Henry Ford

Henry Ford

The Automotive Dream “One man and his dream had not simply left the world with an engine and four wheels; Henry Ford and his Model T had influenced people’s everyday lives – where they lived, how they spent their leisure time, even how they viewed...
The Electric Starter

The Electric Starter

From the Crank to the Electric Starter “Notwithstanding the hilarious grandiosity of marketing materials from the early 20th century, many people believe the starter motor was the single car part that most transformed the automobile from a luxury fascination to...
Henry Leland & Precision Manufacturing

Henry Leland & Precision Manufacturing

Someone that Ought to be Remembered “It doesn’t cost as much to have the work done right the first time as it does to have it done poorly and then hire a number of men to make it right afterward” – Henry Leland as reported in The Automobile in America One...