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Henry Ford: Innovator Until He Wasn't

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ย. 2018
  • Ford has always been thought of as the "father" of the car, when of course he wasn't. But how did his name become so popular? And what happened when his innovation, wasn't so innovative anymore?

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  • @ProfessorPolitics
    @ProfessorPolitics 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5239

    "Ford has his security team shoot striking workers."
    *Two minutes later*
    "Ford identifies as a pacifist."
    That's, uh, a serious disconnect.

    • @gargoyles9999
      @gargoyles9999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +610

      Professor Politics well those workers are pretty passive now aren't they

    • @Ken19700
      @Ken19700 5 ปีที่แล้ว +343

      The way people see ourselves is almost always different from the way we really are. It's not uncommon for people to fall back on some cognitive bias to justify actions that fall outside our perceived norms.

    • @michaelporter2103
      @michaelporter2103 5 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      Ford was a nazi.

    • @xanderwitcher7714
      @xanderwitcher7714 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Joel Atwater pretty sure ford was a legitimate Nazi but I don’t remember where I saw that

    • @PenneyThoughts
      @PenneyThoughts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @Joel Atwater Historians disagree...H Ford was an antisemite: th-cam.com/video/7SVJBwb9RRg/w-d-xo.html

  • @jetmr_5043
    @jetmr_5043 4 ปีที่แล้ว +836

    “VOID THE WARRANTY IF THE CAR IS PAINTED ANYTHING OTHER THAN BLACK” -Henry

    • @jn1mrgn
      @jn1mrgn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Because other paint colors wouldn't hold up back then.

    • @jetmr_5043
      @jetmr_5043 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      bleuflamenco still sounds like ford propaganda

    • @R2FilmProductions
      @R2FilmProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The quote was you can have any color you want as long as it's black.

    • @Bowiiihowdy
      @Bowiiihowdy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well look what happened when the changed the colors.. we got the great depression. It's all etzels fault

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "but it's painted very very very dark blue!"

  • @heeltoeautomotive4962
    @heeltoeautomotive4962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +594

    Edsel: “how about we build a car that isn’t basically a tractor?”
    Henry: “TRACTORSSSSSSSSSS”

    • @adrianvegas371
      @adrianvegas371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      this made me laugh XD

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Henry: "they can be any color you want."
      Edsel: "are you feeling ok fo--"
      Ford: "as long as it's black, or black."

    • @alfonzom6
      @alfonzom6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Insert bob semple

    • @Aviralol
      @Aviralol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alfonzom6 Lmao

  • @MercFromStalker
    @MercFromStalker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2061

    “You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain”
    Henry Ford in a nutshell

    • @sydney5987
      @sydney5987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Idk he was kinda a fucked up racist for a while before a lotta the bad stuff in this video

    • @bonkboye8191
      @bonkboye8191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      When was he a hero? He's always just been an opportunistic antisemite

    • @bonkboye8191
      @bonkboye8191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Y B you probably think your sibling is the greatest wife youll ever have

    • @watchout3811
      @watchout3811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bonkboye8191 I see you're subbed to theneedledrop th-cam.com/video/JG-UVv8cZ9s/w-d-xo.html&t=20

    • @Gameprojordan
      @Gameprojordan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@bonkboye8191 ford is literally credited for standardizing the assembly line in a practical way that people could copy which created a massive amount jobs and basically created the foundation of the middle class of america. he will forever be remembered for that whether or not you bitch about his views (which by the way were very common views back then, nearly all nations whether black white asian middle eastern etc disliked jews for centuries until some western nations could use it to their advantage during ww2 to demonize germany) you're using a modern point of view to complain about the general line of thinking 100 years ago, it makes you sound really stupid

  • @jrcautomotive4319
    @jrcautomotive4319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1142

    I didn’t know people actually thought Henry Ford invented the car.

    • @jn1mrgn
      @jn1mrgn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Evidently Obama does.

    • @brittneybrisbin744
      @brittneybrisbin744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      That was pretty much what I was taught in school. I remember being shown a video in high school which said that, prior to the invention of the Model T, everyone got around in a horse and buggy.

    • @jrcautomotive4319
      @jrcautomotive4319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Brittney Brisbin well that isn’t wrong, he definitely popularized it and made it affordable, but it was invented before he was even born if I remember correctly

    • @brittneybrisbin744
      @brittneybrisbin744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@jrcautomotive4319 I was going to edit my comment and say that I knew it wasn't technically wrong, because he did make the car more accessible to everyday working class people, but the program I saw did state that he invented the car rather than improved on and popularized it. Also, I just did a couple quick Google searches. Henry Ford was alive when the first car was invented. He was born in 1863, while the first car was invented in 1885.

    • @jrcautomotive4319
      @jrcautomotive4319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brittney Brisbin oh alright, thank you. I think I was confused between Ford and someone else.

  • @RoverStorm
    @RoverStorm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +732

    You uh, forgot to mention one of the most notorious lawsuits involved with Ford: Dodge vs. Ford Motor Company. In it, the Dodge brother's accused Ford of spending the profit of the company on higher wages for the employees and lowering the price of goods, rather than maximizing profits for the shareholder's (as the Dodge brothers owned about 10% of the company, second only to Ford himself). The courts ruled in FAVOR of Dodge, setting the precedent. Oh, and then the Dodge bros used the money from the lawsuit to open their own competitor company. I get why Ford was upset.

    • @Turshin
      @Turshin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Ford was an ass to the Dodge brothers. Mopar or No Car

    • @cjlove9087
      @cjlove9087 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      The lawsuit happened in 1919 and Dodge was already in production for over 5 years by that time. You are correct about the other aspects of the lawsuit though as Ford wanted his workers happy and share in the American dream so that they could be better employees. Ford was selfish and conceited on some levels as far as not giving individual credit to those under him and a good employer to those who didn't desire recognition in that regard.

    • @Helaman1111
      @Helaman1111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Turshin if you own Mopar, you might as well have no car.

    • @spencereldridge5462
      @spencereldridge5462 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Turshin sorry friend, ill stick with reliability and quality over the Mopar, thanks

    • @alis4328
      @alis4328 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      turshin dodge is one of the shittiest car manufacturers on the planet. Won't be long until even chinese cars surpasses fiat chrysler in every way.

