If you've never worked in a factory, it's hard to appreciate that what you see most of these guys doing for five seconds is what they did for the entire day, every day, for years.
@BobWiersema
2 жыл бұрын
My first job was in a machine shop. I did the same thing hour after hour day after day week after week.... Found out years later that my grandfather got me that job to teach me a lesson. Needless to say I went back to school.
@Corsa15DT
2 жыл бұрын
This is what Hell looks like
@BadWolf762
2 жыл бұрын
But when their shift was over they were done. They did not take their work home with them, and they did not have to worry about what was happening at work until the next morning when they punched in. I started out doing factory work and it was boring and tedious for the 8 hours I was on the clock. Today I run my own shop and I am on the clock 24/7, always thinking about what is going on and what needs to be done. There is never a time when the work is completely out of mind.
@alexiskai
2 жыл бұрын
@@BadWolf762 Running your own shop is the worst of both worlds. All the stress and worry, and you still wind up back on the floor punching out 1500 of something to fill an order.
@williamclark8917
2 жыл бұрын
@@BadWolf762 see
@Ben-rj7xs
Жыл бұрын
What impressed me the most was they manufactured everything right there from the beginning of pouring the engine blocks right down to the wire spoke rims. Henry Ford was a big thinker a visionary that actually did what he dreamed.
@rosewood1
Жыл бұрын
I worked at GMH Fisherman's Bend in plant No 1 in the 1970s in an era where GMH built virtually the complete vehicle in-house. Many things in this video were still being done. The factory was much larger and more spacious. Methods engineering had reduced handling and made conditions safer. Indeed working at GMH was vastly safer than in the heavy steel industry where injury was still pretty common. One thing that most of these movies get wrong is the myth that people were trapped into doing just one repetitive job. This was very much up to the individual. Foremen actually wanted workers to be multiskilled. You needed an agile work force because people might call in sick etc. I worked and was trained in many roles from machining to assembly to welding to many tasks. I thoroughly enjoyed the work. These days I restore classic cars as a hobby in retirement. Especially vehicles of the 1940s and 1950s. It really was the great age of manufacturing quality machines.
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@mjblackam
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for your story. I work in an office that looks out on the old GMH plant. It reminds me every day how Australia has forfeited all its once excellent industrial capability. 0ur country, which once had 5 or 6 car manufacturers, an aircraft manufacturing industry, appliance factories, etc, is now industrially bankrupt. It is a tragedy.
@bernarddavis1050
2 ай бұрын
@@mjblackam It's called finance capitalism. It goes where the profit is, and knows no national boundaries or loyalties. Karl Marx predicted it all in the 1840s. It remains the central issue and conundrum of our age.
@tommysts1920
Жыл бұрын
Back in the days when we still made great products. And this was during the depression too!
@raydunakin
7 ай бұрын
I can't even imagine how they were able to create the tools and dies for all those complex shapes and have the parts come out fitting so well, without the aid of computers and CAD software.
@AModelA
7 ай бұрын
Ford's pattern shop was among the best in the world. Charles Sorensen was his head of production and his original role at Ford was as a pattern maker. He was incredibly well respected in the field for his ability to manufacture parts to a very precise level of detail. Thanks for watching!
@karaDee2363
6 ай бұрын
That was back in the day when people had skills ...A Craftsman does not need computers or CAD software to accomplished his job .. Computers and CAD software is used today so that anyone with no skills can do that job
@Pure-Luck447
6 ай бұрын
That always get me too, how they made the tools to make the tools
@37silverstreak1
Жыл бұрын
I had a Model "A". I used it several times to go buy parts to fix my modern everyday car!! One of the greatest cars ever designed.
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
Right on!
@ry491
4 ай бұрын
Fascinating. I love the model A . How I wish I could go back in time , buy a new one and have it here in the present . So easy to work on and maintain . Did the job just fine without all the electronic junk that no one can fix .
@abohosamabohosam4178
Жыл бұрын
All spare parts were made by hand, one piece after another. There were no robots or computers running a factory.. There is nothing more beautiful than making and perfecting the human hand.☝️👍
@Watchmaker_Gereon-Schloesser
Жыл бұрын
yes NO CAD NO CNC = a fine human and hearty product. Let us get rid of computers. They make people so silly.
