Last Sunday was the 132th birthday of József Galamb, the Hungarian engineer who became the chief designer of the first mass produced car in the world, the Ford Model T. My mom sent a message that I should write about him, but I told her I was sure everybody knew his story already.
1959 Buick Assembly Line Footage
1959 was a year of change for Buick. Buick's new cars were very different from the 1958 models they replaced. Watch as brand-new Buicks with new model names and updated styling come together and roll off the assembly line.
Henry Ford Did Not Invent The Assembly Line
Like saying night is day or Pink Floyd isn't the greatest rock band of all time, saying Henry Ford didn't invent the assembly line goes contrary to conventional auto wisdom. But he didn't. It was actually Ransom E. Olds.
Detroit Area Cafe To Support Automakers By Attempting World's Longest…
AJ's Music Cafe in suburban Detroit is putting on a Leno-like show supporting U.S. automakers. The difference? He's attempting to break the record for longest multi-act concert with a 10-day-long show. We checked it out.
Spy Photos: Henry Ford To Debut New "Horseless Carriage" In New York…
We've been covering this whole "horseless carriage" phenomenon for some time, but we're hearing this guy down the road from here's got a new way of making them. He's calling it "mass production" and it sounds like the cat's meow. In fact, with an emphasis on making workers jobs on this "assembly line" totally unimportant and …