  • @baconsir1159
    @baconsir1159 4 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    “Ford became known for its quality and affordability”
    What happened

    • @garyjohnson6858
      @garyjohnson6858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      they started making most of their cars in mexico and brazil

    • @dovahkiin_brasil
      @dovahkiin_brasil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@garyjohnson6858 as far I know the parts are made in other countries, those factories only assemble them into cars

    • @adrianvegas371
      @adrianvegas371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@qemdrive when you realise fix and repair mean the exact same thing, makes sense for someone like you though.

    • @jamesrichards2720
      @jamesrichards2720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Globalism.

    • @TH3W0LF100
      @TH3W0LF100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@adrianvegas371 Found On Road Dead then

  • @dfens1987
    @dfens1987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +467

    You totally glossed over ford and hitler having life size portraits of each other in their offices.

    • @njfhighlights5355
      @njfhighlights5355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Lol they did? Imagine having a picture of yourself in one of the most powerful leaders, despite being so bad. What a power move?

    • @dfens1987
      @dfens1987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@njfhighlights5355 its true.

    • @former-smartguyy1275
      @former-smartguyy1275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Holy shiiiiii

    • @copeharder7554
      @copeharder7554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      KEK

    • @vikeghawlimz965
      @vikeghawlimz965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Based

  • @sampatterson8986
    @sampatterson8986 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1498

    This video: 10 minutes long until it wasn't

    • @preussen4983
      @preussen4983 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I saw ya on ISP's Channel

    • @fuckablepancakes1969
      @fuckablepancakes1969 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think not

    • @LOLquendoTV
      @LOLquendoTV 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Youre basically justin y at this point

    • @el1tefire252
      @el1tefire252 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sam Patterson We thought guardians couldn’t die until they did

    • @Crusader-ct1qv
      @Crusader-ct1qv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sam Patterson was the new Justin Y until he wasn't.

  • @rayceeya8659
    @rayceeya8659 5 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    Just thank the car gods every day that the Model-T's control layout never caught on. You had three peddles on the floor and none of them were the throttle, that was on the steering wheel next to the spark advance. You had one peddle that was your reverse gear, one that would shift either between high and low gear, or low gear and neutral, depending on where the handbrake lever was, and the third peddle was a brake.
    It was fine for cruising down the highway, but can you imagine how awkward it would be in heavy traffic.

    • @alainarchambault2331
      @alainarchambault2331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Makes ya wonder when it finally started to make sense.

    • @RobRandomVids
      @RobRandomVids 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Alain Archambault top gear did a good segment on that

    • @SquishyZoran
      @SquishyZoran 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ray Ceeya You’re absolutely correct! I owned a 1926 for 12 years or so but I found it easy and was driving it within 5 minutes of bing shown by the previous owner! They layout was the right pedal was the brake,the middle was reverse and the left was how you went, down all way was low,out was high and in between was neutral. I only drove it around town but my leg would get sore since I could only keep it in low.

    • @stephenbinion6348
      @stephenbinion6348 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I’ve driven one. Nothing at all is intuitive to us today. I stalled it several times due to the neutral position on the left pedal only being half way down. The system is easy for someone that had never driven though. The owner of the T model’s son was seven and could drive it without issue. He didn’t know that that pedal should have been a clutch and go all the way to the floor to stop.

    • @rayceeya8659
      @rayceeya8659 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yeah the one nice thing about it is you can cruise down the road without even the pedals. So I guess Henry Ford invented cruise control too...
      Really though, that's how a lot of old tractors work. When you're harvesting or plowing a field you just want to set your machine's speed and trundle off at the most efficient speed.
      When I was a kid, my dad had old two cylinder John Deeres with hand throttles, hand clutches, and differential brakes. So to come to a full stop, you throttled back, with your right hand, disengaged the clutch, with the same hand, and then used both feet on both brakes. Left hand stayed on the steering wheel.
      Also, if you were really good, you could change gears on the fly while turning by using your right hand on the clutch, your left hand on the snifter, and steering with your feet on the differential brakes. I never got that good.

  • @HunterShows
    @HunterShows 5 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    The Success wasn't meant to go fast. It was a highwheeler. It was meant to drive through high water, mud, rocks, debris in fields. It was like an off road vehicle. Besides, it was considered dangerous to drive 20MPH at that time. Roads weren't smooth and clear. You don't judge a tractor by its top speed.
    Now don't get me started on Edison, innovator until he wasn't...

    • @klobiforpresident2254
      @klobiforpresident2254 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Edison, innovator until things to claim as his own dried up.

    • @MrMarinus18
      @MrMarinus18 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Edison was an innovator until the very end. Innovator just means you are constantly trying new and inventive ideas. It doesn't have to mean those ideas are going to be successful. For example he tried to make an entire house from only concrete. The upside was that it was dirt cheap, the downside was that people don't like looking at walls of concrete or want to have other people look at it. He didn't allow for his homes to be plastered as it would add to the price and he seemed to like the look of concrete. He made over 10.000 of the concrete homes, almost none sold.
      He even sold concrete furniture like chairs and couches.
      He also tried to get into the car making business but unlike most he was insistent on an steam powered car. The thinking was that it would be cheaper and could run on any fuel available. The problem of course is that steam engine don't have anywhere near the power to weight ratio of internal combustion engines.
      Henry stopped being an innovator because he stopped innovating and became very conservatist.

    • @HunterShows
      @HunterShows 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Edison was a litigator until the very end.

    • @gamanbyna
      @gamanbyna 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      my R/C car is faster than that

    • @debbylou5729
      @debbylou5729 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MrMarinus18it exactly means it will be successful or an improvement. Literally

  • @tf2engineer260
    @tf2engineer260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +329

    GM: “name your price”
    Ford: *names his price*
    GM: “no”

  • @KipTM
    @KipTM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2479

    Ok but why does your self insert look like Vladimir Lenin

    • @dexecuter18
      @dexecuter18 5 ปีที่แล้ว +508

      Seize the means of auto production.