@garvinhooper
3 ай бұрын
and to think that this was during the Great Depression, those men were fortunate to have a good job
@dennisburkheimer860
Жыл бұрын
Not one of them complaining about “I CANT BREATH” or complaining about how hard the work was. True American men with a back bone. Nothing like the sissies we have today. I’m proud of each and everyone of the men that put the model A’s on the road.
@BillySBC
Жыл бұрын
They did complain, they just waited until they got home to do it.
@tanyaslusarczyk4805
Жыл бұрын
Just look at the sissy man-boy cops of today. It takes five of these bedwetting thugs just to take down one old-timer.
@jimclark6256
Жыл бұрын
@@tanyaslusarczyk4805 When do you get out of jail?
@davemckolanis4683
Жыл бұрын
@@tanyaslusarczyk4805 Better Keep Watching Your Video Games And Playing In Your Sandbox Where You Belong Kiddo...
@davemckolanis4683
Жыл бұрын
They Died Early Of Lung Infections, Physically Wore Out, Or Sustained Work Related Injuries From Line Production In Close Quarters... Apparently It Sounds Like You've Never Done A HARD DAYS WORK IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE Yet Cream Puff Denny BOY...
@greglivo
Ай бұрын
I love the poured-in-place bearings in the block and the crank with no counterweights. The lack of PPE back then is stunning. People handling bare sheet metal with no gloves, and other people grinding glass with no eye protection.
@AModelA
Ай бұрын
If you haven't seen our 1920's Ford Safety Film you should check it out! Thanks for watching. kzitem.info/news/bejne/uXep1qOpi4SVgqA
@greglivo
Ай бұрын
@@AModelA I will check it out!
@pappabob29
2 жыл бұрын
So many differences between this time period and now that this movie illustrates. Thousands of people working making these machines that have now been replaced via robots and/or off-shore cheap labor all in the name of "good business/profits" while Henry Ford became one of the Richest men in the world using this model. Have to love the ingenuity in all the machinery shown here that someone had to engineer, assemble, run, and maintain. Notice the guy who comes and checks the "quality/accuracy" gauge the guy is using on the cranks. Love those big stamping presses making the body panels and the guys fitting the Tudor Sedan body together. Currently assembling a 1931 Model A motor together from a stash of old parts, this film really hits home by how "automated" they had engineered this assembly line. "Everything" had to be very accurate as there is very little "adjustment" available on most of these assemblies.
@timvandenbrink4461
2 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather run a stamping press like that one at Fisher Body in Grand Rapids, Michigan for G.M. He retired in 1976.
@RalphsPier1961
9 ай бұрын
God Bless all those hard working people. They shaped the greatness of America.
@michaelallen9604
2 жыл бұрын
I've got a 31 AA it ran 20 years ago...always loved Fords
@presspound7358
7 ай бұрын
I have unwavering respect for the engineers who developed the automation in these plants. A finely tuned symphony of complex varied movements that come together in harmonious task delivery hour after hour after hour. The mechanical upkeep, the onerous troubleshooting and the “overhaul” shutdowns had to be mind bending. Respect ✊ 🇨🇦
@AModelA
7 ай бұрын
Ford surrounded himself by innovators who figured out how to make it work. Henry gets all the credit but he relied heavily on others to produce results. Thanks for watching!
@fendert1384
2 жыл бұрын
How hard these men worked to support their family/ country. look at the sloth we have created today,.
@bigstuff52
2 жыл бұрын
fender T ...define sloth..
@bigstuff52
Жыл бұрын
@Rockwell Rhodes The youth of today are as hard working as any generation..I'm 70 years old and that's what my dad use to tell me 50 years ago about the boomers,in other words my generation "the boomers"
@Bryan-od7nv
11 ай бұрын
@@bigstuff52That’s laughable. If we were to pick up the current generation and toss them into WW2 we would all be speaking German today.
