“the Model T was a piece of junk”
The best part of Henry Ford and his Model T was the concept of the production line paving the way for more automobiles of different makers.
(Read a biography on Henry, truly, an amazing man)
Did you know his first factory was built, in part,from Navy salvage
Let me tell you a story about Henry Ford.
Ford was accepting bids from battery manufactures that met his exacting specifications to the letter and was lower cost than other bidders. Meticulously detailed drawings for the battery container were included in the specifications. The drawings indicated exact dimensions for the size and shape down to the exact location and size for each of the screws that held the wooden box together. The bidders wrote this off to Henry Ford’s eccentric personality and submitted bids in total compliance.
Henry Ford was showing the President of Exide around the Ford manufacturing facility after Exide won the battery contract. After visiting several parts of the Ford assembly line, the president of Exide told Henry he wanted to see how his batteries entered into the assembly process. He saw the Exide battery inspection after arrival. He also noticed the wooden battery shipping container being carefully disassembled into its component parts.
He was later absolutely astounded to observe that the wooden boards that made the box the battery was shipped in became the Model T’s floor board.