    • @RezSniper37
      @RezSniper37 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Was just thinking the same thing haha

    • @itsmealex8959
      @itsmealex8959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Why does Vladimir Lenin looks like the insert? - Aristotle

    • @theleviathan2627
      @theleviathan2627 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      You question the presence of Vladmir Lenin?
      TO THE GULAG WITH THEEE!!!

    • @Kurwabobr00
      @Kurwabobr00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It is.
      so i'm not the only one
      to wonder why that is.

  • @psyxypher3881
    @psyxypher3881 5 ปีที่แล้ว +571

    Both channels in one day? Surely a sign of the end times.

    • @dixiefish0173
      @dixiefish0173 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      psyxypher nah bro just means he has extra time now to make videos 😄

    • @LMMSkits
      @LMMSkits 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Where those alternate nations videos? Lol

    • @addaccount9246
      @addaccount9246 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Obviously something happened to him .............

    • @garrettallen7427
      @garrettallen7427 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      PRAY OH YEE SINNER! THE END IS NIGH!

  • @muuubiee
    @muuubiee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +809

    You didn't mention that Ford revolutionized working hours, being the main drive in making working days 8hrs instead of 12-16hrs, while still earning the same.

    • @Taylor-pz7cj
      @Taylor-pz7cj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      As well as two day weekends.

    • @aaronlandry3934
      @aaronlandry3934 5 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      muuubiee Yeah, he definitely wasn’t a good guy by our current standards, but he certainly was by then standards, and the improvements he made to their lives are still felt to this day

    • @GerardKean
      @GerardKean 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Wow it's been years since I've heard that bullshit - The actual story en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-hour_day

    • @aaronlandry3934
      @aaronlandry3934 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Gerard Kean Well, he was partially correct.
      “On 5 January 1914, the Ford Motor Company took the radical step of doubling pay to $5 a day and cut shifts from nine hours to eight, moves that were not popular with rival companies, although seeing the increase in Ford's productivity, and a significant increase in profit margin (from $30 million to $60 million in two years), most soon followed suit.”, from that Wikipedia article that you cited.

    • @EmperorNero
      @EmperorNero 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@GerardKean Nope you're wrong Ford inspired the eight hour work day. The government didn't really do shit.

  • @michaelplitt2135
    @michaelplitt2135 5 ปีที่แล้ว +444

    Henry Ford was not a saint. But he fought with his investors to get better pay for workers. At least in the beginning. He believed the workers should share in the profit and they should be able to afford a car. I don't see that by any company today.

    • @susannebemis3311
      @susannebemis3311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Also he sold more cars by paying his workers better

    • @jannadrielcervo7753
      @jannadrielcervo7753 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@susannebemis3311 Isn't that a good thing. You aren't alienated from what you made.

    • @Yingyanglord1
      @Yingyanglord1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      the main issue is most companies now a day have forgotten that , hell thats basically why detriot failed they fired the workers the main consumers

    • @democracydignityhumanrights
      @democracydignityhumanrights 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Biao Wang hard to buy anything when your community has all its jobs shipped overseas by greedy capitalists trying to make billions rather than just be happy with millions they already have.

    • @democracydignityhumanrights
      @democracydignityhumanrights 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yingyanglord1 that’s because greed is blinding not innovative, we can see this in Henry’s own life with his fear of trying new ideas because he was afraid of losing profits. Causing him to wait too long and then lose out anyway because the Great Depression hit, but these sociopaths can’t ever take the blame themselves so instead he blamed his son’s good idea.

  • @350FPS
    @350FPS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +849

    Yes! Make that video on how the Car changed American culture =)

    • @evanohlsten7814
      @evanohlsten7814 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yea that would be cool

    • @worsethanjoerogan8061
      @worsethanjoerogan8061 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You could argue it made the modern city viable, it was a huge deal

    • @mickeyg7219
      @mickeyg7219 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm willing to bet that the video is going to mention that Ford's success is what led to a decline in public transportation investment in the US.

    • @natanshick
      @natanshick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Even the world culture

    • @jonchappell3607
      @jonchappell3607 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah!

  • @afinoxi
    @afinoxi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1945

    I want a video about it

  • @jakehart-kirby5401
    @jakehart-kirby5401 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    "hard times with the public" uh not sure that's a strong enough label for opening fire on your own workers

  • @matthewwhite9721
    @matthewwhite9721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    *friendship with son over* 😡
    *now security department head my best friend* 😍

  • @joenodden
    @joenodden 5 ปีที่แล้ว +931

    So *Cadillac* (technically) originated from Henry *Ford?*

    • @TinLizzie-uc1jw
      @TinLizzie-uc1jw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      joe nodden technically yes

    • @brettdelawyer3593
      @brettdelawyer3593 5 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      So did Dodge (technically).

    • @fk4515
      @fk4515 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      no the Model A (the first one) was a dodge chassis and engine, Ford's "assembly" plant mated a purchased body to the Dodge sourced chassis, put wheels on it and it was complete. Without the Dodge brothers (or whoever would of made the engines, transmissions, chassis , steering, brakes and suspension had the Dodges not been around or declined to participate in Henry's little project) there would of been no Ford, but without all the money the Dodge Brothers made producing parts for Ford there wouldn't of been any Dodge cars either. I'm not to sure that Henry had much influence on what eventually started rolling out of the Cadillac plant.

    • @joenodden
      @joenodden 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Capt. Beak Dude you lost me with those random parenthesis.

    • @pillihpzelaznog2017
      @pillihpzelaznog2017 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      This is why Henry Ford is known as the godfather of cars. Even though so many deny it..

  • @MiYa-ht5hf
    @MiYa-ht5hf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    Guys i think he and Alternate History hub are the same channel just saying

    • @tristanovic2-531
      @tristanovic2-531 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      No, it's just a chinese knockoff.