@davidrussell8834
11 ай бұрын
Henry Fords greatest achievement was interchangeability. Standardization of components. He perfected the assembly line
@gopalakrishna8335
Жыл бұрын
The manufacturing automation of those times is simply astounding & it was all pioneered then! Also, everything is made in-house!! All sorts of trades specialists under one roof!!
@davemoyer505
Жыл бұрын
Back when America worked- and appreciated their work, and their jobs. Good video. Best we don’t forget where we came from!👍🇺🇸❤️
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@bluegrassboy
9 ай бұрын
I worked in an old foundry while in college in the mid 90s. They're dark, dirty places. When I saw that line of men pouring the engine blocks...no one can explain how hot that room was, you'd have to feel it to understand.
@mdogg1604
8 ай бұрын
In the mid '70's I performed a lot of the foundry jobs shown in the video. Not much different, even 45 years after the Model A. I swear I experienced the smells, sights, sounds, heat all over again.
@SuperMAZ007
2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting to see the assembly lines. Actually this gives a good idea how everything found it's place eventually on the vehicle.
@petemartin8784
5 ай бұрын
Every person in this film has passed on, but their contribution to America can not be understated. "Any color you like so long as it's black."
@shawnn6926
Ай бұрын
That was Model T
@pimpompoom93726
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating. This was a time when America led the world in manufacturing.
@BillySBC
Жыл бұрын
What a difference a hundred years makes.
@lloydc3742
Жыл бұрын
Hard working men of all races working to provide for their families making something to be proud of. Manufacturing jobs made a strong middle class. The gap checks and hand pin striping are interesting. Looks like Henry Ford is taking a tour at various parts in the film, especially at 11:27. Tall with light hat.
@Aronight
Жыл бұрын
This incredible historical record of manufacturing process is a human treasure.
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@josephngari1577
Жыл бұрын
Very hard working people. God has blessed Americans so much. I hope they're thankful
@Klaatu-ij9uz
Жыл бұрын
Working as a Ford employee was (and still is) the best industrial job a person could have. Those fellows back-in-the-day earned EVERY cent!
@hanahsbs5760
Жыл бұрын
No, it's not true ...
@hanahsbs5760
Жыл бұрын
At Ford, the workers are exploited mercilessly
@Klaatu-ij9uz
Жыл бұрын
@@hanahsbs5760 Exploited??! You must be a UAW worker to talk like that!
@BillySBC
Жыл бұрын
The ones who worked in the sand casting process and brake lining processes, many of them developed emphysema and other lung aliments from working around all the dust with no masks.
@tanyaslusarczyk4805
Жыл бұрын
@@hanahsbs5760 Maybe those freaking whiners need to quit, and let somebody take their job that can appreciate it.
@Stalke_R
Жыл бұрын
Thanks to Henry Ford for his hard work! 👍
@bluegtturbo
Жыл бұрын
It's absolutely awe inspiring that they could do all this over 100 years ago. Henry was a true genius.
@davemckolanis4683
Жыл бұрын
Henry Had His MAMMOTH River Rouge Plant Up And Running In Time For Model-A Production, That Added To His Earlier Methods Incorporated At The Highland Park Factory. Controlling Virtually EVERY ASPECT Of Car Production From Start To Finish, So There Were NO Interruptions In Manufacturing Vehicles. Beginning From Raw Materials To The Finished Vehicle. So It Was A LOT MORE Than Just 100-Years Of Continual Expanding Auto Making Experience...
@droid4d279
3 ай бұрын
I still can’t wrap my head around the technology they had back then
@glenfitzgerald9295
Жыл бұрын
Some of these awesome cars still remain in 2022, but sadly the people who made them arn't,i hope they all lived beautiful lives and are imortalised in this video..
@pepeluis44
Жыл бұрын
Para mi lo más asombroso es como en tan poco tiempo desarrollaron todas esas máquinas para crear MÁS MAQUINAS.
@EdselDuran-m2k
7 ай бұрын
The people that built these cars never realized these gems were worth millions today! ✨
@craigcontofalsky4387
2 жыл бұрын
Simplicity at it's finest!! Those looked like a flat plane crank in that 4 cylinder!😀
@dennisyoung4631
Жыл бұрын
Vibration! Pounded out bearings! Dipper rods!
