henry ford

ford

Jun 16, 1903

henry ford launched the first american automaker company

ford motor company of canada

Aug 17, 1904

ford motor company of canada receives its provinical charter to do business in canada

henry ford becomes president of the company

Oct 22, 1906

henry ford succeeded john gray as the president of the company

model t

Oct 1, 1908

the first model t car was available to the public, 15 million were produced

london, england

Oct 1, 1908

the company opens sales in london, england

highland park

Jan 1, 1910

manuractering operations were transferred to highland park, michigan

manchester, england

Oct 1, 1911

ford opens assembly plant in trafford park, manchester, england

shojiro kawasaki

Jul 27, 1912

he was the first japanese to be hired by ford

highland park plant

Apr 1, 1913

the first experiments were done with assembly line

model t

Sep 25, 1913

a contract was signed to sell the model t in china

indonesia, siam and dutch indies

Oct 1, 1913

contracts were signed to sell model t in indonesia, siam and dutch indies

sao paulo, brazil

Dec 31, 1913

sales operations began in sao paulo, brazil

more pay

Jan 5, 1914

ford offers to pay $5 for an eight-hour day

1 million

Dec 10, 1915

1 million cars were produced during that year

france

Jun 1, 1916

ford establishes automobiles ford in france and announces plans to build an assembly line in bordeaux

construction

Jan 4, 1918

construction of massive rouge automotive manufacturing complex begins

edsel ford

Jan 1, 1919

edsel ford succeeds his father henry ford as president of the company

1 million cars a year

Jun 30, 1921

ford exceeds to 1 million cars per year, nearly ten times more than chevrolet the next selling brand

edsel ford

Feb 4, 1922

ford motor company purchased lincoln motor company for $8 million

ford tri-motor

Aug 27, 1925

ford introduces ford tri-motor airplane for airline services

ford airport

Jan 15, 1926

ford airport dedicated in dearborn

better conditions for workers

May 1, 1926

five-day, 40-hour work week adopted for factory workers

first flight

Jun 11, 1926

ford tri-motor makes first flight from ford airport

mdel a

Nov 1, 1927

ford introduces the next generation mdel a from the rouge complex and production begins

ford regains crown

Jun 30, 1929

ford regains crown production, with production peaking at 1.5 million cars

20 millionth car

Apr 14, 1931

ford decided to build its own 20millionth car

model y

Feb 19, 1932

ford launches its first car designed specifically for europe, the mdel y, starting in england

v8-engine

Mar 9, 1932

first ford one-piece cast iron v8-engine-equipped car built

ford tri-motor plane

Jun 7, 1933

last of 199 ford tri-motor planes built

ford foundation

Jan 17, 1936

henry and edsel ford established the ford foundation, fund it with company stock

25 millionth car

Jan 18, 1937

ford finally built its 25 millionth car

car built every three minutes

Jan 1, 1938

a car is built at colonge every three minutes. the plant operates at full capacicity

first general purpose car

Mar 1, 1941

ford builds first general purpose vehicle for military at rouge plant

edsel ford dies

May 26, 1943

edsel ford dies at the age of 49.henry ford re-elected and resumes precidency on june 1 for the duration of the war

henry ford II

Jan 22, 1944

henry ford II elected vice president

henry ford II

Apr 10, 1944

henry ford II elected executive vice president

ernest breech

Jul 1, 1946

ernest breech named vice president of the company

henry ford dies

Apr 7, 1947

henry ford dies at fair lane,his dearborn,michigan estate, at the age of 83.an estimated 7 million americans mourned his passing

benson ford

Jan 30, 1948

benson ford elected a company vice president and general manager of lincoln-mercury division

model ford

Apr 26, 1948

production begins on model ford, first postwar design

william clay ford

Jun 3, 1948

william clay ford elected a director

thunderbird

Oct 22, 1954

ford introduces thunderbird as a personal luxury car with a v8

ernest breech

Jan 25, 1955

ernest breech was appointed chairman of the company

m-e-l

Jan 1, 1958

mercury,edsel,lincoln are joined to form m-e-l division

mercury comet

Mar 17, 1960

ford introduces mercury comet, first upscale compact car

henry ford II

Jul 13, 1960

ernest breech resigns as chairman.henry ford elected chairman in addition to his presidency

henry ford II

Nov 9, 1960

henry ford II resigns presidency and becomes ceo, in addition to remaining chairman

new cars

Apr 17, 1964

ford mustang and gt40 introduced

indianapolis 500

May 30, 1965

lotus-ford racer wins indianapolis 500

mustang

Mar 2, 1966

one-millionth mustang built in less than 2 years from start of production

mercury cougar

Sep 30, 1966

mercury cougar introduced as america's first luxury/sports car at a popular price

mustang II

Sep 21, 1973

ford mustang II is introduced

edsel ford II

Jan 7, 1974

edsel ford joins the company as product analyst

marian heiskell

Mar 11, 1976

marian heiskell becomes first woman elected to the board

ford fiesta

Sep 3, 1976

new ford fiesta introduced in europe,starting in germany

henry ford II

Sep 28, 1978

henry ford II and david rockefeller announce phase two renaissance center

ford motor company

Aug 28, 1987

ford motor company earns record profits,$4.63 billion

henry ford II

Sep 29, 1987

henry ford II dies

india

Mar 13, 1994

the first ford vehicle begins in india

earnings

Dec 7, 1998

ford reported record $6.9 billion in earnings, thus allowing employees to earn record profit sharing at average of $6,000