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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore
Henry Ford built his first automobile in a backyard shed behind his apartment on Bagley Avenue, in Detroit.
He neglected to plan for an opening to get the car out so he hastily increased the size of the pedestrian door on the right - with an ax - in order to go for his first test drive.
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Back then you didn't buy what you needed; you made it. Spark plugs, engine components, etc - they weren't commercially available.
Henry Ford built his first experimental engine using scrap metal for parts. He tested it on the kitchen sink after supper on December 24, 1893. For ignition he ran a wire from the ceiling's light bulb. His wife, Clara, hand fed the gasoline to the intake valve while Henry spun the flywheel.
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Last edited by Keith Seymore; 05-01-2019 at 09:55 PM.
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