![]() |
#1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 1,468
|
![]()
Henry's baby
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Western North Carolina
Posts: 5,874
|
![]()
The baby grew up.
__________________
A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past. |
![]() |
![]() |
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
![]() |
#3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 2,461
|
![]()
A primative as we think it might be, just think back to when it was built.
How in the hell did they know what and how to do to make it happen. Ingenious people, and without computers! |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 4,114
|
![]()
It is difficult to understand why Henry sold his Quadricycle, and nobody knows what became of it.
__________________
Bob Bidonde |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Chillicothe, Missouri
Posts: 1,684
|
![]()
Yes the original 1 was lost to history unfortunately I've always wondered what happened to the original one.
__________________
"If I asked people what they wanted they would have said faster horses." -Henry Ford "Primitive technology is not a design flaw" 1928 Ford Model A Roadster Pickup 1930 Gordon Smith Air Compressor 1941 Willy's Pickup 1960 Thunderbird-For Sale 1964 Buick Riviera 2x4 425 1965 Pontiac GTO, 455 Super Duty 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10, V-10 Viper 1977 Charger Jet Boat,460 Ford,Jacuzzi Jet Front Engine Nostalgia Dragster,Supercharged 296 "Fullrace Flathead" Ford Engine Build up on DVD ask |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2022
Location: Canton, Michigan
Posts: 321
|
![]() Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
https://www.thehenryford.org/collect...lide=gs-212201
__________________
--------------------------------------- 1929 Model A Tudor - "Darla" '29 Model A: Old enough to start with a crank, young enough to steal the show! "Stay away from negative people, they have a problem for every solution" Model A Ford Club of America Model A Restorers Club Motor City A's Club |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Central Arizona
Posts: 201
|
![]()
X2 Canton Model A's
![]() https://www.thehenryford.org/collect...lide=gs-212201 The original survives in the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Dearborn, MI. Last edited by AzBob; 11-05-2024 at 10:43 AM. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Posts: 17,411
|
![]()
Ford's work with Edison allowed him enough time too experiment and he was not satisfied as technology and resources changed rapidly in that time frame. He moved on to newer possibilities and took advantage of his assets. His first foray into the auto business was not without problems but he learned.from that and very quickly moved on.
I'm relatively sure that he considered his first auto, the quadricycle, to be obsolete by the time he finished it. His first model A was simple but definitely more advanced than his first design. He had his sights set on the manufacture of an automobile for the masses and not just for the elites of society. Why sell thousands when you can make millions of them. He understood the way to business was to make more so that they could be made less expensive and let them sell themselves as a good low cost product. He was at the leading edge of being an industrialist. I likely will never own a Tesla but it seems that Musk is becoming an industrialist even though he didn't really start out that way. We need more folks like Henry Ford in the future to bring the US back where it should be. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: now Kuna, Idaho
Posts: 3,818
|
![]()
By the late 1800's steam engines had been around for about 100 years so the principles of pistons, crankshafts and connecting rods were well known as well as how to make them. So it just took some relatively minor changes to make an internal combustion engine. It was largely a matter of adapting well-known methods and parts to these self-propelled "carriages". An example is "Bernoulli's principle" which explains how a carburetor works. This was known in the 1700's.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#10 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Eastern Tennessee
Posts: 11,972
|
![]() Quote:
I am pretty sure the one on display at the museum is the reproduction that George DeAngeles built. It is also the one that curator Glenn Miller drives around at Old Car Festival. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Queensland, Australia
Posts: 12,016
|
![]() Ford Quadricycle on display at Greenfield Village |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Chillicothe, Missouri
Posts: 1,684
|
![]()
I've been to the Henry ford museum the quadricycle that's there is supposed to be an exact replica of the original.
__________________
"If I asked people what they wanted they would have said faster horses." -Henry Ford "Primitive technology is not a design flaw" 1928 Ford Model A Roadster Pickup 1930 Gordon Smith Air Compressor 1941 Willy's Pickup 1960 Thunderbird-For Sale 1964 Buick Riviera 2x4 425 1965 Pontiac GTO, 455 Super Duty 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10, V-10 Viper 1977 Charger Jet Boat,460 Ford,Jacuzzi Jet Front Engine Nostalgia Dragster,Supercharged 296 "Fullrace Flathead" Ford Engine Build up on DVD ask |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Ohio
Posts: 2,476
|
![]()
Anyone ever work in a major corporation?; "...so what if we just tell everyone this is car #1, I mean who will know any different..."
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#14 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Potomac, Maryland
Posts: 1,062
|
![]() Quote:
A reproduction Quadricycle (second variation with enclosed engine compartment) is in the Greenfield Village (in Henry Ford's original shop) and Ford owns another one that is sometimes taken out on tours and/or displays. There are several other reproduction Quadricycles around the world in private and public collections.....like this one that used to be in the former Den Hartogh Ford Museum in The Netherlands (subsequently auctioned off when the museum was closed): Here is the link to the auction listing for that reproduction Quadricycle with more details and photos: https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/250...d-quadricycle/ Here is a photo of the reproduction Ford Quadricycle that is in the Ford Classic Cars (private Ford collection/museum in the Ford factory grounds in Köln, Germany): Brad in Maryland . Last edited by Brad in Germany; 11-07-2024 at 09:45 PM. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|