It’s great that you are quite interested in the early cars, the Brass Era & the innovations that came from the early pioneers. Please check your history however. R E Olds was way before Ford. Olds MotorWorks was founded 1897 & then REO Motorworks 1904. He was the one who invented mass production(1901) while Ford was 1911. There were many other innovations from him including the supply chain concept(helping the Dodge Bros) & even the self propelled riding lawn mower(1922). He was called the Great Teacher as he shared his knowledge with anyone who asked, including Ford. R E Olds was my great grandfather
Well first of all Debbie, thank you for your comment. I am actually impressed that a descendant of one of the great pioneers in this field watched my video submission. I hope you enjoyed it. I was actually exposed to a 1918 Oldsmobile as a kid whereas my neighbor used to pull it out of his garage and give is kids a ride now and again. I do realize there were others before Ford, such as your great grandfather who made many important contributions to the automotive industry and in no way did I intend to take away from any of the early pioneers with what I submitted. If you note, I did state that Ford was a great contributor and the video mainly emphasized what most people know about cars is what they drive now, not where they started. I also explained that many of the controls on a Model T would not do what you would expect them to do. I do want to thank you for adding your input and I am impressed that I got to converse with a direct descendant to an automotive great! Ed
It’s great that you are quite interested in the early cars, the Brass Era & the innovations that came from the early pioneers.
Please check your history however. R E Olds was way before Ford. Olds MotorWorks was founded 1897 & then REO Motorworks 1904. He was the one who invented mass production(1901) while Ford was 1911. There were many other innovations from him including the supply chain concept(helping the Dodge Bros) & even the self propelled riding lawn mower(1922).
He was called the Great Teacher as he shared his knowledge with anyone who asked, including Ford.
R E Olds was my great grandfather
Well first of all Debbie, thank you for your comment. I am actually impressed that a descendant of one of the great pioneers in this field watched my video submission. I hope you enjoyed it.
I was actually exposed to a 1918 Oldsmobile as a kid whereas my neighbor used to pull it out of his garage and give is kids a ride now and again.
I do realize there were others before Ford, such as your great grandfather who made many important contributions to the automotive industry and in no way did I intend to take away from any of the early pioneers with what I submitted. If you note, I did state that Ford was a great contributor and the video mainly emphasized what most people know about cars is what they drive now, not where they started. I also explained that many of the controls on a Model T would not do what you would expect them to do.
I do want to thank you for adding your input and I am impressed that I got to converse with a direct descendant to an automotive great!
Ed