For some reason nothing is ever said about the Ford family before Henry. I have been aware of him for over 50 years and do not know if he had siblings, just assumed that since he was from the Dearborn area he was born and raised on a farm with only basic education. Who were his parents?
Back in 1896; there were some who looked at this as an "interesting" if woefully impractical toy, and there were others who saw its potential to revolutionize the world. With the benefit of 127 odd years of hindsight, guess which group was correct.
You can really guess the age of a car if you have to spin the flywheel to get it started! Those are some neat oilers! Are those custom made spark plugs????
Beautiful, Beautiful workmanship. I would love to build a 1/2 scale model of the engine. Would you mind sharing the bore and stroke of this engine, as well as the flywheel diameter? Thx & Rgds... Chuck
The quadracycle had no brakes. So one of the first things Ford learned from building this vehicle was that you probably needed brakes in order to stop. He learned a lot from building this vehicle first!
