Motion Pictures Ford assembly plant of the Model T

This is a wonderful video showing the first ***embly lines at the original Ford auto plant.

Neat to see those guys making the old wooden wheels, by hand mostly.

Video here of Henry riding the 15 millionth Model T off the production line.

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Yeah Henry Ford was an innovator and paid well, developed a shorter work week, etc.. But those folks worked like DOGS! Really cool vid. 15 million is a lotta tin lizzies!

 

I once heard that the workers chould only last a short amount of time like a week or 2. Why is that???

 

Cool video, thanks for sharing.

 

I could see that no health or safety so they really tore their bodies up and if they whined or complained there was someone waiting to take their job!!! I work on the ***embly line now and it tears me up!!! So back then it must have been hell!!

 

cool video.

 

Thanks NITROFC,
What a great history lesson. Wish everone was a pleased today with their automobiles as they were then. Anyway makes me proud I worked for FORD.

 

thats when people actually had a work ethic and he paid them well for the times.

 

Very true, I read a book on the whole Ford family, Henry was paying $5 a day which was unheard of back then, but he had spies working for him to make sure his employees stayed on the strait and narrow.

 

Thanks NITROFC !

 

Cool Video!

Alot of the original stamping machines that Ford had for smacking out Model
T fenders and and body panels are now making Bobcat parts in their factory in Gwinner, ND. It is interesting to see those machins still working today 100 years later.

 

I like how they are driving those little cars like they are 4x4's. But, you gotta do what you gotta do, and they sure did.

 

As the Son of a Retired Autoworker born and raised here in Detroit that Video is both amazing and sad at the same time. I p*** that plant a few times a week and am pissed that it hasnt been declared a National Landmark. My Wife and Kids enjoy the Museum and are members. When you think about what Henry Ford did for the people of this Country it's mindblowing. I wonder what the auto industry would be like without NAFTA, offshore compe***ion, and car people in charge. As a Detroiter I hope my Kids can see it turn aroud. As a man in my 40's I dont know if I will see it

 

HF was smart enough that he dictated the construction and material of pallets and crates that his suppliers shipped parts to him in. He recycled the wood into the wood parts of the car and sent the s****s out to become charcoal at his Kingsford plant.

I teach Lean Management Principles for my company. HF created methods that would be adopted by Mr. Toyoda (the original spelling) and combined with some Japanese cultural aspects to become what is known today as the Toyota Production System. All in all, it is the legacy of about 4 or 5 men that changed the world far beyond cars.