    • @MrTohawk
      @MrTohawk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      You think Tyler and Tyler are the same person? Preposterous

    • @nefariousgremlin7554
      @nefariousgremlin7554 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      OH MY GOD IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW, YOU HAVE OPENED MY EYES TO THE TRUTH. TEACH ME YOUR WAYS O WISE ONE

    • @anthonynocera3846
      @anthonynocera3846 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      MrTohawk actually Cody is the guy who runs alternate history hub, he also was the one who originally made this channel

    • @marcelob.678
      @marcelob.678 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You mean to say that the self described second channel of alternate history hub is owned by the same guy from alternate history hub?! Get ooouuuuttt no way

  • @steveskouson9620
    @steveskouson9620 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    First car I ever changed an engine in,
    was a 1929 Model A Victoria. Car was
    owned by a good friend's parents. This
    friend has a sister. Yep, named Victoria!
    They also had a 1957 Ford Fliptop.
    (Skyliner.)Changed main bearings
    in THAT one, with the block in the car.
    My friend had a 1962 Chevy Corvair,
    a convertible model, that he turned
    into a Spyder. (In 62, the turbo Spyder
    model VINs ran consecutively with the
    base models, so no one ever found out.)
    THAT car was AMAZING, in that he
    "blueprinted" the engine, beefed up the
    turbo, and installed a 2 BBL Weber
    sidedraft, with vacuum secondary,
    controlled by a dash switch.
    steve

  • @fordsquared537
    @fordsquared537 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I think it’s funny how Edsel was mainly focused on the styling of cars, and then the brand which the company created named after him failed in part due to consumers thinking they were ugly

  • @jetfirejosh5959
    @jetfirejosh5959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +549

    What I learned from this video: Patent trolls have been around as long as cars have. Patent trolls have always been sleezy dinks.

    • @kylemagaro9744
      @kylemagaro9744 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Patent trolls have been around as long as patents have been around. Assholes are always there.

    • @roberthaworth9097
      @roberthaworth9097 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      George B. Selden was a New York lawyer who literally drew a crude design for an internal-combustion powered car on a napkin at a restaurant. He cleaned it up, submitted it to he USPO, and got the patent, despite the fact that he had no working model to go with it (as was usually required, to demonstrate practicality of the idea). Through the years he threatened to sue anyone who infringed, and they backed down -- all except Ford. In the years between, the Selden Patent had almost as much of a restraining effect on American innovation in automobiles as those silly "man-waving-a-red-lantern", 5MPH speed limits, and horsepower taxes did in Britain.

    • @breakingbacon658
      @breakingbacon658 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They were around before patents! Caveman who discovered fire was forced to give away his wife and best mammoth rug to man who claim he created it. A lot of crap was thrown during the trial... probably literally.

    • @kylemagaro9744
      @kylemagaro9744 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@breakingbacon658 Ya basically what I was saying except theirs a difference between a caveman discovering fire and someone filing a broad patent that can be applied to so much that millions of products can be under the patent.
      If a caveman discovered fire it wouldn't matter if another caveman somehow communicated to him that he discovered it first.
      And i know you were joking, but a lot of idiots aren't going to realize that and they'll think cavemen actually had trials.

    • @breakingbacon658
      @breakingbacon658 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kyle Magaro the only trials they had were who could stare at ball of fire in sky the longest.

  • @Edax_Royeaux
    @Edax_Royeaux 5 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    The fact that Henry Ford took credit for his son's accomplishments and bullied him to the point to reducing Edsel Ford to tears, while Edsel was dying of cancer no less just shows what kind of black heart Henry Ford had. The only excuse Henry Ford gave was that he wanted his son to get mad, but he never did. What a goddamn troll...
    I should also point at the realities of Ford's 5$ wage: the work required on the assembly line was absolutely exhausting, Ford had a worker turnover rate of 90%, and the high 5$ wage was just an attempt to hold onto their own workers from quitting on the first week.

    • @TheClassicalConservative
      @TheClassicalConservative 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      People get paid for working harder?? Whaat?

    • @Spongebrain97
      @Spongebrain97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      IMO those workers should've burned his god damn factory to the ground. Nah just playing but yeah this is pretty sad but very interesting. Henry comes off like vito corleone in that he refuses to adapt to the changing times until it's too late but it ends with a game of thrones style wrestle for leadership of the company

    • @Edax_Royeaux
      @Edax_Royeaux 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @Wellrock Commentary Well, to Henry Ford's credit, when he held the meeting to discussing raising the wage, most of the Ford people in that meeting were absolutely outraged. You weren't supposed to be paid well for hard work, that went against Social Darwinism and Laissez-Faire Capitalism. 5$ a day for a bottom level grunt worker was completely scandalous at the time, so I will give Henry Ford credit for not succumbing to the peer pressure from the 1%.

    • @DISTurbedwaffle918
      @DISTurbedwaffle918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      IMO we should publicly torture and execute the lower class for being emotionally unstable and criminally inclined.

    • @LowestofheDead
      @LowestofheDead 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DISTurbedwaffle918 ???

  • @sekril9394
    @sekril9394 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My grandma was alive, until she wasn't, amazing video btw

  • @steamedclams5689
    @steamedclams5689 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Went to the Ford Piquette Plant. I can’t believe how long the Model T went. They have some of the rarest models of Model Ts and they look the same. He milked the same car for 20 years. Just amazing, he just thought the car was that influential. Edit: They also have one of the last model Bs on Earth. The one they have was also the first one made.

    • @evandaymon8303
      @evandaymon8303 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Part of the milking because at the time model t was super extremely cheap easy to repair vehicle.

  • @mafiousbj
    @mafiousbj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1272

    "He might have some pro german sentiments"....c'mon he was awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle by the Nazis, the highest honor for a foreigner and the first American to receive one. Even though it's said that he despised nazi militarism he definitively had some sympathy for them (as many other people did back then before the war). Maybe you avoided mentioning Nazis for fear of demonetization but certainly his later years really show a lot about his character that the model T success usually overshadows

    • @korbell1089
      @korbell1089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      Not to mention that he sent Hitler 50k reichmarks every year on his birthday

    • @DragnBludthrsty
      @DragnBludthrsty 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      I recall hearing that Hitler's own Jewish sentiments were inspired (at least in part) by Ford's thoughts.

    • @harmonlanager2670
      @harmonlanager2670 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      UberDroid Hard to have sympathy for a system that methodically oppressed millions, killed Lord knows how many people, and tried to conquer Europe.

