Ford Dealer and Service Field
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Page : 824 pages
File Size : 16,67 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Ford automobile
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Page : 824 pages
File Size : 16,67 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Ford automobile
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Page : 116 pages
File Size : 36,60 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Automobile dealers
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Author : Brian McMahon
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780816637195
In 1903, before the Ford Motor Company was even incorporated, Stephen Tenvoorde signed a contract to sell "Fordmobiles" at his bicycle shop in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Four generations later, the Tenvoorde family still operates what is now the oldest Ford dealership in the world. Brian McMahon chronicles how the fortunes of the company and the state became intertwined during that century. Ford assembled Model T cars in the world's tallest automobile plant in Minneapolis and a three-story structure in St. Paul--both still standing. These factories quickly became functionally obsolete after the development of the moveable assembly line. The hunt for a new site to build a modern, single-story plant stirred intense rivalry between Minneapolis and St. Paul. Henry Ford took a rare personal interest in the search and selected a 125-acre parcel in St. Paul overlooking the recently built High Dam on the Mississippi River, which allowed for navigation and hydroelectric power. The Twin Cities Assembly Plant would go on to manufacture millions of cars, trucks, tractors, and military vehicles until its closure in 2011. Henry Ford's large-scale experiments with every aspect of the industrial economy sent ripples and shockwaves through the lives of Minnesotans--management and assembly line workers, dealers and customers, families and communities. First-person accounts of more than forty retired auto workers share what it was like to work at Ford--from the early years of the Minneapolis plant to the final hours of the Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul. McMahon documents the company's transformation--through the Depression, the rise of the United Auto Workers Union, World War II, women joining the workforce, competition from imported cars, globalization, outsourcing, and the closing of the plant. This publication was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Any views, findings, opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the State of Minnesota, the Minnesota Historical Society, or the Minnesota Historic Resources Advisory Committee.
Author : Robert Genat
Publisher : MotorBooks International
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 17,76 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Automobile dealers
ISBN : 1610608038
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Page : 896 pages
File Size : 50,56 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Ford automobile
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Author : Henry Dominguez
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Page : pages
File Size : 30,87 MB
Release : 2022-01-19
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ISBN : 9780977770120
A pictorial history of the Ford dealership from 1903 to 1954.
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 35,66 MB
Release : 1916
Category : Automobile travel
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The Ford owner's magazine.
Author : Henry L. Dominguez
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Page : 407 pages
File Size : 20,82 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Automobile dealers
ISBN : 9780977770106
Author : Henry L Dominguez
Publisher : SAE International
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 30,3 MB
Release : 2002-10-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0768009200
Carefully crafted from thousands of Ford archives, written interviews, and first-hand accounts told by people who knew the man, Edsel: The Story of Henry Ford's Forgotten Son, brings into focus the remarkable life of Edsel Ford. The book chronicle's Edsel's life from his early days of growing up in and around his father's company, through the controversy of his World War I draft notice and eventual exemption, the design change from the Model T to the Model A, and the creation of the Ford Foundation. 27 chapters in all help to shed light on the life of a man who preferred to spend most of his life out of the limelight.
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Page : 450 pages
File Size : 11,32 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Automobiles
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