Inventor of the famous company Ford

HHe was born in Washington D.C OOn the 30 th July 1863 HHe was an entrepreneur in business

Education Henry Ford went to a local grade school in Michigan. He dropped out of school to go and work on his father’s farm. He went back to Stratton business College in Detroit.

FORD MODEL T (FORD MODEL T)  Ford made his first motorised car in  It was called the model t and was very famous because it was so cheap  In its first year, it was already America’s most popular motor car, with over 1 hundred sales in 3 months.

FORD CORTINA 11963 was the year that Ford made the Cortina. TThis was a basic car, but Lola tuned it up so that it became famous. FORD MUSTANG  In 1964 Ford Introduced the first Mustang, in three models. There was a convertible, a hard top sports car, and a hard top. It was an extremely big hit in America. It was also cheap to make, so it was extremely helpful to ford’s business.

The greatest racing success in the history of Ford. In 1964 Henry Ford junior, was very big into his racing. He was trying to buy over Enzo Ferrari as a gate to race success. Enzo played along but dropped out of negotiations. Ford was annoyed so he set out to make his own racecar. With the help of Lola’s bodywork, he made the Ford GT40. He won many of the races against ferrari for 4 years. It was called the gt40 because it was 40 inches tall. (Ford GT40)

 Henry Ford also invented the moving assembly line. OOriginally the idea of the assembly line came from Vince Clark HHenry Ford took his concept and used machines to do what workers used to  The moving assembly line had a huge impact on workers, many were fired from there jobs.  This also speed up the production of the model T from twelve hours to ninety-three minutes

 Henry ford got married to Clara Ala Bryant in 1888  They had one child,Edsel Ford  She died of cancer in May in 1943  Henry Ford was suppose to became president of Ford Motors Company BBut he was 80 at the time and mentally unfit BBut the directors still elected him anyway

HHenry Ford died in 1947 at the age of 84 TTwo years before he died he retired and gave the position of president of Ford Motors to his grandson, Henry Ford II or as he’s also known Henry Ford Junior Henry Ford Junior

Background, education and Quotes By Daniel Murray Ford, and The greatest racing success in the history of Ford By Evan Langrell The Moving Assembly Line, later in Life and Death By Ben Wilson !Thanks for listening!