On June 4, 1896, in the early hours of the morning, Henry Ford took his first significant step towards revolutionizing personal transportation by test-driving his pioneering invention, the Ford Quadricycle. This event marked a pivotal moment not only in Ford’s life but also in…
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They say that as GM goes, so goes America. The story of GM began in 1907 when William Durant “received a phone call about a large automobile merger put together by financier J.P. Morgan. Weeks later, Durant held a meeting in his room at…
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On July 20, 1903, automotive history was made when Chicago dentist Ernst Pfenning received a new car. For $850, he purchased a two-cylinder Model A automobile from a newly-formed Ford Motor Company. Produced at Ford’s plant on Mack Street in Detroit, the vehicle had…
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