Ford Model T Assembly Line (1919)

Opens with shields and running boards being positioned and secured, followed by views of Highland Park workers on the assembly line assembling the Ford Model T. Includes crane lowering chassis to body, securing the fenders, installing the radiator, placing the hood, installing and filling the gas tank, assembling the dash, and attaching wheels and tires. Close-ups of engine, transmission, starting button, and generator. In closing, a Model T is driven on a deeply rutted road.

Unique Number: THF_HFS_V.200.FC.2608

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Ford Motor Company
• Highland Park Plant
• assembly line
• Model T
• automobile
• testing
• roads
• shield
• running board
• chassis
• fender
• radiator
• hood
• gas tank
• dash
• wheels
• tires
• engine
• transmission
• starting button
• generator
• 1919

[tennforever]

VERY interesting clip. It's manually harder work than when I was on the line, from 1968 on, but similiar in many ways. Henry Ford was a genius. He put this nation on wheels.

[vinmanr2d2]

AWESOME VIDEO. THANKS

[wolfmang22]

Oh and thank you

[wolfmang22]

Can anyone tell me anything...anything on the assembly line that they know from family or friend experience? Any help would be very helpful and appreciated, I'm doing a research essay and any info can be sent to my email wolfmang22@yahoo.com or my YouTube inbox. -please don't use my email improperly-

[rugbydazz]

Greetings Americans, have any of you seen the documentary about the Ford assembly line in Dagenham Essex UK where they made the Anglia, Cortina, Escort, Capri,and Sierra at it;s height it employed over 50K people and when it closed it desimated the area. Really very sad most of the Ford cars we drive in the UK are made in Spain or Germany, I think Ford never forgave the unions in the 70's they pretty much fucked productivity up,

[capriracer351]

@tennforever

Interesting. You probably had a hand in building my '68 Mustang that I had from 1984 to 1996. My first car, originally a street car, turned into a drag race car. I was born in '68, so that year had some significance to me. Never should have sold it, but my Fox body '85 Capri made a much better race car with a factory style chassis.

[fjbutch]

@MirceaD28 Good question. depends on humidity where their kept..thicker steel perhaps. I have a 1955 vehicle and the guards etc are rust free, although I do look after her. Today's vehicles probabaly aren't made to last. Wafer thin metal designed to crumble on vehicle impact for passenger safety. certainly different priorities now..

[sweetypie000]

@metaltera86 not enough though especially seeing how many more cars there are on the roads

[metaltera86]

@sweetypie000 Yeah thats why in our modern age we are improving emmisions.

[MirceaD28]

one thing i don't understand. How come that car after 100 years is almost rust free, and today's cars rust even from the drawing board, with all the computers and scientist who analyse the atomic structure of the material. They didn't had that back then, so why are we regressing and not progressing. Sorry for my bad english.

[killerford1977]

I love it.

[thedurans1]

we just studied this in history class