@leesherman100
Жыл бұрын
Having several Model, A Fords I can truly appreciate this well-done video. Five *****
@carlmontney7916
Жыл бұрын
It's absolutely fantastic that this footage has been preserved. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it. Thanks for posting this.
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@imdeplorable2241
Жыл бұрын
I agree.👍 I love watching old industrial movies like that. Educational and entertaining.
@fredflinstone5431
2 жыл бұрын
I worked at a plant in St Paul that had rescued some old heavy press, punch press, and brake press machines.. Some were from the old St. Paul Ford plant...... (since torn down) The old "Bliss" heavy press was the most impressive, the rythem in its operation was the coolest sound of any machine I operated.... (lots of gear sounds, clanks, and a variety of cycling sounds as it pressed a part or two into shape, about a 3 second cycle.....)
@paulobruckler4104
Жыл бұрын
La mejor marca del planeta y uno de los modelos más grande de la historia junto al Mustang y otros modelos emblemas de la marca .....gracia Henry por haber existido.....
@mrsimpleesarcastik3494
Жыл бұрын
Outstanding video!!!! Thank you so much
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@NarlyLyfe
10 ай бұрын
This is my fav video of all time, I could watch it forever, thank you for this masterpiece.
@AModelA
10 ай бұрын
Wow, thank you! Glad you liked it.
@tgvenkatnarayanan8287
Жыл бұрын
Great feat of engineering and production of renowned automobiles. Thank you.
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@peteb2
2 жыл бұрын
I have to say this. I believe that being the new owner who'd just bought one of these cars back in the day would have been a far better experience when picking it up from the showroom than today! Private cars were a new thing on account they could be owned by not just the rich & it gave you independence! The interior would have been just lovely, no artificial fake plastic stuff, just leather, wood & natural fibers upholstery. Today its all plastic, chintz, safety this, safety that and if its an EV not even the sound of a proper engine!
@TASMAN-1
2 жыл бұрын
Henry Ford used Soyabean to make plastic fittings, knobs & buttons ect. Vinyl tops too possibly.
@maico4903
Жыл бұрын
My grandfather bought a brand new one in 1930 aged 29. Of the many cars he owned this was hands down his all time favourite.
@ninaappelt9001
Жыл бұрын
My dad a Model A engine as long as I can remember. Moved it across the country and back when we moved. He never planned on doing anything with it. He just loved having because no one else had one. He was cheeky that way. He finally sold it about a year before he died. I don't recall how he came to have it.
@loafandjug321
Жыл бұрын
These guys were tough, fast paced and handling sheet metal all day without gloves or kevlar sleeves. Sheet metal production is like knives with razor blade burs. Thankfully OSHA was created 40 years later.
@Makitaization
Жыл бұрын
When the stock market crashed in '29 these guys were glad as hell to have a job.
@notyou6950
2 жыл бұрын
Scarry! This many men with so much skills and talents. We've lost a lot of that today. I saw one of those in original condition running on a back road outside Sneeds Ferry NC in mid September 2022.
@coloradostrong
2 жыл бұрын
"Scarry"? It was scarred? Or did you mean _scary?_
@notyou6950
2 жыл бұрын
@@coloradostrong I'll let you figure it out. It was either me, or the auto correct, so...
@JKYK-kk5xf
3 ай бұрын
It's far more amazing manufacturing process than expected about 100years ago.
@frankostfolk2470
7 ай бұрын
Ein phantastischer Film !!! Hier sieht man Former und Handwerker die es heute nicht mehr gibt, bzw keiner mehr kann. Da ich 2003 in Detroit das Green Field von Ford besucht hab war dieser Film das i Tüpfelchen. Velen Dank
@AModelA
7 ай бұрын
Danke schön! Wir sind uns einig, dass ein Großteil der Arbeit in diesen Videos eine verlorene Kunst ist. Greenfield Village ist einer unserer Lieblingsorte. Vielen Dank fürs Zuschauen!
@DavidSmith-fr1uz
2 жыл бұрын
At 7:16, the camera pans across a factory floor full of busy workers. Today, the same scene, full of busy machines.
