Ford through the years

By Honignm

  • The Start

    The Start
    Henry Ford builds the quadricycle

  • Ford

    Ford
    Henry ford opens the first for branch with 12 investers, 1,000 shares, and $28,000.

  • The Iconic Brand

    The Iconic Brand
    Ford's iconic trade mark is written and sketched, but not put on cars until ford model A

  • First overseas shop

    First overseas shop
    Ford opens its first overseas branch in Paris, France

  • Model T

    Model T
    becomes the most popular car in the world

  • Assembly line starts

    Assembly line starts
    The worlds first moving assembly line is created by ford.

  • Work wages

    Work wages
    Work wages are upgraded from $2.34 for nine hours to $5.00 for eight hours

  • First truck

    First truck
    Ford model TT was baised off model T and weight one ton.

  • Expanding

    Expanding
    Ford begins to make auto submarine patrole boats

  • New Leadership

    New Leadership
    Henry Ford's son succeeds him and takes over as the company president.

  • Monopolys

    Monopolys
    Ford buys lincon moter company, their biggest competiter

  • Taking to the air

    Taking to the air
    Ford begins to manufacture triple engine airplanes

  • New car

    New car
    Ford releases their new car Ford Model A

  • Updates

    Updates
    Ford creates a new and more powerful engine, and begins adding it to their cars

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln
    Ford releases a new line of lincoln model cars called the Zephr line

  • Ford line

    Ford line
    Ford releases a new line of medium priced cars called the mercury line

  • Army cars

    Army cars
    Ford begins to manufacture jeeps for the U.S military

  • Better Worker Treatment

    Better Worker Treatment
    After a long struggle with management and labor in their factorys ford signs a contract guaranteeing better work conditions, pay, and benefits.

  • Switching Producs

    Switching Producs
    Ford stops making civilian cars to begin making more military products, such as cars, tanks, airplane engines, and any other needed materials

  • New leadership

    New leadership
    Edsel Ford dies, leaving henry ford to retake the company.

  • New Leadership

    New Leadership
    Henry ford ll takes over the company one year after his grandfather came back to presedancy

  • New cars

    New cars
    Ford introduces their new F-series line of trucks

  • Civilian cars

    Civilian cars
    Ford releases their first civilian car after the car, the 1948 Ford

  • Thunderbird

    Thunderbird
    The ford thunderbird advertises comfort and convenience

  • Testing

    Testing
    Ford begins to crash test their cars

  • Edsel

    Edsel
    Ford introduces their new luxuary car the for Edsel

  • Mustang

    Mustang
    Ford introduces the Mustang, and it still remains as one of the most sold cars in history

  • To the moon

    To the moon
    Ford builds the control panel for the mission to put man on the moon.

  • Explorer

    Explorer
    Ford introduces the ford explorer

  • Navigator

    Navigator
    Ford introduces the Lincoln navigator, as a luxury SUV

  • 100th

    100th
    Ford celebrated 100 years in business.

  • GT

    GT
    Ford begins to sell the GT as a premium sports car

  • SYNC

    SYNC
    Ford begins to offer SYNC in all 2008 models.

  • New Engines

    New Engines
    For a better fuel economy ford begins to offer turbocharged ecoboost

  • F-150

    F-150
    Ford introduces its 15th generation F-150

  • Smart Mobility

    Smart Mobility
    Ford updates its cars with smart technology for safer driving

  • New leadership

    New leadership
    Jim Hackett succeeds as president of the company