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.