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Ford Timeline: 1863-1943
By 
Mike Davis, Editor
Related Articles:
Ford: A Century of History, Part I by Mike Davis (6/2/2003)
In the early years Ford begat Cadillac, then his own car company.
Ford Timeline: 1863-1943 by Mike Davis (6/2/2003)
Ford History II: Young Henry by Mike Davis (6/2/2003)
Ford loses two generations and ends up reinventing itself.
Ford Timeline 1943-1982 by Mike Davis (6/2/2003)
Ford History III: Edsel & Bill Redux by Mike Davis (6/9/2003)
Today's Ford bears almost no -- and quite a lot of -- resemblance to its past.
Ford Timeline: 1974-2003 by Mike Davis (6/13/2003)
| 1863 | July 30 — Birth of Henry Ford on father’s farm in Springwells Township, near Dearborn, Michigan, west of Detroit. |
| 1879 | Ford takes his first job at Michigan Car Company, a railroad-car manufacturer in Detroit. |
| 1880 | Ford begins machinist apprenticeships and moonlights as watch repairman in Detroit jewelry shop. |
| 1882 | Ford returns to Dearborn area to operate steam-engined farm machinery. |
| 1884-5 | Attends business school in Detroit part-time. |
| 1888 | Marries Clara Bryant. |
| 1892 | Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford move to Detroit when he takes job as engineer of stationary steam engines at Edison Illuminating Co. |
| 1893 | Birth of Edsel Ford; Henry begins experimenting with home-built gasoline internal-combustion engines. |
| 1896 | Runs his first experimental car, the Quadricycle, on streets of Detroit. |
| 1899 | Persuades investors to underwrite Detroit Auto Co., quits Detroit Edison; venture fails. |
| 1901 | Jobless, moves his wife and son back into his father’s home on Grand Boulevard in Detroit;
Ford, driving own car, beats Winton in automobile race, attracts investors who form Henry Ford Co. |
| 1902 | Ford withdraws but company goes on to become Cadillac. |
| 1903 | June 16 — Ford Motor Co. founded by Malcomson group; Model A produced in rented Mack Ave. plant. |
| 1904 | Company starts building Piquette Ave. plant at corner of Beaubien; still standing and being restored;
Ford of Canada chartered in Windsor, Ontario, and a Ford sales organization established in London, England. |
| 1906 | Ford overtakes Olds, Buick and Cadillac combined to become Number One automaker in U.S., a position it holds for 20 years;
Henry Ford becomes company president and majority owner. |
| 1908 | October — Introduction of legendary Ford Model T which puts the world on wheels. |
| 1909 January | January — Offer from Billy Durant to buy out Ford and fold it into nascent General Motors fails when N.Y. bankers won’t provide the cash up front that Henry demands. |
| 1910 | Highland Park plant with extensive manufacturing facilities opens, assembly of Model T transferred from Piquette which closes. |
| 1911 | First overseas assembly plant in Manchester, England; Ford wins Selden patent suit. |
| 1913 | Moving assembly line inaugurated at Highland Park. |
| 1914 | Announcement of $5 day. |
| 1915 | Purchase of land for Rouge plant in Dearborn; one-millionth Ford built. |
| 1917 | Introduction of TT truck and Fordson tractor;
September 4 — Birth of Henry Ford II. |
| 1918 | Assembly of Eagle boats at Rouge on Navy contract; Henry Ford loses Senate race as Democrat. |
| 1919 | Henry Ford buys out minority stockholders; Edsel Ford becomes president;
Birth of Benson Ford. |
| 1920 | September — Introduction of first Lincoln car, a V-8. |
| 1921 | Five-millionth Ford built. |
| 1922 | Ford Motor Company acquires Lincoln Motor Co. and begins selling Lincoln Model L. |
| 1923 | Birth of Josephine Ford. |
| 1924 | Inauguration of Ford fleet of lake and ocean vessels; ten millionth Ford built. |
| 1925 | Model T price reaches bottom of $260; First pickup truck introduced; Production of Ford Tri-Motor aircraft begins; Ford of Germany established;
March 14 — Birth of William Clay Ford. |
| 1927 | Model T production ends with 15 milllionth built; Model A introduced after 6-month shutdown for retooling. |
| 1931 | 20-millionth Ford built; Introduction of Lincoln K with improved V-8. |
| 1932 | Introduction of Ford V-8, Lincoln KB V-12 and English Ford Model Y. |
| 1933 | Ford falls to third place after General Motors and Chrysler. |
| 1935 | Introduction of 1936 Lincoln-Zephyr, Ford’s first medium-priced car. |
| 1937 | 25 millionth Ford, a Deluxe Fordor V-8 trunk sedan, built. |
| 1938 | Introduction of 1939 Mercury, Ford’s second medium-price entry. |
| 1939 | Edsel Ford impresses friends with his custom-built Lincoln-Zephyr
Continental, put into production for 1940 model year. |
| 1941 | War production begins with quarter-ton GPs (“jeeps”) at Dearborn and B-24 bombers at Willow Run (more than 282,000 GPs and 8,485 bombers are built by war’s end in 1945); First contract with United Auto Workers signed. |
| 1942 | Last civilian cars built, a Ford at Dearborn and a Mercury at Windsor, Canada. |
| 1943 | Death of Edsel Ford, Henry Ford elected president, Henry Ford II released from Navy to help run company. |
Comments (7 total)
By cameron #2, Posted: 7/22/2008
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By jared #3, Posted: 11/24/2008
henry ford
what about when henry became president of a company. that was realy important
By Daisy #4, Posted: 12/18/2008
Wrong
Jared are u retarded? it says Henry became president in 1943. Pay attention
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