Henry Ford - History Cartoon

Henry Ford was an American inventor a racecar driver and one of the most successful innovators that ever lived Ford was born in 1863 on a farm in what is now Dearborn Michigan he was famous for making the automobile available to the masses and from perfecting the assembly line Ford was known for tinkering and creating things from what he had around when he was 13 his father gave him a pocket watch as a gift supposedly the first thing Ford did was take it apart and put it back together it was clear Ford wanted to work with machines one early but it wasn't until Ford saw steam engine for the first time that he knew what he really wanted to do having seen such a powerful and magnificent machine bored left his family farm and moved to Detroit to work on engines he was only 16 or continue to work on engines and continue to build it build his experience by the time he was in his early 30s Ford was building his own in 1896 four built the quadricycle hoping that the horseless carriage will become affordable for the average American he created the quadricycle by putting two bikes together adding a steering a steering column similar to the rudder on a boat and then of course adding him in having produced a machine that he thought would change the future Ford started looking for people to invest and help him produce the quadricycle on a large scale he found initial investors but unfortunately he was unable to produce high profits so multiple times he had to walk away from his business it happened to him again and again he continued to work at his machines he given if they weren't selling it and instead of giving up on his dream Ford found a new way to market his ideas Ford built a race car he called it the 999 and with absolutely no professional racing experience Ford was able to beat some of the best drivers in cars in America he used these races as a way to publicize himself in the news even though he only held the record for a short time board even broke the land speed record in the nine-nine in 1903 Ford rode his new-found racing fame and uses racing winnings to start the Ford Motor Company we still know today he began by producing the popular Model A by 1908 Andrey Ford had produced the Model T through the use of his innovative assembly line which had allowed his workers to quickly add the pieces to his cars by using the same process over and over and by 1927 he produced 15 million Model T's and accounted for 50% of all the cars on the road his success and his innovative assembly line helped him become one of the richest and most successful American businessman to ever live