The Ford Barn

highbeams · 08-01-2022, 04:35 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu7NWdzwuU8

Robert/Texas · 08-01-2022, 06:03 AM

Wow, many thanks for this. I was born in 1934 and own a '34 roadster so this was of special interest to me. I was surprised that all of the '34 Fords had whitewall tires except for the ones near the end of the film. I remember that whitewalls were rare back in the day.

nelsb01 · 08-01-2022, 08:29 AM

More fascinating is that Ford created those small individual machines to display the individual processes of manufacturing.
12 million people toured the Ford Exhibit - the dates were May 27 to Oct 31. That was about 2.4 million a month.

51 MERC-CT · 08-01-2022, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by nelsb01

More fascinating is that Ford created those small individual machines to display the individual processes of manufacturing.
12 million people toured the Ford Exhibit - the dates were May 27 to Oct 31. That was about 2.4 million a month.

Don't think there were any "small" individual machines.
It sure appeared to be actual full scale usable parts being made.
For example the full size cast aluminum cylinder heads.

petehoovie · 08-01-2022, 01:11 PM

Does it look like the one on the right has a 'skirtless' front fender?

deuce5wndw · 08-01-2022, 01:12 PM

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quik · 08-01-2022, 01:44 PM

That's cool.

nelsb01 · 08-01-2022, 03:44 PM

Do you really think Ford only cast one aluminum head at a time.
Nope.
I was saying that each one of the machines in the film was probably one tenth of the actual machines capacity back at the Rouge.

jayvee34 · 08-01-2022, 05:21 PM

Thanks for posting, very, very interesting to me. My birth year also.

08-01-2022, 04:35 AM	#1
highbeams Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: California Posts: 802	Vintage film 1934 Ford @ World's fair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu7NWdzwuU8

08-01-2022, 06:03 AM	#2
Robert/Texas Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Burton, Texas Posts: 681	Re: Vintage film 1934 Ford @ World's fair Wow, many thanks for this. I was born in 1934 and own a '34 roadster so this was of special interest to me. I was surprised that all of the '34 Fords had whitewall tires except for the ones near the end of the film. I remember that whitewalls were rare back in the day.

08-01-2022, 08:29 AM	#3
nelsb01 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Up North Posts: 626	Re: Vintage film 1934 Ford @ World's fair More fascinating is that Ford created those small individual machines to display the individual processes of manufacturing. 12 million people toured the Ford Exhibit - the dates were May 27 to Oct 31. That was about 2.4 million a month.

08-01-2022, 01:11 PM	#5
petehoovie Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 8,078	Re: Vintage film 1934 Ford @ World's fair Does it look like the one on the right has a 'skirtless' front fender? __________________ The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... *"Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!"* "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0 Last edited by petehoovie; 08-01-2022 at 01:22 PM.

08-01-2022, 01:12 PM	#6
deuce5wndw Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Liberty, KY Posts: 900	Re: Vintage film 1934 Ford @ World's fair Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thanks for posting!

08-01-2022, 01:44 PM	#7
quik Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Christiansburg, VA Posts: 70	Re: Vintage film 1934 Ford @ World's fair That's cool.

08-01-2022, 03:44 PM	#8
nelsb01 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Up North Posts: 626	Re: Vintage film 1934 Ford @ World's fair Do you really think Ford only cast one aluminum head at a time. Nope. I was saying that each one of the machines in the film was probably one tenth of the actual machines capacity back at the Rouge.

08-01-2022, 05:21 PM	#9
jayvee34 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: St. Augustine, Fl. Posts: 437	Re: Vintage film 1934 Ford @ World's fair Thanks for posting, very, very interesting to me. My birth year also. __________________ IN GOD WE TRUST - SEMPER FIDELIS John