@brocktonma.1816
7 ай бұрын
This is one example of what made America the greatest🇺🇸
@mikescaffo4850
Жыл бұрын
Henry Ford was way ahead of his time and he is the genius behind the assembly line
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
Henry Ford was certainly a genius and knew how to surround himself with people who could continue to challenge the status quo of production.
@sergeantmasson3669
11 ай бұрын
@mikescaffo4850, and standardization of parts/components.
@ronvanwegen
Жыл бұрын
And that set the stage for victory in WW2 - mass production of everything!
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
The Arsenal of Democracy! Thanks for watching.
@thewrench324
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service sir’s and families!
@SteverRob
Жыл бұрын
I drove one this afternoon. It was awesome
@johnwade5747
2 жыл бұрын
This may class as an oxymoron but to be so simple, they sure were complicated! Nice piece of history. Thank you.
@vicswincki1124
Жыл бұрын
Can you even imagine the noise, the atmosphere, and the pace. How many hours per day, and steady at it. I didn't see no fat boys.
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
The hammering of the crankshaft is probably a noise unlike any other! Thanks for watching.
@davemckolanis4683
Жыл бұрын
This Film Was Made BEFORE McDonalds And Burger King Opened Hamburg Stands Outside The Factory Gates...
@Oliver-1755
5 ай бұрын
@@davemckolanis4683 Re: Hamburger stands and factories. "Daddy, what's a lunchbucket?"
@colinmccann7123
6 ай бұрын
Some early Fords were assembled in Portland Oregon. The building is still standing. There were elevators in the building big enough to elevate the cars to another level.
@AModelA
6 ай бұрын
The Portland assembly plant started producing Model A's on September 12th, 1928 and kept it up until November 1931. 32,962 Model A Cars were assembled there. An additional 3,995 Model A trucks were also built there. Thanks for watching!
@charliechristie2949
Жыл бұрын
AMAZING and WOW !......That's coming from an ASE Certified Master Technician ! LOVED this video. Anybody who works or has worked on cars for a living should watch how it was done in the beginning !
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@mrknotthall
6 ай бұрын
Operating a lathe with a tie on? You’ve got to be friggin’ kiddin’ me!
@Pure-Luck447
6 ай бұрын
😂
@Oliver-1755
5 ай бұрын
Did you see the guys dressed for a picnic? Gee, don't hurt yourself!
@antoniorobertodalloca8629
Жыл бұрын
Incrível uma fábrica dessa em 1929 e com controle de qualidade impressionante
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
gracias por ver nuestro video!
@rolfbracht5766
2 жыл бұрын
Es ist bewundernswert was die Menschen geleistet haben. So wurde also mein Ford A gebaut, den ich nun schon 55 Jahre besitze
@davidthomas4489
Жыл бұрын
It's amazing how that was the top technology of the time.
@BillySBC
Жыл бұрын
It was revolutionary.
@davemckolanis4683
Жыл бұрын
Other Car Manufacturing Companies Also Had Similar Assembly Lines Set Up As Well. It's Just That Ford Had Their Own Advertising Crew To Make Their Own Promotional Films About Their Production Process. Chevy Had A Really Good One Made In 1936 About How They Made Cars. From Foundry, To Frame Building, To Stamping Body Panel Parts And Assembly. Check It Out Too...
@flyingcaddy8620
11 ай бұрын
It is amazing how it looks like everything is manufactured on-site.
@yodoglover400
10 ай бұрын
It was. Henry Ford had the whole thing from scratch made right there in Detroit.
@wilsonmedeiros4707
7 ай бұрын
Impressionante! Fantástico! Esta era foi marcante, este vídeo é um tesouro histórico!!! Parabéns!!!!!
@michaelpage7691
Жыл бұрын
What amazes me is the fact that a lot of these vehicles are still around today. Rarely do you see modern vehicles lasting that long. Says something about the quality of manufacturing of these cars. 😁👍🏻🇦🇺
@abohosamabohosam4178
Жыл бұрын
Everything that was manufactured at that time, including cars, was made to last and function for more than a hundred years to come, because they did not expect that the industry would develop as we see it today.. It is not surprising that the cars of that time are still very strong and practical and do not need much and their maintenance is easy and simple and does not contain many luxuries like the fragile and thin cars of today. For example, on the devices, notice the old gramophone that still works manually and does not need electricity, and the old radio that works on batteries, analog photography, and many things at the beginning of the twentieth century were very powerful, and most of them exist to this day and work..
