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was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford as the Ford Motor Company.
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was the first automobile manufacturer to use a moving assembly line.
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was the first automobile
manufacturer to product over one million of the same model.
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was owned by the Ford family until 1956, when it became a joint-stock company.
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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
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1919
Model T Pickup
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1921 Model T Depot Hack
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1927
Model A Pickup
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1931
Model A
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1935
Model 48 Deluxe
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1947
Super Deluxe
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1952
Crestline Sunliner
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1957
Del Rio
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1958
Skyliner
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1959 Ranchero
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1960
Country Squire
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1961
Sunliner
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1962
Galaxie
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1963
Galaxie 500
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1965 Falcon Futura
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1965
Galaxie 500
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1966
Ranch Wagon
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1967 Country Squire
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1968
Galaxie 500 XL
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1969 Torino GT
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1970 Ranchero
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1972 LTD
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1973
Pinto Squire
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1977 Country Squire
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1989 Crown Victoria
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1994 Bronco 4x4
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2001 F-150
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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.
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- was making the Model T, the first practical and affordable mass-market automobile.
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- 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.
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Did You Know?
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- 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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