Ford Motor Company Essay Research Paper The

Ford Motor Company Essay, Research Paper

The Ford Motor Company

This is the story of the Ford Motor company. I am going to take you on a

journey through time to start us off on July 30, 1863 in Dearborn Michigan. That

is the date of the birth of one of the most well known men of all time, Henry Ford.

When Henry was sixteen he walked to detroit and apprenticed himself to a

mechanic for two dollars and fifty cents a week but his boarding cost three so he

worked nights for a watchmaker to make ends meet. Later in 1884 Henry took of

a little farm his father gave him. He got married and seemed settled down but

after two years Henry moved back to Detroit and worked as a night engineer for

the Detroit Edison Company.

In 1899 Ford helped organize the Detroit Automobile Company. Ford

wanted to build cars that didn’t cost a lot so many people could afford them but

Ford’s partner’s disagreed so Ford sold out and moved on. In 1903 Ford

developed the Ford Motor Company with only twenty eight thousand dollars. That

money came from eleven stockholders. Ford converted a small Detroit Wagon

Factory into an automotive plant and was staffed with ten people.

The first car Ford produced was the model A. Ford sold seventeen hundred

model A’s in the first fifteen months of production. Beetween 1903 and 1908 Ford

and his engineers used the first nineteen letters of the alphabet to name their

masterpieces but some were experimental and never made the line. In 1908 Ford

created the Model T, the car was a drastic improvement over all the previous cars

and became an instant success. By 1927 Ford had sold more than fifteen million

model T’s.

On May 31, 1927 All Ford plant’s shut down to retool and improve upon the

fifteen year old design of the model T. The result was the second Model A, it was

a vastly improved car in all respects. It came in many body styles and a wide

variety of colors. Beetween late 1927 and 1931 more than four million five

hundred model A’s rolled off the assembly line. But even the model A had to have

an end and it came in 1931 when consumers demanded more luxury and more

power out of their vehicles. This demand gave birth to the legendary Ford V-8.

The public saw the engine for the first time on April 1, 1932. Ford was the first

company in history to cast an eight cylinder engine in one engine block.

In 1938 Ford produced the Mercury which had the V-8 that was now eight

years old. The Mercury was Ford’s entry into the growing medium price range.

Sadly in 1942 all production on civilian driven cars came to a screeching halt.

Iniated by Edsel Ford the company converted to wartime and produced 8,600 four-

engined B-24 “liberator” bombers, 57,000 aircraft engines, over 250,000 jeeps,

tanks, tank destroyers, and other pieces of war machinery and all under three

years. Edsel Ford died in 1943 when his war program was at it’s peak. Henry

Ford took over as president again until, Henry Ford II, Ford’s oldest grandson could

take over on September 21, 1945.

In 1954 the Thunderbird, an American classic, joined the Ford team. The

1955 model was a two seater sports car. The Thunderbird’s introduction single-

handedly started the personal luxury car segment of the market in the United

States. The original Thunderbird came with the famous Ford V-8 engine that

produced one hundred and sixty horsepower and had a three speed manual

transmission. The thunderbird also came with a convertible option. The roof was

detachable and plastic.

On April 17, 1964 at the world’s fair in New York The Ford Motor Company

unveiled it’s new adddition. The Mustang with it’s long hood and short rear deck

had a sporty look and caused a craze. The Ford designers had predicted a sporty

car would appeal to the world war two baby boomers. The Mustang had all the

characteristics of a expensive sports car but along with Ford tradition was in the

mid price range. Dealer’s had twenty two thousand orders for the mustang in it’s

first day of production.

The mustang sported quite a few engines when first introduced in 1964 1/2

you had the option of five engines. A 170-6cyl was available. There was the 260-

2v which was still slow but getting there. There was the 289-2v and 4v the four

barrel was fast but no match for the 289 hi-po which had high compression heads,

performance cam shaft, and 3/4 stroke crank shaft. The 289 hi-po created 271

horsepower and wouldn’t die out until 1967. In 1965 no engine changes were

made because it had been only six months since the Mustang had been

introduced. Even in 1966 the only engine change that was made was to get rid of

the 260-2v. In1967 the 200-6cyl was introduced and the 170-6cyl was discarded.

In 1968 the 302 “big gun” came about. In 1968 1/2 Ford created the 428CJ and

also Ram air was invented

which is a process of running ducts from the cars air sc

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