@davemckolanis4683
Жыл бұрын
Most Likely Those Model-A Cars Have Already Been Rebuilt Once Or Twice By Now Too. While Modern Cars Can Last Over 200K. My Taurus Is 23-Years Old And Still Runs Fine. You Must Beat The CRAP Out Of Your Cars...
@davemckolanis4683
Жыл бұрын
@@abohosamabohosam4178 Sorry. A Modern 4-Cylinder Engine Will WAY Out Perform A 4-Cylinder Model-A Engine. And Electrical Devices Will Also Out Perform The Mechanical Stuff Of The Old Days Too, After Electricity Became More Common And Replaced The Old Mechanical Stuff... You Can Go Back To Living In The Past If You Want To. But Most Folks Would Rather Poop On A Warm Toilet In The Bathroom, Than Use An Out House In Winter...
@bernarddavis1050
2 ай бұрын
That is just not true. In fact, it is a rule of thumb in the "classic" car market that the more of a particular model were made, the fewer of them survive to the present day. I have seen maybe two Model T in my life and three Model A, and they were run by dedicated car buffs. Same with more recent mass produced cars. How many VW Beetles do you see still driving around, or Morris Minis? Things made for a mass consumer market are consumed and disappear, as they were meant to.
@Only.gmail_
4 ай бұрын
Unbelievable, that they made their Own glass, Their own upholstery
@dont-want-no-wrench
Жыл бұрын
the scale is still breathtaking a hundred years later
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
Indeed! Thanks for watching.
@juanhigareda3810
Жыл бұрын
Such a smart man he didn't outsource anything
@robc8468
Жыл бұрын
He learned in the long run outsourcing did not work, the Dodge Brothers made a lot of the Model T parts and they had a falling out in the early 1920s.
@BillySBC
Жыл бұрын
He wanted to control the quality and the cost.
@discerningmind
2 жыл бұрын
I love Model A's and I could have watched an hour or two of this. I felt bad for the guys working in the foundry. I wouldn't have wanted a job in there.
@VinoRatRodbuilds
2 жыл бұрын
No kidding!
@billybarnes9208
Жыл бұрын
Can't imagine the heat in the casting department. Had to be unbearable to those poor souls. May God bless everyone!!
@dennisyoung4631
Жыл бұрын
Yes, foundry work with *aluminum* can be warm work. I’ve done some at the hobbyist level. Iron is said, by those I know who have done it, to be a whole world worse for heat and hazards - and it would be worse still in that environment!
@VinoRatRodbuilds
2 жыл бұрын
As a car hobbyist building a model A myself right now, who wouldn't want to be a part of this back in the day. 👍
@AModelA
2 жыл бұрын
It'd be hard to walk out of there empty handed every day...
@ronaldwyman7580
2 жыл бұрын
AWESOMME!
@adamdemirs3466
4 ай бұрын
My dad was born in 28. He passed 2 years ago, I miss the old man every day.
@LawrenceTennant-h3r
11 ай бұрын
This production film of the assembly plant is beautifully done beautifully preserved. I can't say enough good things about this channel, it's just awesome to have this american history
@AModelA
11 ай бұрын
Wow, thank you for watching and commenting.
@bernarddavis1050
2 ай бұрын
Yes, a real eye opener for slobs in sedentary jobs who have no idea what goes into making the stuff they take for granted.
@Curly34584
8 ай бұрын
I bet the workers were BEAT when they got home!
@AModelA
8 ай бұрын
And then they woke up the next day to do it all over again. Thanks for watching!
@paulcarter2907
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating, thank you..and such beautiful cars...
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it and we agree; the Model A is still a good looking car today!
@ronaldrobinson5532
Жыл бұрын
Hat tip to Henry. Amazing!
