Ford

Ford Company

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  • The company's founding

    The company's founding

    Henry Ford builds his first vehicle (the Quadricycle) on a buggy frame with 4 bicycle wheels, and them founded Ford Motor Company.
  • FordMobile

    FordMobile

    Company sells its first car, a two-cylinder Model A, assembled at Mack Avenue Plant in Detroit
  • First Model

    First Model

    First Model T made available to the public. Continues until 1927.
  • First Plant

    First Plant

    The Highland Park plant in Michigan begins operations as the first moving automobile assembly line in the world.
  • First Jeep

    First Jeep

    Ford begins to produce general-purpose "jeeps" for the U.S. military and shifts completely to military production starting in Feb. 1942. Civilian production does not resume until July 1945.
  • Henry Ford's Death

    Henry Ford's Death

    Henry Ford dies at Fair Lane, his Dearborn, Michigan estate, at the age of 83, dies of cerebral hemorrhage.
  • First Mustang

    First Mustang

    Was introduced Ford Mustang the car that started the "pony car" class.
  • Belts

    Belts

    Retractable seat belts introduced.
  • 75th Anniversary

    75th Anniversary

    Ford Motor Company celebrates 75th anniversary. Fiesta is imported from Europe as an entry into the economy segment.
  • First car environmentally friendly

    First car environmentally friendly

    Ford’s Taurus is the first car to have an environmentally friendly air-conditioning system [chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s) are neither created nor released].
  • 100th anniversary

    100th anniversary

    The Ford Motor Company celebrates its 100th Anniversary on June 17.