History Ford Factory picture thread,.... post here.........

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Where's the shoehorn???

 

Lets try to breath some life back into this thread,....







Back when OUR car's were considered "Import cars" to the rest of the world

 

Cool thread! I'll keep watching.

 

awesome thread

 

I'm running out of pictures guys,.... anybody else got some ?

 

I believe the guy on the left is checking the thickness of the paint. My Dad was a painter his whole working career, and said they only wanted so much paint used on the cars, the boss had a magnet that could tell him if to much paint had been put on. Dean

 

GREAT pictures, thanks.

 

Thats not a '32 Ford Coupe. It,s a British / European '32 Ford Tudor 4 cyl with the standard suicide doors ( wooden frame ) and side lights on the front fender.

 

Cool pics. Sorry if some are repeats.

 

Oh man, this is right up my alley. I go to Detroit once or twice a month and explore/photograph industrial ruins. The picture T-Time posted of those 1913 Model T's going together was at the Model T plant in Highland Park, just north of downtown. That very spot in the picture is still visible on one of the remaining buildings. It's on John R Street which runs parallel with Woodward that fronted the main complex. Although the factory that revolutionized the world with the moving assembly line is gone, along with the main powerhouse, some of the administrative buildings and all the shipping/receiving and engine testing buildings remain. Here's a few shots I took of the Highland Park Model T plant a few years ago.

 

A little further north of the Highland Park plant is Ford's first property. Henry leased a plant on Mack Ave. prior to this, but the Albert Kahn designed plant on Piquette Ave is the birthplace of the Model T. The plant began operations in 1904 and was sold to E-M-F (Studebaker) in 1912 in preparation of the move to the Highland Park plant (1913-1927) In the summers you can tour the building. The 3rd. floor remains untouched including the original paint on the walls from the early days of Studebaker.

Piquette Ave lies in the heart of the Milwaukee Junction, a major railroad head. It's a small street off Woodward but at one time it was the epicenter of turn of the century automobile manufacturing. Piquette was home to Ford, Studebaker, Regal Motor Car Co, two Fisher Body plants, and I believe Autocar.

 

Here's one more little bit of Ford history. The delapatated building in the center is the 1916 AAA of Michigan building. The large building behind it to the right is the United Artists theatre. The smaller gray-ish building behind that is the Michigan Building. The footprint of this building covers 58 Bagley Street on the outskirts of Grand Circus Park in downtown Detroit.

That address was the home of Henry and Clara Ford around 1901. It was in the coal shed behind this house that Ford built his very first car. Its the one that rumor had it was too large to get through the door so Henry grabbed an axe and started knocking out bricks till the door was wide enough. If you see historical pictures of the shed you'll notice one door is wider than the other, supposedly that's the reason

 

From all this to today !
http://info.detnews.com/video/index.cfm?id=1189

I like the old days

But the last sentence makes sence why they went to Brazil........

 

Awesome thread, great pics. But in a way it's hard look at them, seeing all the people working at American jobs. You know, the thing that made us #1.

 

Just trying to give this thread a last breath,... cause it looks like it may be dieing.

 

Well it's not exactly a Ford factory, but it is a FoMoCo motor (337) being installed!

 

Btt

 

Hopin this works and hasnt been posted yet. Im computer illiterate.

 

Hope its even ford. Typed in ford and this came up. Sorry if its not.

 

guess this factory???

 

Eagle eye Henry

 

ZAZ, from Russia with love

 

How about some Ford plant locos that were dressed up to look like cars?!?!? Later, Gary