@blacksheepblacksheep5727
7 ай бұрын
The amount of thought, intelligence, science and engineering genius that these early inventors had is astonishing and phenomenal to think not only how to make an entire vehicle function but all the manufacturing equipment to build and assemble such inventions...it's truly incredible the minds of these early inventors who made our future in transportation, while I myself am still trying to figure out how to fit a square peg into a round hole , basically how stupid I am compared to these motivated geniuses !😂
@aronricardovideo
Жыл бұрын
Increible. El prodigio del trabajo. Gracias A Model A por compartir con todos nosotros
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
Gracias!
@Michael-it6gb
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating footage. These are the earliest productions of car assembly line, even though it was already 20 years old at that point.
@waterboy8999
2 жыл бұрын
Did I miss the part where the fitted the seatbelts? What's even more impressive than all that work and production is the actual assembly line, what an incredible site.
@PacoOtis
2 жыл бұрын
Good old days, my ass! LOL
@Mike-dh6nb
11 күн бұрын
The machines and tooling is what amazes me
@AModelA
9 күн бұрын
Just the foresight a person would need to know how much square footage a particular machine needed and lining everyhing up in the proper sequence is just mind boggling. Thanks for watching!
@glennd9756
Жыл бұрын
It’s one thing to admire the assembly of the Model T but how about the engineering and design of all the equipment and machinery to assemble that car. All this was done in a non computer design world. 😊
@glennd9756
Жыл бұрын
Meant Model A
@nerminheldic9783
Жыл бұрын
Good old drawing board my friend.
@hugh007
Жыл бұрын
I imagine the machinery to make this production machinery was even more monstrous.
@sotejon
Жыл бұрын
Grandpa had a Ford dealership through the 1920s in Nebraska. Didn't stock cars then. When someone bought a new Ford, he would take a train to the factory and drive it back.
@TheThatoneguy12121
7 ай бұрын
4:42. Those presses they're using are the same ones I use at my job. They're Greenard presses! Different style though, but still very cool to see!
@oneto5118
Жыл бұрын
Back when America took pride in making a product in the USA .there was no part stamped, made in Taiwan.
@miltcamp4255
Жыл бұрын
Made in China 😢
@marchellochiovelli7259
Жыл бұрын
@@austinlane5533 Buy low and sell high applies to everything, not just stocks. Good comment.
@tombryan1
Жыл бұрын
You are naive, these people were used up like cattle. This is a dark past for those that toiled in these unsafe slave farms.
@oneto5118
Жыл бұрын
@Tom bryan and you're a troll and most likely the whistle blowing RAT type . Those men were strong and didn't sit behind a computer complaining like a little girl. They worked and fed their families like real men.
@ronaldmayle1823
7 ай бұрын
The music is worth the price of admission.
@mrknotthall
6 ай бұрын
What admission? I got in for free.
@ronaldmayle1823
6 ай бұрын
@@mrknotthall It's just an old saying. lol
@Oliver-1755
5 ай бұрын
Here, have a drink, Honey!
@cratecruncher4974
11 ай бұрын
What an impressive enterprise! It seems they did everything themselves even down to making their own fabrics. Still, I feel sorry for those working in that plant. So many health and safety issues.
@pl747
2 жыл бұрын
More amazing to me is not the car but how did they build the factories, tooling, and machinery so fast to get into production and getting everything to work like a well oiled machine.
@PacoOtis
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent comment! When I think of the massive investment and the engineering to make this plant, it is staggering! Few people think of the logistics that are required to make something like this happen, and I congratulate you. I'm a Vietnam veteran and while I was there I marveled at all the logistics that were required to keep things going, and not the guy pulling the trigger as he would be worthless without his ammo and food and support. Whew!
@brendonferris5637
2 жыл бұрын
Surprised at such efficient processes for the time, agree with above comments. Great video.
@bobolulu7615
2 жыл бұрын
I believe it took 11 years to build the plant. But I too marvel at the staggering amount of machinery jigs and fixtures that someone had to make, and then make the process actually work!
@ednorton47
2 жыл бұрын
@@PacoOtis There was a lot of money made off of the Vietnam War. Why do you think it went on so long? Nobody wanted the gravy train to end.
