Henry Ford was born in 1863 in Michigan.He grew up on a farm, but he did not want to become a . He left school when he was sixteen. He wanted to make cars so he went to work as a .
In 1896, Ford built his first car . This car was very different from the cars today. For example, its wheels were bicycle wheels. In 1902, Ford built a car that won an important . This car was the fastest car that ever been built. It went 70 miles per hour. By then Ford had enough money to start the Ford Motor Company.
At this time, cars cost a lot of money. Only very rich people bought them. Ford had a dream.He wanted to a car that many people could . Ford was sure that people would buy cars if they could afford them. He said,"Everybody wants to be he isn't.
Ford's plan was to make all his cars the same. Cars that are all the same take less time and less money to make.Then Ford could less money for these cars. In 1908, Ford produced his famous Model T Ford. The Model T sold for $850. This was much cheaper than other cars but still more than most people could pay.
One day Ford visited a factory. There he saw animal being moved from one worker to another. Each worker had a particular job to do when a carcass reached him.Ford realised that he could use this line method to build cars.
It took less than two hours to build a car on the assembly line. Before,it took fourteen hours. Ford was able to the price of the Model T to $265. Ford's dream had come true. The Model T was now a car that many people could afford. By 1927 , when Ford stopped making the Model T , more than 15 million of these cars had been sold.
