Frank Kulick - in his own words
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:50 am
Frank Kulick was Ford Motor Company's fifth employee, hired in the early summer of 1903, before the first Ford Model A was on the market. In this video he tells, in his own words how he helped Henry Ford sort out those first Model A, and about working with and for Henry Ford. He goes into detail about winning Ford's first stock motor car world record driving the six cylinder Model K, as well as the origin of Ford's assembly line.
Frank Kulick's time with Ford spanned the beginning of Ford Motor Company until the end of Model T era. He set world and national speed records driving Ford cars and racers between 1904 and 1912. Unlike most successful racing drivers of the time, he didn’t drive other race cars in competition , always staying with the Ford brand. He drove in two of Ford's most famous transcontinental events, the 1909 Ocean to Ocean race, as well as piloting the 10 millionth Model T across the country in 1924.
Click on the link below to watch the twelve minute video:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p94wfos8 ... f1rud&dl=0
Below, Frank Kulick stamping the 15 millionth Model T motor in 1927:
My many thanks to Bob Coiro for lending his voice to Frank Kulick's words.
Frank Kulick's time with Ford spanned the beginning of Ford Motor Company until the end of Model T era. He set world and national speed records driving Ford cars and racers between 1904 and 1912. Unlike most successful racing drivers of the time, he didn’t drive other race cars in competition , always staying with the Ford brand. He drove in two of Ford's most famous transcontinental events, the 1909 Ocean to Ocean race, as well as piloting the 10 millionth Model T across the country in 1924.
Click on the link below to watch the twelve minute video:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p94wfos8 ... f1rud&dl=0
Below, Frank Kulick stamping the 15 millionth Model T motor in 1927:
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