    • @redactado266
      @redactado266 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@harmonlanager2670 what does comunism has to do with any of this?

    • @TurkishRepublicanX
      @TurkishRepublicanX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Anybody with two brain cells would support Hitler against Stalin and Churchill back then.

  • @Patrick_3751
    @Patrick_3751 5 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    It took "The Cars that Made America" on the History Channel 3 hours to explain all this and you did it in 16 minutes. Man you're good!
    And I would love to see a video on how the car changed American life! Please make one!

    • @Awesoman66
      @Awesoman66 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      They also went into more detail.

    • @TinLizzie-uc1jw
      @TinLizzie-uc1jw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The cars that made America was a really good documentary! It actually got me into cars! Then again it had a bunch of inaccurate information...

    • @joedirt6212
      @joedirt6212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A random person who is too obsessed with old cars some not a lot though but some people just opposes since they don’t like the truth but I digress it’s a great documentary another good one would be the great cars series

    • @TinLizzie-uc1jw
      @TinLizzie-uc1jw 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Moose Chocolate yeah

    • @jacktherailfan3264
      @jacktherailfan3264 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Finally I find someone else who has a steam locomotive's front end for their profile picture!

  • @stevenburgesieve7654
    @stevenburgesieve7654 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "we want your company, name your price"
    *names price*
    "that's too high"

  • @ernestfields2762
    @ernestfields2762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Hey man I would love to see you doing how Henry Ford II brought the legendary Mustang and how he won with the GT 40 on Le Mans with the help of Carrol Shelby

  • @vladimirlenin9120
    @vladimirlenin9120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2592

    “It’s not a car it’s a Jew crushing machine”
    -Henry Ford

  • @aseanidmiller1238
    @aseanidmiller1238 5 ปีที่แล้ว +494

    Henry Ford reincarnated into Elon musk to seek revenge on all those gasoline cars that stole market share from him.

    • @chorosso5259
      @chorosso5259 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Funnily enough almost every piece of tech to do with computers uses a lithium battery when it isn't just a straight up PC.

    • @BichaelStevens
      @BichaelStevens 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @axel faure time to become the Amish then /s

    • @chorosso5259
      @chorosso5259 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      the thing you're typing on is a type of computer

    • @midnightdarkchocolate
      @midnightdarkchocolate 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aseani Miller faxx as they both lied to manipulate the stock market

    • @soarel325
      @soarel325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Certainly shows in the hatred of unions.

  • @kalebbrown93
    @kalebbrown93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for recognizing RE Olds as the inventor of the assembly line. People would argue endlessly with me whenever I had to correct them on that.

  • @nematolvajkergetok5104
    @nematolvajkergetok5104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The chief designer of the Ford Model T was a Hungarian engineer called József Galamb. When he visited back to Hungary, he was invited to dine with the Admiral Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary (the head of state in the absence of a monarch) and he asked if Galamb could help his elder son to get an internship at Ford. He responded: "Only if he has the best school grades." He indeed had, as he was a very talented young man, so he was allowed to travel to America.
    István Horthy soon began at Ford as a simple factory worker and soon worked himself up to become an engineer. When he returned to Hungary he became a chief engineer at the Royal Hungarian Railways and oversaw the design process of one of the most successful steam engines ever, the MÁV Model 424 "Bivaly" (Bison). He even managed to beat the British in a tender and sell this engine to the Indian railways. Unfortunately the outbreak of WW2 prevented the actual delivery. The 424 was pretty much the Model T of railway locomotives. Horthy's experience at Ford helped the Hungarian railway industry to thrive, to the point that MÁV produced a super fast steam engine, Model 242 "Nurmi" (nicknamed after a Finnish olympic runner) which was only slightly less powerful than the fastest one ever, the British "Mallard".
    He served as a fighter pilot in the war, as a 1st Lt. of the Royal Air Force. He met a sad and early demise when he crashed with a Hungarian-built Re-2000 "Héja" (Kestrel) fighter on the Eastern front. If that never happened, Hungary's history would've probably taken somewhat different turns.

  • @MidgeCat
    @MidgeCat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    I was going to buy a car, but I couldn't A-Ford it

    • @l0necroc
      @l0necroc 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Upvote

    • @Zetswe_Nox
      @Zetswe_Nox 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for this. You should get a medal.

    • @moneyseeker8886
      @moneyseeker8886 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *couldnt*

    • @DISTurbedwaffle918
      @DISTurbedwaffle918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Now thanks to Henry, the car is more afFORDable.

    • @TinLizzie-uc1jw
      @TinLizzie-uc1jw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol your puns are legendary

  • @nathanglasovatz8335
    @nathanglasovatz8335 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Please expand on this subject. Honestly your channel is my substitute for what the history channel used to be

    • @saragates1337
      @saragates1337 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Had to scroll way too far to find this; thank you for posting it! We need more info on the impact that bringing cars to the masses had on infrastructure and society as a whole.

    • @vanzy01
      @vanzy01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🚗

    • @nathanglasovatz8335
      @nathanglasovatz8335 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe talk about and expand on what the Dodge brothers did for Ford and the innovations they made as well. They did a lot more than just help out

  • @2ndGenBen
    @2ndGenBen 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the pace of this channels uploads, its that perfect not to often to burn me out but not to infrequent to make me forget

  • @squamish4244
    @squamish4244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My great-grandparents' first car in the 1920s, which my grandmother remembered, was a Ford Model T. My grandmother died in 2012. Things change!

  • @marcodias5188
    @marcodias5188 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Lol, I got a Dodge Ram ad

  • @genericgoat
    @genericgoat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    1908: 4 Cylinders = 20 horsepower.(model t)
    2018: 4 Cylinders = 350 horsepower.(focus rs)
    2128: 4 Cylinders = 1531 horsepower?

    • @KlaraZoom
      @KlaraZoom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Generic Goat.
      I doubt the internal combustion engine will be used much in the 2100’s.