@TheBenjammin
Жыл бұрын
@@PacoOtis You're so much smarter than everyone else...no one has ever thought of those things.
@shawnn6926
Ай бұрын
Thank you to all the people in this video that are no longer alive that made my '30 Model A.
@AModelA
Ай бұрын
Imagine traveling back in time and telling these guys you saw a film of them building cars on an electronic device that fits in your pocket. Thanks for watching!
@atakeyho9832
Жыл бұрын
Pretty well automated for their time. 🤟
@randallhutchcraft5518
9 ай бұрын
I would rather see a video of someone building the machines they used to build the parts of the cars, would be more satisfying. 😊
@colvinator1611
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video ! I love that technology along with a very appropriate music score. Thanks a lot. Colin UK 🇬🇧
@AModelA
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@TheGreatestBeyonder
Жыл бұрын
Henry T Ford paid a revolutionary day rate at the time… but even that wasn’t enough in the end and workers starting “dipping” (ie. taking days off sick) because the mundane and cruel routine started to break people. Time and motion studies galore proved this point time and time again. But ultimately he did revolutionise how cars, and many other items, where made en-mass.
@stepanfedorov561
Жыл бұрын
And you also need to keep in mind that many people after 1929 were willing to work in worse conditions, as long as they had a stable job. The Great Depression changed people.
@MrEric2cu
11 ай бұрын
Henry Ford paid his workers a incredible wage of $5 per hour. Unheard of for those days. He respected them and in turn they worked hard producing a fine product. They took pride in their work, and for the first time they themselves could afford to purchase their own Ford.
@ijustgottasaythis
11 ай бұрын
Uummmmm, more like $5 per day. $25 a week. In America, in 1930 that was fantastic money for semi-skilled labor! I don't think Mr. Ford gave them time and a half for any overtime work...there just wasn't any.
@Shadow0fd3ath24
11 ай бұрын
$5 a day...and it wasnt good work. it was hard hot work doing the same boring thing all day. And ge had a goon squad that made sure you did it on time and you met their personal expectations
@cratecruncher4974
11 ай бұрын
$5 per day and if you get hurt you're FIRED!
@bernarddavis1050
2 ай бұрын
$5 per hour; are you insane? Even today there are a lot of Americans who work for only about that, and the dollar will buy a tiny fraction of what it could in 1930. Ford was no liberal philanthropist; he was a ruthless, hard-driving capitalist entrepreneur who saw workers as mere cogs in his machine.
@ClotEastwood
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for an intersting upload
@rafaelfreitassantos5534
Жыл бұрын
que espetacular nesse tempo já existia bastante tecnologia em maquinas.
@mariomolina194
Жыл бұрын
hoy comprendo por que me gustan tanto esos carros fueron hechos con amor y dedicasion de esos pioneros obreros que hacian historia de esta pionera nacion EEUU y en mundo lo bueno de esos anos todo era manual y poca robotica en la industria automotriz un video tambien historica
@ctaylor3168
Жыл бұрын
Craftmanship unlike anything this country will ever see again.
@juslangley
Жыл бұрын
Thank God.
@bobs3354
Жыл бұрын
It still happens in the US and around the world. But it’s far more expensive.
@edwardwonch8681
Жыл бұрын
If you got 40,000 out of one of those it had a good run. Those old Ford 4 bangers didn't have water or oil pumps. Splash system for oil, convection for water.
@bernarddavis1050
2 ай бұрын
Craftsmanship?? Are you kidding? The whole point of the industrial revolution was the ELIMINATION of personal craftsmanship from the production process, and the Ford plants were the perfect example of that. For God's sake, when will you people wake up?
@octane2099
2 жыл бұрын
Henry Ford was a genius.
@Gaspipenicklioni
8 ай бұрын
The factory is more amazing than the cars built.
@okbridges
Жыл бұрын
Wow. The multiple shuttle loom they had to weave the upholstery fabric in house has to be probably the most complex machine in the plant. At least two, maybe three shuttles and 6 or 7 harnesses! The slow-motion shot was great too! The owner's manual was probably printed in house too so a few linotype machines had to be present to rival the loom!
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