You know our teacher made us watch this and I calculate that about 100,000 of your views are from our school watching it over and over again through the years. Great video, got an A on the test.
My grandfather Pa would have enjoyed this video he died in 08. He always talked about the model T he remembered it as a child the first affordable czar for the whole average family a time when only the wealthy could afford a car. Ford was a genius when he invented the assembly line.
Paige Cat Ford didn't invent the assembly line. the concept of breaking a job town into component parts was taken from the Chicago slaughter houses and the New England clock makers are credited with perfecting interchangeable parts. Certainly by combining the two concepts and tweaking it he did make some big advances.
RichardGMoss Ford invented the idea of paying your workers enough that they could afford to buy the product they were building. What ever happened to that idea?
I wouldn't say that I force my students to watch this, but we use the video as a complement to our readings on how the Model T changed the face of America: It created jobs, triggered diners, motels, drive in restaurants and drive in theaters. Thanks for the video .
I have a 1919 Model T Runabout. It's just so much fun and unbelievable how reliable this thing is. I drive it everywhere and it never lets me down with even the least of maintenance.
Fantastic video.Thank you for posting. My jaw hit the floor when I saw that spindly wheeled model T off-roading so well. Man that car could handle itself very well.
"Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants, so long as it is black." One of Henry Ford's famous quotes about the Model T. The Model T only came in black because the production line required compromise so that efficiency and improved quality could be achieved. Spraying different colours would have required a break in the production line, meaning increased costs, more staff, more equipment, a more complicated process, and the risk of the wrong colour being applied.
Awesome video, brings me back to my childhood. My father had a Model A (I believe), with the hand crank. We also had a 1938 Ford Dump Truck. They certainly weren't the Mustangs that we see today. I myself have bee a Chevrolet fan owning several Corvettes, starting with my first car a Fuel Injected 1962 White "Vette" with red interior.
Great video, Thanks so much for sharing. I owned a model T that i bought in 1975. I just sold it 5 years ago. Best part about it was you could always find something to tinker with on it and the kids loved to ride in it.
A few facts for you: Henry Ford never said "Any colour as long as it's black." Model Ts were produced in several colours throughout the entire lifetime of the car. The standard 'Japanese Black' was the default option because of its low cost and low drying time. Different colours were available as options. Secondly: Not all employees were paid $5 a day, and it was not until a few years into production that the $5 a day wage was offered. To qualify for the $5 a day wage, employees had to submit to regular housing and family welfare checks by company 'referees'. People had to be clean, responsible towards their family and preferably, pursue a modern lifestyle (appliance ownership and company credit) and modern Christianity. He also despised unions and had private security forces on site, which was responsible for several clashes between workforces and security the resulted in employee deaths. Thirdly, as someone who is building six Model T Fords currently; there are significant differences between 1909-1927 cars and progression is in three main brackets; 1909-1915, 1915-1923 and 1923-1927. All have significant differences to the chassis, transmission, engine architecture, wheels, electrical system, cooling system, body styles/materials used and standard and available/standard accessories/amenities. I deem them as significant because parts from one car will not fit another.
In addition, the $5/day wage was something Henry Ford only embraced in response to incessant labor problems which were hurting the Ford automobile company. Henry Ford was a typical ruthless robber baron who espoused Christian values but was actually a pagan. Hitler, may his name be erased from the book, actually quoted the Dearborn Independent-a newspaper Henry Ford purchased to spread his vicious lies-in Mein Kampf. This narrator speaks with a voice of authority, but he appears to be unaware of salient aspects of this subject.
@ Bll Baerg. I welcome you to substantiate your assertions with lucid arguments instead of mere invective. Please read the following two quotations I found after a quick internet search: There’s an argument you see around sometimes about Henry Ford’s decision to pay his workers those famed $5 a day wages. It was that he realised that he should pay his workers sufficiently large sums to that they could afford the products they were making. In this manner he could expand the market for his products. It should be obvious that this story doesn’t work: Boeing would most certainly be in trouble if they had to pay their workers sufficient to afford a new jetliner. It’s also obviously true that you want every other employer to be paying their workers sufficient that they can afford your products: but that’s very much not the same as claiming that Ford should pay his workers so that they can afford Fords. So, if creating that blue collar middle class that could afford the cars wasn’t why Ford brought in his $5 a day wages, what was the reason? Actually, it was the turnover of his staff. At the time, workers could count on about $2.25 per day, for which they worked nine-hour shifts. It was pretty good money in those days, but the toll was too much for many to bear. Ford’s turnover rate was very high. In 1913, Ford hired more than 52,000 men to keep a workforce of only 14,000. New workers required a costly break-in period, making matters worse for the company. Also, some men simply walked away from the line to quit and look for a job elsewhere. Then the line stopped and production of cars halted. The increased cost and delayed production kept Ford from selling his cars at the low price he wanted. Drastic measures were necessary if he was to keep up this production. That level of turnover is hugely expensive: not just the downtime of the production line but obviously also the training costs: even the search costs to find them. It can indeed be cheaper to pay workers more but to reduce the turnover of them and those associated training costs . Source: www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/03/04/the-story-of-henry-fords-5-a-day-wages-its-not-what-you-think/#1ef111581c96 and During this period, Ford emerged as "a respected spokesman for right-wing extremism and religious prejudice," reaching around 700,000 readers through his newspaper.