internal combustion engine. Duryea brothers Frank and Charles put it together with the automobile.
Also...
My info is taken from this site: The First Car - A History of the Automobile
We all know that Wikipedia is not reliable.
Ah, ok. Ya got me. Thanks for the info.
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A little more trivia for you:
Henry Ford and his engineers used the first 19 letters of the alphabet to name their automobiles, although some of the cars were never sold to public.
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Ok, here we go...
Taken from here: http://www.willamette.edu/~fthompso/...enry_Ford.html
In 1902 he left the Henry Ford Company, which subsequently reorganized as the Cadillac Motor Car Company.