    • @stayfrost04
      @stayfrost04 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Mistake Not 2100's? I doubt Internal Combustion engines in mass production cars will be around in 2050s

    • @immichaelyeh
      @immichaelyeh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      2018: 0 cylinders = 503 horsepower (Tesla Model S)

    • @HunterShows
      @HunterShows 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Depends on how big the cylinders are.

    • @immichaelyeh
      @immichaelyeh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Better than u I think there are initiatives in countries to completely transition over in a few decades

  • @Perrirodan1
    @Perrirodan1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Hey Tyler, just a quick comment to say that your commentary and pace has improved a lot and i find your work much more enjoyable than before.Thanks for all the knowledges.

  • @Darkedge361
    @Darkedge361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    i never thought of Ford as an inventor, i've always thought of him as an innovator.

    • @maryjeanjones7569
      @maryjeanjones7569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      C&J Tech- I have only ever thought of him as a War Criminal!

    • @FecalMattur
      @FecalMattur 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@maryjeanjones7569 and genuine human POS

  • @DiorDon474
    @DiorDon474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    So Henry Ford's Model T Was Very A FORD able.

    • @matthewbrady9667
      @matthewbrady9667 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      **deep sigh**

    • @TheRealestKuni
      @TheRealestKuni 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's actually where the word affordable comes from.[Citation Needed]

    • @jannadrielcervo7753
      @jannadrielcervo7753 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember there's an old Ford advert that says something like "Have you afFord lately".

    • @marinerproductions1315
      @marinerproductions1315 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seriously?

    • @greateraviationgl91
      @greateraviationgl91 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ford Model T
      Boeing Model C
      Um...uh...idk

  • @Fishmanglitz
    @Fishmanglitz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    To quote a wise Sith Lord "Do it".
    Make the other video.

  • @MarkieDonnie
    @MarkieDonnie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We care a lot! Keep the videos coming, man! They're great, love from Panama!

  • @WattySCFC
    @WattySCFC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Dude just so you know you could get a model T in any colour. The one colour thing is a myth as the dark blue/black models lasted better due to the treatment of the metal and they were seen as more desirable.

    • @grumpyoldman3458
      @grumpyoldman3458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When Ford opened their first factory in the UK the only colour available was blue.

    • @hoodagooboy5981
      @hoodagooboy5981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sorry, not a myth. From 1914 to 1926, all Model T Fords were indeed painted black.

  • @itaybron
    @itaybron 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    A runabout, i'll steal it! No one will ever know!

  • @TheClassicalConservative
    @TheClassicalConservative 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    8:12 Jesus, the Dodge Brothers logo is actually kind of scary looking lmao

    • @JDMatthias
      @JDMatthias 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ? What's wrong with the star of David?

    • @johnschnellbach986
      @johnschnellbach986 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You think that's scary. Look up the logo for the KRIT car

  • @EarthenDam
    @EarthenDam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    And many think patent trolls are a new thing...

  • @RyuuTenno
    @RyuuTenno 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Definitely, would love to see the other videos going further into depth about the cars and Ford. I honestly doubt the Model T was the only major thing to help him launch the company. I remember seeing a show that mentioned how he bought a manufacturing plant, that was specifically built to help him mass produce cars (the Model T even, I believe), so, certainly seeing his innovations that lead to that, and many other things would be wonderful to have in future videos.

    • @fk4515
      @fk4515 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His dedication to making the Model T affordable was almost obsessive. It almost consumed him and destroyed the company. The passion or obsession he had to make the Model T as cheap as possible made the automobile available to people of modest to moderate means. This changed our country and society for both good and bad, probably in more ways then we'll ever know.

  • @votekyle3000
    @votekyle3000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    00:49 what is that piss poor example of Texas you’ve got there?

  • @arjunkaycee2517
    @arjunkaycee2517 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    What's with Vladimir Lenin?

    • @atmosfear9468
      @atmosfear9468 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Arjun Kaycee he was the 1st emperor of China and invented the lightbulb

    • @Kurwabobr00
      @Kurwabobr00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @axel faure how dare you
      miss-spell the dear leader's
      name!
      GULAG FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @SneedsterSpeedster
      @SneedsterSpeedster 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kurwabobr00 Stop.

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Arjun Kaycee Vladimir Lenin modeled his entire program for the Soviet Union's industrialization on US industrial practices - especially on Taylorism and Fordism (a sort of "Soviet Americanism")

    • @Kurwabobr00
      @Kurwabobr00 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SneedsterSpeedster what if i don't want to.

  • @TinLizzie-uc1jw
    @TinLizzie-uc1jw 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was a great video! Thanks for uploading this!

  • @jwalster9412
    @jwalster9412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Ford model T- in all of the best colors, and had so many trim options it was simply the most astonishing car of this time.

  • @flawlessbinary7449
    @flawlessbinary7449 5 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    Why is Lenin narrating the video?

    • @dayofthedaleks1523
      @dayofthedaleks1523 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Flawless Binary why isn’t he

    • @DrymouthCWW
      @DrymouthCWW 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was wondering the same thing lol

    • @Gogglesofkrome
      @Gogglesofkrome 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      what better way to go than to have a commie jew narrate muh antisemite?

    • @Kai555100
      @Kai555100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe Tyler is lenin

    • @Gogglesofkrome
      @Gogglesofkrome 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @not Shane kid judaism is an ethnicity as well as a religion, how else do you think israel enforces their judaic ethnic citizenship requirement, just to be able to even so much as live there?

  • @shikiaura
    @shikiaura 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I'd enjoy a video on the impact of cars on the world. Specifically, the detail on it.

  • @idk-rv1by
    @idk-rv1by 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have to do an essay on henry ford, so thanks for this!

  • @opposite_hedgehog_753
    @opposite_hedgehog_753 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are a better teacher than my history teacher.

  • @bigl6701
    @bigl6701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I would like to hear about America’s culture before and after the car

    • @manhoosnick
      @manhoosnick 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No Suburbia, no obesity, strong communities etc

  • @petersmythe6462
    @petersmythe6462 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Why do you keep using your Lenin sprite for everything it makes me think that there is gonna be a communist revolution there.

