Model T Construction Before the Assembly Line…
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MichaelPawelek
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Model T Construction Before the Assembly Line…
Posted on another forum and very interesting. One I have not seen….
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Ron Patterson
Re: Model T Construction Before the Assembly Line…
Michael
Firewall subassemblies being prepared to go down ramp the the final vehicle assembliy line.
Ron Patterson
Firewall subassemblies being prepared to go down ramp the the final vehicle assembliy line.
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Re: Model T Construction Before the Assembly Line…
This arrangement was much more efficient than any other car manufacturer. Oldsmobile and Buick might have been as efficient in 1910 or so.
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Re: Model T Construction Before the Assembly Line…
I looked through a few different books about the beginnings of the assembly line and they seemed to contradict each other a bit. I know there were some tests done to prove the concepts and then they built the first production line, but the articles I read seemed to contradict each other on the dates. Is there a document I can reference that has the most accurate description of the timelines as they switched over to the assembly line? I have a car that was built about that time and I have been curious about how it was assembled.
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Re: Model T Construction Before the Assembly Line…
A most authoritative source is the publication Ford Methods and The Ford Shops, 1914-1915 by Arnold and Faurote.
See Chapter V, starting on page 135.
You can read for free via Internet Archive, here is link (hope it works). If not just google: "Ford Methods and The Ford Shops read for free"
https://archive.org/details/fordmethodsandf00faurgoog
See Chapter V, starting on page 135.
You can read for free via Internet Archive, here is link (hope it works). If not just google: "Ford Methods and The Ford Shops read for free"
https://archive.org/details/fordmethodsandf00faurgoog
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