The Ford Barn

Willit Stop · 10-19-2013, 04:43 PM

This is a youtube video of a replica of Henry Fords first engine.1893.And I thought flatheads were simple. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VKDHWE5owQ

Old Henry · 10-19-2013, 08:02 PM

The videographer was about as entertaining as the engine. Acted and sounded like he was on something.

Lawson Cox · 10-19-2013, 08:25 PM

You are very observant Professor. I thought the same thing.

ford38v8 · 10-19-2013, 08:42 PM

Yeah, if he only had a flashlight, he'd have the world at his feet!

keith oh · 10-20-2013, 10:20 AM

I appreciated the video and found it very entertaining but then I am not a professor or attorney. I cannot imagine the skill and work it took for Henry to assemble a few ordinary parts found in the 1800s into an working engine. I wonder what he actually used for a spark plug. Mr. Diesel built a simpler engine which didn't even need a ignition system. Look at it agin Lawson and Henry and wonder if with all the materials available to you today would you have been able to assemble one or for that matter thought of the principal. That is what makes it interesting to me and thank Willit Stop for posting it.

ford38v8 · 10-20-2013, 11:34 AM

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Keith, Ford didn't invent that engine. He assembled it from published instructions.

keith oh · 10-21-2013, 10:46 AM

Allen, Thanks for that information, but I don't see the word "invented" in my post. Keith Oh

10-19-2013, 04:43 PM	#1
Willit Stop Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Eureka Calif. Posts: 969	Henery Fords first engine This is a youtube video of a replica of Henry Fords first engine.1893.And I thought flatheads were simple. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VKDHWE5owQ

10-19-2013, 08:02 PM	#2
Old Henry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 5,762	Re: Henery Fords first engine The videographer was about as entertaining as the engine. Acted and sounded like he was on something. __________________ Prof. Henry (The Roaming Gnome) "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” *Ursula K. Le Guin in The Left Hand of Darkness

10-19-2013, 08:25 PM	#3
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,009	Re: Henery Fords first engine You are very observant Professor. I thought the same thing. __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".

10-19-2013, 08:42 PM	#4
ford38v8 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 6,645	Re: Henery Fords first engine Yeah, if he only had a flashlight, he'd have the world at his feet! __________________ Alan

10-20-2013, 10:20 AM	#5
keith oh Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Millersport, central ohio Posts: 668	Re: Henery Fords first engine I appreciated the video and found it very entertaining but then I am not a professor or attorney. I cannot imagine the skill and work it took for Henry to assemble a few ordinary parts found in the 1800s into an working engine. I wonder what he actually used for a spark plug. Mr. Diesel built a simpler engine which didn't even need a ignition system. Look at it agin Lawson and Henry and wonder if with all the materials available to you today would you have been able to assemble one or for that matter thought of the principal. That is what makes it interesting to me and thank Willit Stop for posting it.

10-20-2013, 11:34 AM	#6
ford38v8 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 6,645	Re: Henery Fords first engine Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Keith, Ford didn't invent that engine. He assembled it from published instructions. __________________ Alan

10-21-2013, 10:46 AM	#7
keith oh Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Millersport, central ohio Posts: 668	Re: Henery Fords first engine Allen, Thanks for that information, but I don't see the word "invented" in my post. Keith Oh