FORD HISTORY

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  • Henry ford builds the quadricycle

    Henry ford builds the quadricycle

    the Quadricycle -- on a buggy frame with 4 bicycle wheels.

  • Henry Ford

    Henry Ford wins high profile car race in Grosse Pointe, MI.

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    Henry Ford and 11 investors establish Ford Motor Co. with John S. Gray as President and Henry Ford as Vice President. Stockholders are: Henry Ford, Alexander Malcomson, John W. Anderson, C.H. Bennett, James Couzens, Horace E. Dodge, John F. Dodge, Vernon C. Fry, John S. Gray, Horace H. Rackham, Albert Strelow and Charles J. Woodall The company's cars are built in a converted wagon factory in Detroit.

  • company

    Articles of incorporation for the formation of the Ford Motor Company are filed with the State of Michigan in Lansing.

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    Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd., receives its Provincial Charter to do business in Walkerville, Ontario, near Windsor.

  • car production

    Production begins at Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit

  • Ford Motor Company purchases Lincoln Motor Company for $8 million. Edsel Ford named President of Lincoln

  • Ford regains production crown, with production peaking at 1.5 million cars

  • In Frankfurt, Ford takes part in the first International Motor Show (IAA) since the war.

  • Ford Galaxie and Ford Falcon introduced.

  • Ford becomes the first German manufacturer to double the warranty period for all cars to twelve months or 20,000 kilometers.

  • Lincoln Town Car is introduced as the company's top-of-the-line model. Ford Escort is introduced in the US.

  • Ford Australia is founded in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.