[57] The 2010 documentary film Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story (written by Pulitzer Prize winner Ira Berkow) states that Ford wrote on May 22, 1920: "If fans wish to know the trouble with American baseball they have it in three words-too much Jew."[58] In Germany, Ford's antisemitic articles from The Dearborn Independent were issued in four volumes, cumulatively titled The International Jew, the World's Foremost Problem published by Theodor Fritsch, founder of several antisemitic parties and a member of the Reichstag. In a letter written in 1924, Heinrich Himmler described Ford as "one of our most valuable, important, and witty fighters."[59] Ford is the only American mentioned favorably in Mein Kampf, although he is only mentioned once:[60][61] Adolf Hitler wrote, "only a single great man, Ford, [who], to [the Jews'] fury, still maintains full independence...[from] the controlling masters of the producers in a nation of one hundred and twenty millions." Speaking in 1931 to a Detroit News reporter, Hitler said he regarded Ford as his "inspiration," explaining his reason for keeping Ford's life-size portrait next to his desk.[62] Steven Watts wrote that Hitler "revered" Ford, proclaiming that "I shall do my best to put his theories into practice in Germany," and modeling the Volkswagen, the people's car, on the Model T.[63] However, Max Wallace has stated "History records that...Adolf Hitler was an ardent Anti-Semite before he ever read Ford's The International Jew.[64] Grand Cross of the German Eagle, an award bestowed on Ford by Nazi Germany On February 1, 1924, Ford received Kurt Ludecke, a representative of Hitler, at home. Ludecke was introduced to Ford by Siegfried Wagner (son of the composer Richard Wagner) and his wife Winifred, both Nazi sympathizers and antisemites. Ludecke asked Ford for a contribution to the Nazi cause, but was apparently refused.[6] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford#The_Dearborn_Independent_and_antisemitism
Thanks for taking the time to find that. After 1919 or so, he became a lot less vocal about his anti-Semitism, but the feeling was always there. Also, he was pretty deplorable in his battle to keep UMWA out of his factories. He hired private goons led by Harry Bennet to keep unions out of his factories and eventually Bennet ended up opening fire on his workforce, killing over a dozen employees at an unauthorised strike.
My pleasure. These days many intellectuals in the USA still enjoy pillorying Henry Ford yet often fail to mention he was merely a man of his times. Jew hatred and organized labor hatred were taken for granted by most wealthy Americans at the time as obvious and important components of the "good fight" just as slavery had been throughout many parts of the United States a couple of generations earlier. These facts, as unsettling as they might appear to us, need to be studied and understood instead of simply gazed upon in horror as primitive and obsolete “social relics” which have little bearing on our current age. Throughout American history, well-regarded Protestant preachers have regularly extolled the virtues of what we generally consider today to be heinous practices. Slave owners and robber barons, they argued with obviously heartfelt sincerity, were exemplifying Christian virtues. Of course this sounds bizarre to us today but typically not for the reason we like to implicitly imagine. It is not that we recognize their inherent wickedness, as we like to tell ourselves in a self-congratulatory manner, but rather these ideas have transformed have fallen out of fashion. In other words, Americans-surprise, surprise-are merely enamored by and chasing the latest trend. Many pundits and other dilettantes learn it, preach it, and believe it. Much of the same sort of wickedness Henry Ford apparently believed with every fiber of his being, dressed in different guises, is not merely bandied about today, but being publicly and sanctimoniously extolled by many powerful leaders in the West. From a Jewish perspective, our sages teach that paganism (which subsumes, for example, social Darwinism) is a natural state for man. Christians, Muslims, and Jews have been slowly but surely winning the war against paganism. It's an arduous task. Christians and Muslims do the extremely important work of converting or killing pagans. As for the Jewish “goy” (Jewish nation), we are an Or LaGoyim (a light unto the nations). As our sages teach us, a small light can penetrate a vast expanse of darkness. Once Jews are cease to live in a land, darkness will inevitably envelop it. In the meantime, we Jews have "one suitcase packed" as we vigilantly study and consider world affairs in an attempt to anticipate and outmaneuver the successors to Henry Ford and his ilk who will inevitably occasionally succeed in securing the reigns of power and use their power to torture and murder us. Each year we Jews listen and learn to the story of Purim in which Haman (an Amalekite) attempts to annihilate the Jewish people. Generally, Henry Ford is no longer fêted but rather scorned. And, of course, Am Yisrael Chai (the People of Israel lives).
Very nice! My Dad told me he learned to drive in a Model A. Henry Ford set the tone for every one else to follow that's for sure. I read somewhere he had some of his factories built so that the sun would provide the lighting through the roof panels so he wouldn't have to have the lights on during the day to save money on electricity. Pretty clever if you ask me.
