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Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863, Greenfield Township,MI Michigan.
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Henry Ford got a lawsuit because back then you could only make cars in you where in the Detroit Automobile Company. Henry try to get in the company but it did not work so he still made cars and when we went to court he won so he could make cars without the company.
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In the 1888 Henry Ford married Clara Ala Bryant.
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The Quadricycle was made of four bicycle wheels and was powered by a four-horsepower engine.
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In the 1901 Henry Ford designed the 26-horsepower Sweepstakes and defeated Alexander Winton's 70-horsepower Bullet in 10 laps around the one-mile oval of the Detroit Driving Club. This is a turning point in his life because it lead to a second short-lived attempt at auto manufacture, the Henry Ford Company.
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In the 1908 Henry Ford made the Model T. The Model T but the world on wheels. The Model T was a simple, affordable car. Ford sold 15 million Model Ts in May 1927. Model T was one of the best selling cars.
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Ford Company started using the assembly line. it cut down the hours for building a car form 12.5 to 1.5 hours. Also helped lower prices of the Model T
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The Ford Model TT was the first truck that Ford Motor Company made. The Model TT was based on the Model T.
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Ford's plane was nicknamed the "Tin Goose" as a reference to the Model T's nickname "Tin Lizzie". Tin Goose was the first airplane used by America's early commercial airlines.
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The Model A was Ford Motor Company's first car, to sport the iconic Blue Oval logo. It had the features like a Safety Glass windshield.
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In 1941 Ford begin producing Jeeps for the Military. The vehicles were named for there "GP," or the general-purpose designation.
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Buried in Ford Cemetery, Detroit, MI.
