Why Ford cars becames so popular!!

How bout this...They're just plain cool!

 

Less WOOD! Trust me, as a Chevy owner I know.

 

Styling. People saved those '30 & 40's cars because they were great looking!

 

Yeah but 99.9% of anything GM built before 1955 is garbage.

 

Moefuzz,

Thanks for the education. Good information!

 

Thanks for the info Moefuzz, these paragraphs were taken from a book?

 

What does "most american" mean? Out of the nice list that Moefuzz provided, Ford is more american than the others?

 

Ford had the first affordable V8, guys coming back from the war had a hard work ethic and ambition to make something and those Fords were a good start.
There's really some cool history about cars and the USA during the WWII era, when we stopped building cars to make planes and other stuff. But that time period of invention brought us hydraulic brakes, safety glass, stainless trim and much more.
I though it cool when I pulled my 46' drums one day to see OE "Lockheed" wheel cylinders on it.

 

FORD...Quality is job one....Whats that Chevy motto...Built like a rock...should be built with a tree!

 

Ford could offer their vehicles at a better price since they controlled the raw materials that were involved in the production process. A small amount of research will tell you that he even controlled the means of delivery.

 

Henry Ford didn't invent the production line, he "perfected" it.
Henry Ford didn't invent alloy steels, he chose to use them in his bottom of the line cars.
The sheer numbers of Model Ts and Model As and their solid dependability and availability and survival made Ford the hotrod of the world. Then along came the 32-53 flathead V8 and there was no chance any other company could ever catch up.
Cars only survive because they don't lose their audience, and Fords, well they never fail to fill an auditorium.

 

Would Chevy's motto be "Planned obsolescence"?

 

Henry Ford got the idea for the assembly line from seeing the Swift & Co. disassembly line and reversed it. Thats what I hear anyway.

Its about time for this thread to be closed...

 

Nothing is more "American" than "Mom, Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, & Chevrolet"

Chevrolet U.S.A-1

 

^^^ and apparently illiteracy ^^^

 

Dyslexics Untie!

 

Malcolm Lougheed developed hydraulic brakes in 1918, Duesenberg was the first to introduce hydraulic brakes for Autos in 1921 both on production cars as well as those that ran the Indy 500.
By 1924 Chrysler, Graham and other adopted Hydraulic Brakes into their automotive lines.

Safety Glass, Invented in 1903, Was implemented and used extensively during WWI in millions of Gas Masks manufactured by Ford Motor Company.
Additionally, In 1928 Henry Ford highlighted it's use as a standard safety feature of the Model A

Stainless Steel was 'perfected' in the early part of the 20th century and by 1915 was a popular replacement for the carbon steel ribs of umbrellas as well as in the manufacture of bicycle (spokes) rims.
Stainless trim for autos was used in the 1920's but no one motor company is credited with it's first use

 

We're talking about Ford cars here!!

 

wake up

 

Hey FNG with 2 posts...
Unless you've got something worth while to add, STFU. This is a very informative thread. Lots to learn. Maybe if you kept your little comments to yourself you might not grow up to an ignorant dumbfuck. Here's a shot of some barbed wire I found today. Dick.

 

Is there anything else?

 

Fords are so popular because Chevrolet engines fit in them so well,even better than ford engines do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

ford were easy to work on, The mechanical parts stayed the same for years, so father showed son how the fix basic problems. Ford didn't like changes, the federal government had to force him to go to hydraulic brakes.

 

How did this thread become so popular, the question was answered in the third post.

 

Easier to spell and pronounce than Chevrolet or, Pontiac etc.

 

WTF....was'nt going to post buttttttttttt......

 

How long have taken those cars with wooden structure to deteriorate when exposed to the outside?, How many years? If you think that the return of WWII all started, if we talk about cars of the 30s, which perhaps were driven for ten years and then abandoned for another ten years, in conclusion may have been rotting in a span of 10 years, I think in less time too ... Does the wood was protected with a paint or wood was really adequate to resist moisture?

 

Even now if you go by a contruction site you will see the workers driving and working with Ford trucks and the bosses driving around in chevys, doing nothing. I worked at a chevy dealership for 1 year, then went to a Ford dealership for over 25 years. Ford would help an owner out after the waranty was gone, chevy wouldn't.

 

Ha,they work except when the spark plugs blow out,break off or seize on new Ford trucks.
GM stopped using wood by 1936.Ford remained popular to hot rod because it was the only low priced V8 until the 1950's.However some guys knew a well tuned Chevy 6 could keep up with a Flathead V8.

 

Where is the pic of the dead horse?