A friend of my parents restored T's and A's and a Pierce Arrow during my growing up years in the fifties and sixties. The biggest thrill was riding in the rumble seat!
My first car at age 15,was a derelict 23 T roadster pickup. My parents thought it was safe as it did not run. Wrong, I got it to run and did a lot with it. I still have some parts in varius states of repair. XLNT engineering. And material as well. The fenders were far more sturdy than today's thin metl.
Mankind's innovation and strive is simply amazing! I love to see how far we have came in such a short period of time.. and in exponential times, how far we will go .. great video thanks
As Jerry Reed said, "Lord, Mr. Ford, what have you done?!" Great video. I love my 1989 Ford Bronco II. It's really an updated version of the Model T, and will go practically anywhere over practically any terrain. Keep up the great work, Ford Motor Co.!
completely amazing range of conditions that car could handle. i had no idea it was so rugged - on a level that would make it competitive with today's SUVs it seems. thanks for the video!
What a GREAT video, thank you so much. I loved watching this and learned from it too. Also love the voice of person doing it, very clear and easy to listen to. Thank you soooo much.
Great video, thanks for sharing!! Love those old cars and wish I had one! Really and truly a terrific car. Too bad they don't make them like that anymore. To LAST! Until seeing this video, I didn't know just how tough they were, they could go anywhere!!
Wonderful. Both sides of my family had someone working for Ford at various times. My father in MI drove one of these, but I do not think he owned it, but said it was great. Grandfather bought two and rode to the West from Louisville, KY and there were many stories, as he never liked to follow a car, so passed everything and once the brakes not work as well, and grandma hit him on the head with the umbrella from the back seat, which didn't help! Jo in Plano
As the owner of a 1928 Model A Ford Tudor Sedan, thank you for the history of the Model T Ford. Have you heard about the 20 Millionth Ford? Now, there is a story! It was a Model A Ford that was lost and thought destroyed, i.e., sent to the scrapheap, but it was found and restored. It was in Dallas, Texas in June 2008 for the Texas Tour.
Dad's first vehicle was an old model-T tray truck he bought after returning from WW2 for use in his green grocers business. Built in 1922 and only a year younger then dad himself.
A 4-door convertible is called a Touring. My uncle owned a 1922 model. When he was a lad in the 20's he and his brothers went in together and bought a used one. At 12 years old in Big Springs, TX he was chauffering a wealthy man in the community.
One of the most interesting things about the T is the fact that there were three pedals on the floor. None of which was the gas. High, neutral, low on the left pedal. transmission brake on the right pedal, and Reverse on the center pedal. the gas, or accelerator was located on a lever on the right side of the steering wheel, On the left was a manual spark advance lever. I love teaching people to drive my model T Ford. No one knows how to do it until I show them. Great Car!
That is so amazing seeing an average family going on a Sunday or any day drive . Those kids look excited I guess their excited because no more horse buggy . One thing that is also amazing no seatbelts or auto insurance was mandatory when purchasing . One thing too no reckless driving no drifting or donut spinning on these cars back than . It was just simple friendly driving .
This is a great video. Thanks for sharing it. I love my Mustang. Love it to death, but I'm thinking I should get a Model T for my winter driving. My poor Mustang doesn't like snow and ice. That Model T just plowed right through that snow like it was nothing. I wish the engines were simple now like they were then. I used to love working on my 1978 Mustang. My 2000 always goes to the mechanic. No exceptions. Ah, the good old days when cars were simpler and built to last.
When my dad was about 10 years old, there was an old model T in the backyard without an engine. He would make his sister get under the hood and make a loud motor sound when their little brother would come walking by. The little brother's eyes popping out of his head thought my dad was about to drive the car away.
François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car in 1807; it was powered by a hydrogen fueled internal combustion engine. The most significant thing Ford did was introducing moving assembly line production methods for the Model "T". Ford got his ideas for making cars this way from observations in both slaughterhouses and in grain warehouses where conveyor belts were used. Ford found French vanadium steel and used it in the chassis of the Model-T, and the front axle was drop forged as a single piece of vanadium steel, reducing the car's weight.
Thank you so much for going to so much trouble producing this wonderful video. I enormously appreciate this. Ford have produced many incredibly great cars.
I LOVE Fords...my E-150 van has 400,000 miles on it and still runs great, though the rust is catching up on it... I will buy another Ford van when it's time...
LOL just try to go down and over those berm like drop offs in a new ...ANYTHING today.....lmao! This is so great! Thanks for posting. Makes me want to get one of these!
My Grandfather had a Model T. He told me it had two speeds, high and low. It had a pedal on the floor that when you pressed it to the floor it would be one speed, then to shift into the second, you would simply lift your foot off the pedal. He said he would mash the gas pedal to the floor and take off and hold it as long as he could then he would let his foot slip off the pedal jamming it hard into second so it would spin the tires grabbing second gear.
I saw the movie and they showed how Henry Ford's life was when he started making the Model T cars....its a preety interesting movie especially if youre a ford fan such as myself
A very instructive video: nice videos, interesting comments, everything was done to make you to learn more about how the automotive sector as we know it today really started.