    • @communisttrash8590
      @communisttrash8590 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You say that as if it’s a bad thing

    • @lucky7s927
      @lucky7s927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Wish those betas would rise up already so we could shoot them down, Communists are so pathetic.

    • @peneficial1643
      @peneficial1643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@lucky7s927 why are you advocating for the shooting of people that you consider inferior?

    • @spencerhardy8667
      @spencerhardy8667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@peneficial1643 Communists aren't people lol.

    • @dvf1736
      @dvf1736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it's supposed to be him, it just looks like Lenin

  • @iBelieveEverythingiSeeOnYoutub
    @iBelieveEverythingiSeeOnYoutub 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you should do a continuation of the history of Ford (post Henry Ford/WW2 years); or a history of the automobile industry in the US in general (post WW2).Iwas definitely hoping this video would keep going.

  • @josephweeden928
    @josephweeden928 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is the kind of video essay that's great for background noise, just knowledge and minecraft on a sunday evening

  • @Poorgeniu5
    @Poorgeniu5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Ahh, Apple. Keeping Henry Ford's tradition alive!
    Also have you been watching RCR Car Stories and Dount Media Wheelhouse lately?

    • @insertausernamehere4515
      @insertausernamehere4515 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I see you're a man of culture as well

    • @Poorgeniu5
      @Poorgeniu5 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Turnip_ Well be happy; I had to do some grammar corrections after posting that comment....

  • @Ben-zg5xb
    @Ben-zg5xb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Please mention the difficulties of building roads throughout one of the world’s largest nations in just a decade

  • @joebard6817
    @joebard6817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This story is amazing. There were a lot of things I thought I knew that were completely wrong. Henry Ford needs a bio pic.

  • @hereigoagain5050
    @hereigoagain5050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the video! I would be interested in Part 2 about Henry Ford II, Bill Ford, and FMC failure to be world class.

  • @russelldavis1359
    @russelldavis1359 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Definitely a video of how cars changed America would be good

  • @WonderfulAkari
    @WonderfulAkari 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fun fact my sister was writting a book that mentioned the model T. After pointing out it wasn't invented yet I spent five hours in the dead of night finding the appropriate model for her. Listening to the audio book there are times when the car type switches and that is my fault.

    • @techfreak1182
      @techfreak1182 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What car did you two settle on?

  • @pgbrown12084
    @pgbrown12084 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Even today, Ford's cars aren't the cheapest, the most interesting, or the best. A life long legacy fulfilled!

  • @eddon4108
    @eddon4108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Living for the background music!

  • @alexsiemers7898
    @alexsiemers7898 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    This is why I compare Elon Musk to Ford; Musk didn't invent the electric car, nor was he the first to propose or do spacecraft recovery, he simply made them more practical for common use.

    • @michaelheenan580
      @michaelheenan580 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would have to agree I like that all teslas are at such a practical price and the fact that they make a very poor product in comparison to the competition in regards to finish,and having it built in such a way that if it catches fire its nearly impossible to put out because that really is what practicality is about

    • @alexsiemers7898
      @alexsiemers7898 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I say "more practical" since EVs before Tesla had these problems _and_ other issues that Teslas do take care of, such as the range and ascetic design. I know they still have a way to go in order to perfect their product.

    • @faaznoushad1718
      @faaznoushad1718 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You know , just like ford

    • @soarel325
      @soarel325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Elon Musk also hates unions and fucks over his workers.

    • @michaelheenan580
      @michaelheenan580 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I still can't see how spending upwards of 70 grand just so you can pop to the shops and back without having to charge your car for seven days is practical, you'd burn a lot of petrol before making up the difference of that practical decision

  • @klobiforpresident2254
    @klobiforpresident2254 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Huh, that was an interesting video. As a German I never thought of Ford as father of the car (that is Benz in my mind) or the father of the assembly line (while it is an older sentiment the best expression of it I saw thus far was by Adam Smith; while (IIRC) he doesn't mention production at physical assembly lines they began to crop up in his time and incorporating those was only logical). I always thought of him as one of the figures that didn't innovate, but improve. More specialisation in the assembly line (while not reaching the levels of Smith's famous pin, which was truly insane) and getting production to a large scale, using interchangeable parts to ease logistics and starting the five dollar day to solve the problem of workers going numb, which was already mentioned in Wealth of Nations.

  • @alejandrolozoya7503
    @alejandrolozoya7503 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    watching from Detroit, love these videos. Especially when they are about home! Keep it up KnowledgeHub 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

  • @deejsouza4481
    @deejsouza4481 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    great as always!

  • @MaxwellAerialPhotography
    @MaxwellAerialPhotography 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Please more videos on this topic!
    Also,
    Henry Ford reminds me a lot of Samuel Colt, who was really the father of American assembly line manufacturing. A man who had tremendous drive and talent, a brilliant technical mind, who took something that existed but was unrefined and obscure, and through innovation more in production than technical aspect, created something remarkable and world changing. Both Ford and Colt built personal industrial empires, both innovated in terms of their treatment of workers, attracted the best and brightest in the respective fields. The other similarity they share is that as time went on and their unprecedented became merely a fact of life to them, they began to stop innovating, fired or let go talented individuals who would become the leaders of the next generation in their industry. Both Ford and Colt's companies exist to this day as once truly monumental giants of their industry, but both are now mere shells of their former selves, trading on a name that means less and less every year, is no longer associated with unparalleled quality and efficiency, and in the state both comapnies currently exist in, stand no chance in hell of recapturing their former glory.
    Frankly I'd love to see you do a video on Sam Colt, or one of the early American firearm pioneers, who as much as Rockafeller, Morgan and Ford, represent that American dream and the greatest successes, excesses, and failures of 19th century American capitalism.

  • @Turshin
    @Turshin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    The dodge brothers were the investors. Thats right Ford fan boys, there would be no Ford without Dodge......Mopar or no car.

    • @KenshiImmortalWolf
      @KenshiImmortalWolf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      it sounds like there would of still been a ford without the dodge brothers, they where just two of the many investors, the only reason they where the only ones named is because of the importance of Dodge becoming a car manufacturing company separate from ford.

