Typical Ford mechanic, how in the hell am I gonna get it together under the flat rate.
Woodie.
Ford Assembly Line
10 thoughts on “Fords”
My first thought was “why do I gotta push?”. The I remembered we’re talking about Fords…
Well. Maybe it was my turn to ride, for a change.
😉
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
Funny thing is – my first wreck was in a pedal car.
My aunt and uncle were pushing me around. By all accounts, a lot faster than they should have. I swerved and hit the pole for the clothes line. My face hit the big ass square nut on the steering wheel and laid my forehead wide open. Five years old and I had totaled out what would be the first of many. Got six stitches for my efforts, as well.
Good times, good times……
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
Ya know, for a Chebby guy, you sure have an eye for some nice Blue Oval iron.
Back, in the 80’s – I think, the Ford dealer in Manchester VT had gone out of business. While cleaning the buildings out; a brand new, never out of the crate, Model T was found. Just like the flat rate picture. If memory serves, Hemmings Motor News bought it just the way it was discovered.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
56 T-Bird , the epitome of automotive style.
The ’32 Sedan melted my heart!
The one car looks like the Phay-roes car from American Graffiti. Always loved that paint job.
Leigh that is one funny ass story. Of my three brothers being the youngest I was the stitches king
Dad put Mother in a ’65 4-door Falcon for a while. 3-on-the-tree and an underpowered straight six, it could barely get out of its own way. Non-power steering was real good for building up my adolescent arm muscles. I hated that POS, it was absolutely malevolent. But at least the radio worked. Kept telling Mother the muffler was too loud and needed to be replaced. Dad was not amused the night I came home with a slip of paper from the highway patrol certifying that my auditory diagnosis was correct. After some discussion, he informed me in no uncertain terms that “I told you so” was an inappropriate response on my part. Good times.
Contrary to popular legend, Henry Ford did NOT invent the production line. He simply created one with all the improvements the fellows at Studebaker had been looking to do.
Prior to 1900, the building complex for the Studebaker factory covered an astounding 40 square acres and turned out a fully finished carriage or wagon every seven minutes. Studebaker also offered some carriages with torsion bar spring suspension!
Stories circulated back in the day about how Henry Ford visited the factory and discussed at length people there about what improvements could be made to increase production and quality. Because Henry Ford had also used his influence politically somewhat better than those at other manufacturers, he became the darling on American Modernism (whether well-deserved or not so.)
This also falls in at the same time as the propaganda machine was running full tilt for Thomas Edison – not as prolific an inventor as he was a charlatan and businessman, as Nikola Tesla was only one of those he swindled out of ideas.
Henry Ford was a shrewd businessman. At the same time, he sold to the Allies, the Soviets and the Nazis.
If unchecked, he would likely have sold refrigerators to all the Eskimos.
My first thought was “why do I gotta push?”. The I remembered we’re talking about Fords…
Well. Maybe it was my turn to ride, for a change.
😉
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
Funny thing is – my first wreck was in a pedal car.
My aunt and uncle were pushing me around. By all accounts, a lot faster than they should have. I swerved and hit the pole for the clothes line. My face hit the big ass square nut on the steering wheel and laid my forehead wide open. Five years old and I had totaled out what would be the first of many. Got six stitches for my efforts, as well.
Good times, good times……
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
Ya know, for a Chebby guy, you sure have an eye for some nice Blue Oval iron.
Back, in the 80’s – I think, the Ford dealer in Manchester VT had gone out of business. While cleaning the buildings out; a brand new, never out of the crate, Model T was found. Just like the flat rate picture. If memory serves, Hemmings Motor News bought it just the way it was discovered.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
56 T-Bird , the epitome of automotive style.
The ’32 Sedan melted my heart!
The one car looks like the Phay-roes car from American Graffiti. Always loved that paint job.
Leigh that is one funny ass story. Of my three brothers being the youngest I was the stitches king
Dad put Mother in a ’65 4-door Falcon for a while. 3-on-the-tree and an underpowered straight six, it could barely get out of its own way. Non-power steering was real good for building up my adolescent arm muscles. I hated that POS, it was absolutely malevolent. But at least the radio worked. Kept telling Mother the muffler was too loud and needed to be replaced. Dad was not amused the night I came home with a slip of paper from the highway patrol certifying that my auditory diagnosis was correct. After some discussion, he informed me in no uncertain terms that “I told you so” was an inappropriate response on my part. Good times.
Contrary to popular legend, Henry Ford did NOT invent the production line. He simply created one with all the improvements the fellows at Studebaker had been looking to do.
Prior to 1900, the building complex for the Studebaker factory covered an astounding 40 square acres and turned out a fully finished carriage or wagon every seven minutes. Studebaker also offered some carriages with torsion bar spring suspension!
Stories circulated back in the day about how Henry Ford visited the factory and discussed at length people there about what improvements could be made to increase production and quality. Because Henry Ford had also used his influence politically somewhat better than those at other manufacturers, he became the darling on American Modernism (whether well-deserved or not so.)
This also falls in at the same time as the propaganda machine was running full tilt for Thomas Edison – not as prolific an inventor as he was a charlatan and businessman, as Nikola Tesla was only one of those he swindled out of ideas.
Henry Ford was a shrewd businessman. At the same time, he sold to the Allies, the Soviets and the Nazis.
If unchecked, he would likely have sold refrigerators to all the Eskimos.
F – found
O – on
R – road
D – dead
Not sure that’s as bad as
F – fix
I – it
A – again
T – Tony