I remember my Mom telling me that she learned how to drive in a Model T. The kicker: She learned to drive at the age of 8, and used the old T-bucket to pull the plow in her grandpa's fields. By that time, the model T had already been out of production for several years
We have come a long way with cars. The T could be driven anywhere and be repaired by most anyone. Today, we drive over a small pothole and have to replace the inner struts and ball joints, at minimum. Man! That's progress.
@Lordac Not certain what you are talking about but there were a number of after market accessories for the T and it sounds as though you are talking about a speedometer which used a small gear connected to the inboard of one of the right front wheels. A cable with a pinion gear ran from the gauge on the dash to the gear on the wheel. These were not built by Ford and did not come equipped on the car. For that matter neither did the top or the spare tire. Both were accessories.
When my Mom was a kid her parents would take her with her two sisters to a beach on Lake Erie. This was in the early 1930s. It was a 30 mile trip that they took in a Model T Ford. They left about 8 in the morning to get there in time for lunch on the beach, if no flats to fix enroute. My grandfather wasn't gonna stop for 3 girls to pee all the way there so they lifted a floor board and peed on the road. Theirs was a 1922 bought 2 yrs old and my grandfather drove it every day for almost 15 years.
Very good but one complaint. Is it really necessary to have the words CarDataVideo that high up in the frame? Why couldn't it have been placed on the lower right? I find it somewhat distracting placed where it is. Other then that, very informative and thanks.
God bless Henry for mass producing great quality masterpieces that nearly everyone could afford, while making sure the workers are happy with their pay checks
Ford wrote in his autobiography, "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black". However Model Ts in different colors were produced from 1908 to 1914, and then again from 1926 to 1927. It is often stated that Ford chose black because the paint dried fast however Ford engineering documents suggest black was chosen because it was cheap and durable. Over thirty different types of black paint were used on various parts of the Model T.
Freakin' amazing. What a visionary. If Henry only profited $5 per Model T at the 15,000,000th he had a net profit of $75,000,000 on that model line alone. Not counting the profit on maint parts he had sold over that same time peroid. Brutally simple, Simply genius. Thank you for posting ! ! !
You know our teacher made us watch this and I calculate that about 100,000 of your views are from our school watching it over and over again through the years. Great video, got an A on the test.
Alex same
So what I’m hearing is teachers are lazy nowadays and don’t actually teach. Just tell you to watch videos on TH-cam?
Chris26, It’s called playing smart dude, instead of doing the work, why not take a video that explains the content very well.
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First All-Terrain vehicle, truly amazing.
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i like how ford still uses the same logo
They have had different logos
Hi I am here from 2020 you wrote your comment 5 years ago
Ryleigh_ Juliana why did you have to put that- .-.
@@ryleigh_juliana4449 hi I am here from 2022 and nobody fucking asked.
They changed a bit over the years. Coca Cola is one of the brand that never change the design of their trademark logo over a decade lol
My grandfather Pa would have enjoyed this video he died in 08. He always talked about the model T he remembered it as a child the first affordable czar for the whole average family a time when only the wealthy could afford a car. Ford was a genius when he invented the assembly line.
Paige Cat Ford didn't invent the assembly line. the concept of breaking a job town into component parts was taken from the Chicago slaughter houses and the New England clock makers are credited with perfecting interchangeable parts. Certainly by combining the two concepts and tweaking it he did make some big advances.
RichardGMoss Wow I did not know that! Very interesting and now I've learned something new in history! Thank you for sharing!
RichardGMoss
Ford invented the idea of paying your workers enough that they could afford to buy the product they were building.
What ever happened to that idea?
George the Skeptical Better ask Nike or the chocolate manufacturers
RichardGMoss
Seriously?
Kids can't even afford to buy chocolate?
I love all the offroad action at the end - unexpected!
I wouldn't say that I force my students to watch this, but we use the video as a complement to our readings on how the Model T changed the face of America: It created jobs, triggered diners, motels, drive in restaurants and drive in theaters. Thanks for the video .
Those kids bouncing in the back seat. Lol
Ye they look have a nice time
that was 4min 14 sec
4:14
950$ in todays money is about 27 000$
190 work hours for the F workers
950 $ invested in the S&P500 would be round about 15 million USD today
I have a 1919 Model T Runabout. It's just so much fun and unbelievable how reliable this thing is. I drive it everywhere and it never lets me down with even the least of maintenance.
Fantastic video.Thank you for posting. My jaw hit the floor when I saw that spindly wheeled model T off-roading so well. Man that car could handle itself very well.
They say the model T pulls out the stuck Jeep
"Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants, so long as it is black."
One of Henry Ford's famous quotes about the Model T.
The Model T only came in black because the production line required compromise so that efficiency and improved quality could be achieved. Spraying different colours would have required a break in the production line, meaning increased costs, more staff, more equipment, a more complicated process, and the risk of the wrong colour being applied.
