Marque of the Month
Ford Motor Company
March                            

was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford as the Ford Motor Company.
was the first automobile manufacturer to use a moving assembly line.
was the first automobile manufacturer to product over one million of the same model.
was owned by the Ford family until 1956, when it became a joint-stock company.
was the first-or-second-place (in production) of American companies for most of the 1900's.

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1908 Model S Speedster

1919 Model T Pickup

1921 Model T Depot Hack

1927 Model A Pickup

1931 Model A

1935 Model 48 Deluxe

1947 Super Deluxe

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1952 Crestline Sunliner

1957 Del Rio

1958 Skyliner

1959 Ranchero

1960 Country Squire

1961 Sunliner

1962 Galaxie

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1963 Galaxie 500

1965 Falcon Futura

1965 Galaxie 500

1966 Ranch Wagon

1967 Country Squire

1968 Galaxie 500 XL

1969 Torino GT

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1970 Ranchero 1972 LTD

1973 Pinto Squire

1977 Country Squire 1989 Crown Victoria 1994 Bronco 4x4 2001 F-150

Ford Motor Company was started after Henry Ford lost control of his first company, the Henry Ford Motor Company (which became Cadillac).  Ford Motor Company did three things in the early days of the 20th century which moved the automotive industry from makers of rich boys' toys to mass-marketers for the American family.

One - was making the Model T, the first practical and affordable mass-market automobile.

Two - was creating a moving assembly line to speed up production.

Three - was to pay his factory workers a wage that enabled them to purchase the automobiles they were making.

Ford Motor Company (FoMoCo) was sometimes a leader, and many times a follower.  Being in the hands of one family for the first half of the century made the company subject to whims that other automobile manufacturers would not have pursued.  In every decade, FoMoCo seemed to produce a defining product for a portion of the automotive market, and continues to be a leader in the global automotive industry.
 

Did You Know?
  • Over 15,000,000 Model Ts were built and sold from 1908-1927.
  • Ford made airplanes starting in 1925.
  • Ford made the world's first mono-block V-8 engine in 1932.
  • Fords came only with V-8s from 1935-1940.
  • Ford made their first 6-cylinder motor in 1941.
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