Highland Park or The Rouge...

[Steve Plucker]

Which of the two Ford plants was the official "assembly plant" of the Ford cars and trucks during the Model A era? Highland Park or The Rouge and just what was the difference in the two?

Thanks.

Pluck

[henry's 31]

As far as I know I believe it was the Rouge. The major difference was that it was design for raw materials to enter the plant and a car would come out in the other end, thus reducing dependency on other vendors, to minimize the effect in production.

[Steve Plucker]

Originally Posted by forever4

Model T's were built at Highland Park.
Model A cars and trucks were built at the Rouge, formerly know as Fordson.
Tractor production was moved to Cork.

During the Model A era Highland Park was used for parts production like machining castings and forging, crankshafts etc.

A lot of the commonly seen Model A parts production photos were taken at Highland Park, not the Rouge.

Thank you.

[jimalabam]

Steve, Our Model A was the first complete automobile assembled at The Rouge, First A's produced 11-23-27. Prior to that Highland Park assembled T's as well as many other locations, while The Rouge manufactured "damn near "everything for FMC. Your photos coming next week for sure. jiml...

[jimalabam]

Made a date mistake. First Model A's produced at the Rouge was 10-23-27, NOT 11-23-27...

[henry's 31]

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Well said, Thanks for sharing Jim.

[ericr]

Originally Posted by forever4

Model T's were built at Highland Park.
Model A cars and trucks were built at the Rouge, formerly know as Fordson.
Tractor production was moved to Cork.

During the Model A era Highland Park was used for parts production like machining castings and forging, crankshafts etc.

A lot of the commonly seen Model A parts production photos were taken at Highland Park, not the Rouge.

I've seen references to pictures taken in front of the "Engineering Laboratories", where was that?