Awesome video, brings me back to my childhood. My father had a Model A (I believe), with the hand crank. We also had a 1938 Ford Dump Truck. They certainly weren't the Mustangs that we see today. I myself have bee a Chevrolet fan owning several Corvettes, starting with my first car a Fuel Injected 1962 White "Vette" with red interior.
great video, thank you for making. Also great to see Ford is still making great cars over 100 years later. American innovation at its best
Great video, Thanks so much for sharing. I owned a model T that i bought in 1975. I just sold it 5 years ago. Best part about it was you could always find something to tinker with on it and the kids loved to ride in it.
Driving cars is relaxing in the old time. That’s truly great.
A few facts for you:
Henry Ford never said "Any colour as long as it's black." Model Ts were produced in several colours throughout the entire lifetime of the car. The standard 'Japanese Black' was the default option because of its low cost and low drying time. Different colours were available as options.
Secondly: Not all employees were paid $5 a day, and it was not until a few years into production that the $5 a day wage was offered. To qualify for the $5 a day wage, employees had to submit to regular housing and family welfare checks by company 'referees'. People had to be clean, responsible towards their family and preferably, pursue a modern lifestyle (appliance ownership and company credit) and modern Christianity. He also despised unions and had private security forces on site, which was responsible for several clashes between workforces and security the resulted in employee deaths.
Thirdly, as someone who is building six Model T Fords currently; there are significant differences between 1909-1927 cars and progression is in three main brackets; 1909-1915, 1915-1923 and 1923-1927. All have significant differences to the chassis, transmission, engine architecture, wheels, electrical system, cooling system, body styles/materials used and standard and available/standard accessories/amenities. I deem them as significant because parts from one car will not fit another.
In addition, the $5/day wage was something Henry Ford only embraced in response to incessant labor problems which were hurting the Ford automobile company.
Henry Ford was a typical ruthless robber baron who espoused Christian values but was actually a pagan. Hitler, may his name be erased from the book, actually quoted the Dearborn Independent-a newspaper Henry Ford purchased to spread his vicious lies-in Mein Kampf.
This narrator speaks with a voice of authority, but he appears to be unaware of salient aspects of this subject.
Ken you are dead wrong and the incessant liar in this posting.
@ Bll Baerg. I welcome you to substantiate your assertions with lucid arguments instead of mere invective. Please read the following two quotations I found after a quick internet search:
There’s an argument you see around sometimes about Henry Ford’s decision to pay his workers those famed $5 a day wages. It was that he realised that he should pay his workers sufficiently large sums to that they could afford the products they were making. In this manner he could expand the market for his products.
It should be obvious that this story doesn’t work: Boeing would most certainly be in trouble if they had to pay their workers sufficient to afford a new jetliner. It’s also obviously true that you want every other employer to be paying their workers sufficient that they can afford your products: but that’s very much not the same as claiming that Ford should pay his workers so that they can afford Fords.
So, if creating that blue collar middle class that could afford the cars wasn’t why Ford brought in his $5 a day wages, what was the reason?
Actually, it was the turnover of his staff.
At the time, workers could count on about $2.25 per day, for which they worked nine-hour shifts. It was pretty good money in those days, but the toll was too much for many to bear. Ford’s turnover rate was very high. In 1913, Ford hired more than 52,000 men to keep a workforce of only 14,000. New workers required a costly break-in period, making matters worse for the company. Also, some men simply walked away from the line to quit and look for a job elsewhere. Then the line stopped and production of cars halted. The increased cost and delayed production kept Ford from selling his cars at the low price he wanted. Drastic measures were necessary if he was to keep up this production.
That level of turnover is hugely expensive: not just the downtime of the production line but obviously also the training costs: even the search costs to find them. It can indeed be cheaper to pay workers more but to reduce the turnover of them and those associated training costs
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Source: www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/03/04/the-story-of-henry-fords-5-a-day-wages-its-not-what-you-think/#1ef111581c96
and
During this period, Ford emerged as "a respected spokesman for right-wing extremism and religious prejudice," reaching around 700,000 readers through his newspaper.[57] The 2010 documentary film Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story (written by Pulitzer Prize winner Ira Berkow) states that Ford wrote on May 22, 1920: "If fans wish to know the trouble with American baseball they have it in three words-too much Jew."[58]
In Germany, Ford's antisemitic articles from The Dearborn Independent were issued in four volumes, cumulatively titled The International Jew, the World's Foremost Problem published by Theodor Fritsch, founder of several antisemitic parties and a member of the Reichstag. In a letter written in 1924, Heinrich Himmler described Ford as "one of our most valuable, important, and witty fighters."[59] Ford is the only American mentioned favorably in Mein Kampf, although he is only mentioned once:[60][61] Adolf Hitler wrote, "only a single great man, Ford, [who], to [the Jews'] fury, still maintains full independence...[from] the controlling masters of the producers in a nation of one hundred and twenty millions." Speaking in 1931 to a Detroit News reporter, Hitler said he regarded Ford as his "inspiration," explaining his reason for keeping Ford's life-size portrait next to his desk.[62] Steven Watts wrote that Hitler "revered" Ford, proclaiming that "I shall do my best to put his theories into practice in Germany," and modeling the Volkswagen, the people's car, on the Model T.[63]
However, Max Wallace has stated "History records that...Adolf Hitler was an ardent Anti-Semite before he ever read Ford's The International Jew.[64]
Grand Cross of the German Eagle, an award bestowed on Ford by Nazi Germany
On February 1, 1924, Ford received Kurt Ludecke, a representative of Hitler, at home. Ludecke was introduced to Ford by Siegfried Wagner (son of the composer Richard Wagner) and his wife Winifred, both Nazi sympathizers and antisemites. Ludecke asked Ford for a contribution to the Nazi cause, but was apparently refused.[6]
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford#The_Dearborn_Independent_and_antisemitism
Thanks for taking the time to find that. After 1919 or so, he became a lot less vocal about his anti-Semitism, but the feeling was always there.