    • @Turshin
      @Turshin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@KenshiImmortalWolf YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID!!!!! 🤬🤬 MOPAR OR NOOOOO CAAAARRRR!!!!!! (angry whinny voice)

    • @KenshiImmortalWolf
      @KenshiImmortalWolf 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah okay buddy you just keep telling yourself that.

    • @Turshin
      @Turshin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@KenshiImmortalWolf i was joking bro. My first 3 vehicles were Fords. Now i work for FCA

    • @DISTurbedwaffle918
      @DISTurbedwaffle918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      At least Ford makes good cars

  • @angelotero7729
    @angelotero7729 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    till this day that old model T style looks beautiful I'd take one today with modern technology

  • @benjaminwinnie4626
    @benjaminwinnie4626 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    this video feels like watching a prequel series and seeing all the things that become important later.

  • @bennet761
    @bennet761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    What if alaska and north east asia was still connected

    • @tristanovic2-531
      @tristanovic2-531 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Wrong channel mate, this is knowledgeHub. What you are seeking is Alternatehistoryhub.

    • @MustraOrdo
      @MustraOrdo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tristanovic2-531 yeah but lately, AHH hasn't been his "alternate" side... just today he posted a video about Paraguay that didn't have no alternate time line explanation

    • @jaredmayo7138
      @jaredmayo7138 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tristanovic2-531 nothing

    • @jaredmayo7138
      @jaredmayo7138 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Littarly least important part of world

    • @jaredmayo7138
      @jaredmayo7138 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@H-to-O north eastern Siberia

  • @munibe8563
    @munibe8563 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I'm down for "how the car changed america"

  • @htwm012
    @htwm012 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like your going to do a history of all Auto manufacturers. Great! Cant wait!

  • @minterdaly1265
    @minterdaly1265 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the videos like these. Rockerfeller, the mafia Etc. Pls make more.

  • @LucidTyrant
    @LucidTyrant 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Two dislikes, I wonder what immortal pair of car creators that could be...

    • @davidweatherford9445
      @davidweatherford9445 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      \u\uuuu\uuuuu

    • @dshmechanic
      @dshmechanic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or, might those two dislikes be from people who know what a terrible man Henry Ford was, and how this video fails to convey that?

  • @walkialyon8507
    @walkialyon8507 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I did a history paper on Unions when I was in highschool and learned a little bit about Mr.Ford. He defiantly was one of those guys who, where it not for the competency of every one else around him, would have probably went bankrupt in the first year or 2.

    • @FecalMattur
      @FecalMattur 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolute facts. He took full advantage of them for that too

  • @roberthaworth9097
    @roberthaworth9097 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun fact: : both Dodge brothers drank themselves to death within a short interval of one another. The second brother's death was ascribed to some other proximate cause (unrecalled), but he had been a heavy drinker and, faced with running the Dodge co. alone after the death of Brother 1, drank especially heavily in the weeks prior to his own death.

  • @quacksackerthegreatstarfir6996
    @quacksackerthegreatstarfir6996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I watched the History Channel special about the American Auto industry and took great pleasure in the fact Mr. Henry wouldn't have made his Model-T without the Dodge Brothers' help. If they had lived they might have succeeded in putting Ford out of business

  • @rockingpinaple
    @rockingpinaple 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    6:36 - you reeeeally downplayed that part. Employee turnover was a huge problem for automotive industry at that time, and Ford's rate was revolutionary and considered insane by many of his competitors, who prophesied he would soon get out of business due to it (competitors who not long after followed his exaple, seeing how crazy successful it was). Also, there were some conditions one had to meet to get it, some of them pretty... interesting (for example, you had to live an "American lifestyle").
    Really cool video tho, I learned a lot new.

  • @dracone4370
    @dracone4370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would love to see a video on how the commercially affordable automobile changed the nation's dynamics. That said, I would also like to see a video addressing why the US has been so adamant about hindering the development of public transit in its own borders. Why is it the US has been so deadset on building its infrastructure around the personal automobile for so long? Why has it been only in the past decade or so that some US cities have decided to redesign themselves around pedestrians and public transit? Why is it taking the US so long to make things convenient for people who don't have immediate access to some kind of automobile or live in sparesly populated areas?

  • @hugwizard
    @hugwizard 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    why is this channel so damn good

  • @vassa1972
    @vassa1972 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video Tyler

  • @DaNintendude
    @DaNintendude 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:42 ...The Model... *_"Hey how's it going? Have you ever heard of a game called League of Legends?"_*
    That ad was a major cliffhanger. How am I gonna know what the car was??

  • @MonsieurDean
    @MonsieurDean 5 ปีที่แล้ว +510

    #FordDidNothingWrong

    • @TDenterpriser
      @TDenterpriser 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Looks like someone hates Jews

    • @minecraftminertime
      @minecraftminertime 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Totenkopf most people don't hate Jews.

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      If you hate someone for religion, you are probably the indocrinated one.

    • @jahjoeka
      @jahjoeka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He started global warming...

    • @anthonyokenwa6024
      @anthonyokenwa6024 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Im glad your channel is dying.

  • @HexagonThatReallyLikesVinegar
    @HexagonThatReallyLikesVinegar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Is that cheap?"
    Me living in Singapore,"YES IT IS"

  • @YamiPoyo
    @YamiPoyo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i want more to this !

  • @JunE-nh6bg
    @JunE-nh6bg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    1921 everyone thinks cars is art
    2019... People only drive cars as transport and thinks cars are transport

    • @imdone8243
      @imdone8243 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not car fanboys. Pfft. Too single minded

    • @garyjohnson6858
      @garyjohnson6858 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@imdone8243 no one cares about fanboys they dont even know how internal combustion works yet they claim theyre car guys just because they think they have good taste in cars

  • @dementedpurplechicken
    @dementedpurplechicken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:48 “The now long defunct Success” ironic

  • @YumegakaMurakumo
    @YumegakaMurakumo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Men Who Built America and Ford's race with Alum president is what made me have so much respect for Ford.
    Honestly without him, there wouldn't Dodge, Chevrolet etc.

  • @P4ndaBear
    @P4ndaBear 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Earned yourself a like and sub! Keep it up!