That’s a great capsule history. Thanks for sharing.
I didn’t realize Ford sold Model T cars for five years (1908 to 1913) that were hand assembled the old-fashioned way and that he didn’t introduce the assembly line until 1913. That was such a huge achievement! Can you imagine taking the assembly time down from 12 hours and eight minutes to one hour and 33 minutes? And then, a year later, making 308,000 vehicles, more than the output of all other carmakers combined. That is really astonishing. He was turning out almost 1,000 cars per day from one factory.
1000 cars a Day!!!
I’ll bet
Quality Control
Was Stretched Thin.
Another thing most people who may have heard about the Model T don’t know is that the T was a product of a progression of models, such as the K, N, R & S, that led to the T. The Model N was the best selling car in America, by far, from 1906-1908.