Also, he was pretty deplorable in his battle to keep UMWA out of his factories. He hired private goons led by Harry Bennet to keep unions out of his factories and eventually Bennet ended up opening fire on his workforce, killing over a dozen employees at an unauthorised strike.
My pleasure.
These days many intellectuals in the USA still enjoy pillorying Henry Ford yet often fail to mention he was merely a man of his times. Jew hatred and organized labor hatred were taken for granted by most wealthy Americans at the time as obvious and important components of the "good fight" just as slavery had been throughout many parts of the United States a couple of generations earlier.
These facts, as unsettling as they might appear to us, need to be studied and understood instead of simply gazed upon in horror as primitive and obsolete “social relics” which have little bearing on our current age.
Throughout American history, well-regarded Protestant preachers have regularly extolled the virtues of what we generally consider today to be heinous practices. Slave owners and robber barons, they argued with obviously heartfelt sincerity, were exemplifying Christian virtues.
Of course this sounds bizarre to us today but typically not for the reason we like to implicitly imagine. It is not that we recognize their inherent wickedness, as we like to tell ourselves in a self-congratulatory manner, but rather these ideas have transformed have fallen out of fashion.
In other words, Americans-surprise, surprise-are merely enamored by and chasing the latest trend. Many pundits and other dilettantes learn it, preach it, and believe it.
Much of the same sort of wickedness Henry Ford apparently believed with every fiber of his being, dressed in different guises, is not merely bandied about today, but being publicly and sanctimoniously extolled by many powerful leaders in the West.
From a Jewish perspective, our sages teach that paganism (which subsumes, for example, social Darwinism) is a natural state for man. Christians, Muslims, and Jews have been slowly but surely winning the war against paganism. It's an arduous task.
Christians and Muslims do the extremely important work of converting or killing pagans. As for the Jewish “goy” (Jewish nation), we are an Or LaGoyim (a light unto the nations). As our sages teach us, a small light can penetrate a vast expanse of darkness. Once Jews are cease to live in a land, darkness will inevitably envelop it.
In the meantime, we Jews have "one suitcase packed" as we vigilantly study and consider world affairs in an attempt to anticipate and outmaneuver the successors to Henry Ford and his ilk who will inevitably occasionally succeed in securing the reigns of power and use their power to torture and murder us.
Each year we Jews listen and learn to the story of Purim in which Haman (an Amalekite) attempts to annihilate the Jewish people. Generally, Henry Ford is no longer fêted but rather scorned. And, of course, Am Yisrael Chai (the People of Israel lives).
That was great! Made me smile! what a man and what a car!
Very nice! My Dad told me he learned to drive in a Model A.
Henry Ford set the tone for every one else to follow that's for sure. I read somewhere he had some of his factories built so that the sun would provide the lighting through the roof panels so he wouldn't have to have the lights on during the day to save money on electricity. Pretty clever if you ask me.
Great Video. Thanks for sharing. I just sold my Grandads T about a year ago. Great car and always fun to tinker with.
This is a Great Video. Very well done and one of the best I've viewed on Y.T. Thanks and keep them coming. Sandy
A friend of my parents restored T's and A's and a Pierce Arrow during my growing up years in the fifties and sixties. The biggest thrill was riding in the rumble seat!
Thank you so much for taking your time to create and share this with us. This is really great to watch!!!
My first car at age 15,was a derelict 23 T roadster pickup. My parents thought it was safe as it did not run. Wrong, I got it to run and did a lot with it.
I still have some parts in varius states of repair.
XLNT engineering. And material as well. The fenders were far more sturdy than today's thin metl.
Mankind's innovation and strive is simply amazing! I love to see how far we have came in such a short period of time.. and in exponential times, how far we will go .. great video thanks
As Jerry Reed said, "Lord, Mr. Ford, what have you done?!" Great video. I love my 1989 Ford Bronco II. It's really an updated version of the Model T, and will go practically anywhere over practically any terrain. Keep up the great work, Ford Motor Co.!
Allen Hare you said this 9 years ago I am from 2020 time flys !
Great video - thanks for sharing.
5* - Bidone
@Wadani Clearly not. I did see someone who commented on another video 12 years ago and he replied!!
