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Model T Construction Before the Assembly Line…
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 5:42 pm
by MichaelPawelek
Posted on another forum and very interesting. One I have not seen….
Re: Model T Construction Before the Assembly Line…
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 6:44 pm
by Ron Patterson
Michael
Firewall subassemblies being prepared to go down ramp the the final vehicle assembliy line.
Ron Patterson
Re: Model T Construction Before the Assembly Line…
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 10:06 pm
by Art M
This arrangement was much more efficient than any other car manufacturer. Oldsmobile and Buick might have been as efficient in 1910 or so.
Re: Model T Construction Before the Assembly Line…
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:52 pm
by bdtutton
I looked through a few different books about the beginnings of the assembly line and they seemed to contradict each other a bit. I know there were some tests done to prove the concepts and then they built the first production line, but the articles I read seemed to contradict each other on the dates. Is there a document I can reference that has the most accurate description of the timelines as they switched over to the assembly line? I have a car that was built about that time and I have been curious about how it was assembled.
Re: Model T Construction Before the Assembly Line…
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 10:09 am
by DanTreace
A most authoritative source is the publication
Ford Methods and The Ford Shops, 1914-1915 by Arnold and Faurote.
See Chapter V, starting on page 135.
You can read for free via Internet Archive, here is link (hope it works). If not just google: "Ford Methods and The Ford Shops read for free"
https://archive.org/details/fordmethodsandf00faurgoog