@Wadani if you go to their channel their latest upload is 3 days ago
completely amazing range of conditions that car could handle. i had no idea it was so rugged - on a level that would make it competitive with today's SUVs it seems. thanks for the video!
What a GREAT video, thank you so much. I loved watching this and learned from it too. Also love the voice of person doing it, very clear and easy to listen to. Thank you soooo much.
Are you still here? 😭😭😄 10 years ago you know
this was a great video, just think to go back and to work on one
To go back a 100 years when times were much simpler! I wonder if given the choice, how many of us would jump at the chance?
In November of 1920 my father drove a model T from St.Marys, WV to Newcastle, Wy. He had some interesting tales to relate.
Great video, thanks for sharing!! Love those old cars and wish I had one! Really and truly a terrific car. Too bad they don't make them like that anymore. To LAST! Until seeing this video, I didn't know just how tough they were, they could go anywhere!!
Probably a more reliable car than many that are made today !
Excellent video, many thanks.
Wonderful. Both sides of my family had someone working for Ford at various times. My father in MI drove one of these, but I do not think he owned it, but said it was great. Grandfather bought two and rode to the West from Louisville, KY and there were many stories, as he never liked to follow a car, so passed everything and once the brakes not work as well, and grandma hit him on the head with the umbrella from the back seat, which didn't help! Jo in Plano
As the owner of a 1928 Model A Ford Tudor Sedan, thank you for the history of the Model T Ford. Have you heard about the 20 Millionth Ford? Now, there is a story! It was a Model A Ford that was lost and thought destroyed, i.e., sent to the scrapheap, but it was found and restored. It was in Dallas, Texas in June 2008 for the Texas Tour.
gorgeous stuff..... Love it.
Dad's first vehicle was an old model-T tray truck he bought after returning from WW2 for use in his green grocers business. Built in 1922 and only a year younger then dad himself.
A 4-door convertible is called a Touring. My uncle owned a 1922 model. When he was a lad in the 20's he and his brothers went in together and bought a used one. At 12 years old in Big Springs, TX he was chauffering a wealthy man in the community.
What a wonderful video! Thanks for this post. Great info and so amazing to see video from that era. Wow!
Fascinating, Kelly. Thanks so much for putting this up.
One of the best TH-cam videos I have seen, very interesting! Thank you!
One of the most interesting things about the T is the fact that there were three pedals on the floor. None of which was the gas. High, neutral, low on the left pedal. transmission brake on the right pedal, and Reverse on the center pedal. the gas, or accelerator was located on a lever on the right side of the steering wheel, On the left was a manual spark advance lever. I love teaching people to drive my model T Ford.
No one knows how to do it until I show them. Great Car!
Thanks to the Car Data Video people for this excellent video!! Brilliant and much appreciated!!
That is so amazing seeing an average family going on a Sunday or any day drive . Those kids look excited I guess their excited because no more horse buggy . One thing that is also amazing no seatbelts or auto insurance was mandatory when purchasing . One thing too no reckless driving no drifting or donut spinning on these cars back than . It was just simple friendly driving .
Fantastic footage Thanks I love it Paul uk
Not only is the video enjoyable, but is made even better by the commentator. Great voice!
My Aunt bought one of these when she was 18 wayyyyy back when. I wish I had it now.
wooo.. that was awesome.. those cars look tough.. sweet offroading.
This is a great video. Thanks for sharing it. I love my Mustang. Love it to death, but I'm thinking I should get a Model T for my winter driving. My poor Mustang doesn't like snow and ice. That Model T just plowed right through that snow like it was nothing. I wish the engines were simple now like they were then. I used to love working on my 1978 Mustang. My 2000 always goes to the mechanic. No exceptions. Ah, the good old days when cars were simpler and built to last.
Thanks for posting this video. I love these old cars!!
When my dad was about 10 years old, there was an old model T in the backyard without an engine. He would make his sister get under the hood and make a loud motor sound when their little brother would come walking by. The little brother's eyes popping out of his head thought my dad was about to drive the car away.
My history teacher showed this video in eighth grade, the whole class was amused by the video.
Those last clips were unbelievable.
That was the best EVER!!!!!Thank you for that great video
François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car in 1807; it was powered by a hydrogen fueled internal combustion engine. The most significant thing Ford did was introducing moving assembly line production methods for the Model "T". Ford got his ideas for making cars this way from observations in both slaughterhouses and in grain warehouses where conveyor belts were used. Ford found French vanadium steel and used it in the chassis of the Model-T, and the front axle was drop forged as a single piece of vanadium steel, reducing the car's weight.
Thank you so much for posting this wonderful history lesson and what a car! I didn't know it could do all those things! Wow!!
Wow--awesome presentation
Thanks for the info man! I`m doing a report on the Model T and this helped a lot! It truly was an amazing car
Great video. It's facinating to see the assembly line process.
wow that was an amazing video. so much information. thanks!!
one of the best videos on youtube. Ever
Thank you so much for going to so much trouble producing this wonderful video. I enormously appreciate this. Ford have produced many incredibly great cars.
I had to watch this for school
I LOVE Fords...my E-150 van has 400,000 miles on it and still runs great, though the rust is catching up on it...
I will buy another Ford van when it's time...
LOL just try to go down and over those berm like drop offs in a new ...ANYTHING today.....lmao! This is so great! Thanks for posting. Makes me want to get one of these!
Fun stuff! It handles all the different roads and terrains beautifully!
My Grandfather had a Model T. He told me it had two speeds, high and low. It had a pedal on the floor that when you pressed it to the floor it would be one speed, then to shift into the second, you would simply lift your foot off the pedal.
He said he would mash the gas pedal to the floor and take off and hold it as long as he could then he would let his foot slip off the pedal jamming it hard into second so it would spin the tires grabbing second gear.
Back in those days automobiles were sturdy & strong. Not like the ones today made of aluminum. Enjoyed the informative video. Thanks
What a versatile car! I never knew it had wooden spoke wheels, fascinating!
what an interesting history lesson the Model T. thanks for the posting.
Thank you. I ran out of ZZZquil so this video should help me fall asleep easily.
I love the Model-T.
One of the finest autos ever to come off an assembly line.
Good on ya Henno.
Big help for my University work. Cheers mate
I saw the movie and they showed how Henry Ford's life was when he started making the Model T cars....its a preety interesting movie especially if youre a ford fan such as myself
A very instructive video: nice videos, interesting comments, everything was done to make you to learn more about how the automotive sector as we know it today really started.
I remember my Mom telling me that she learned how to drive in a Model T. The kicker: She learned to drive at the age of 8, and used the old T-bucket to pull the plow in her grandpa's fields. By that time, the model T had already been out of production for several years
Enjoyed this very much. You had one error. Model T’s were made 1908-1927, not 1928. No big deal, but I own a ‘27, last year of production.
We have come a long way with cars. The T could be driven anywhere and be repaired by most anyone. Today, we drive over a small pothole and have to replace the inner struts and ball joints, at minimum. Man! That's progress.
great video,nice to watch,thanks for taking the time to create it..
very cool video. i've got a Mustang GT and i love it - thanks, Henry!
I Love this video. It was very informative. It told me several things I didn't know about the Model T. Amazing Vehicles
Great video.. like the commentary. 👍 history lesson.. perfect
@Lordac
Not certain what you are talking about but there were a number of after market accessories for the T and it sounds as though you are talking about a speedometer which used a small gear connected to the inboard of one of the right front wheels. A cable with a pinion gear ran from the gauge on the dash to the gear on the wheel. These were not built by Ford and did not come equipped on the car. For that matter neither did the top or the spare tire. Both were accessories.
Oh my god. This video is absolutely HILARIOUS. I watched it at school and the whole class was laughing out loud heheheeh 😂😂😂😂
When my Mom was a kid her parents would take her with her two sisters to a beach on Lake Erie. This was in the early 1930s. It was a 30 mile trip that they took in a Model T Ford. They left about 8 in the morning to get there in time for lunch on the beach, if no flats to fix enroute. My grandfather wasn't gonna stop for 3 girls to pee all the way there so they lifted a floor board and peed on the road. Theirs was a 1922 bought 2 yrs old and my grandfather drove it every day for almost 15 years.
This is a fascinating video. Thank you so much. I can't believe the different terrains that they could handle - WOW!
excellent video. it'll help my kids learn about industrialization.
Those roads look like today's streets of Chicago.
Great Video .
great video! interesting, informative and concise! thanks!
Great video! I am showing it to my students during a lesson on industrial america, thanks!
Very good but one complaint. Is it really necessary to have the words CarDataVideo that high up in the frame? Why couldn't it have been placed on the lower right? I find it somewhat distracting placed where it is.
Other then that, very informative and thanks.
Wow! That footage at the end of what the cars could drive over was impressive. Thanks for the video! Fascinating. :D
I bought mine new in 1927 and I still have it.
God bless Henry for mass producing great quality masterpieces that nearly everyone could afford, while making sure the workers are happy with their pay checks
love these Docos'. terrific history lesson in technology.
nice piece of history. thanks for sharing.
Ford wrote in his autobiography, "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black". However Model Ts in different colors were produced from 1908 to 1914, and then again from 1926 to 1927. It is often stated that Ford chose black because the paint dried fast however Ford engineering documents suggest black was chosen because it was cheap and durable. Over thirty different types of black paint were used on various parts of the Model T.
I wish i had the chance to drive one now :]
awesome video the last part was pretty epic i didn't know i could handle like a jeep
great upload 5/5
They did have special sets of tire chains that used straps through the spokes to hold them on, I have a set that belonged to my grandfather.
Freakin' amazing. What a visionary. If Henry only profited $5 per Model T at the 15,000,000th he had a net profit of $75,000,000 on that model line alone. Not counting the profit on maint parts he had sold over that same time peroid.
Brutally simple, Simply genius.
Thank you for posting ! ! !
Henry Ford is the man without him this world be a different place may his legacy live on.