Betty Ford

many people can say that they have truly affected the lives of all Americans; however, Henry Ford is a notable innovator who had an immense impact on virtually every American citizen. Modern day accessibility to transportation has shaped the lifestyle of the average human being by providing greater access to surrounding life, and this routine is only possible because of the many achievements of Henry Ford. Ford revolutionized American life in the twentieth-century by creating more accessible…

amenity that only the rich people could afford to indulge themselves into; however, Henry Ford figured out a way to positively alter the world and its views by generating and mass-producing automobiles accessible to everyone. The automobiles that Ford manufactured and sold signified the affordable and reasonable prices of quality automobiles available to all people, regardless of their wealth. Furthermore, Ford believed that by maintaining the quality of the automobiles and lowering the cost of…

Rolling Bearing Company where he became the president and general manager in 1899. After 17 years, the company merged with the United Motors Corporation that soon became General Motors Corporation. Lee Iacocca was born in 1924 and began working for Ford in 1946. He was Vice President in a few operations in the corporation until he was fired in 1978. By 1981 he was hired by Chrysler in desperation that he could help them from…

Cherry Hill, New Jersey – It was quite an outstanding gravel rally debut for Bucky Lasek, one of the Subaru Rally Team drivers. In addition to finished seventh overall, Lasek also reached the podium in his own class. He was behind the wheel of the new Subaru Parts Online rally car, the 2016 Subaru WRX STI. Lasek drove a careful and measured rally, slowly getting comfortable with his car's handling. He was helped by Rhianon Gelsomino, an experienced co-pilot, and her notes about the course. The…

It all began with me, a young boy searching the internet for my first truck. All of my friends were starting to get the cars and I still hadn’t found the perfect one. My father told me that it was time for me to start looking at what I wanted to drive. I was looking and there it was I thought in my head. A 1967 Chevy truck. I bolted out of my room to show my father what I had found. He said that it looks like a nice well built truck and that we could go look at it. We made the drive to Tulsa…

The radio was invented in 1913, Edwin Armstrong is an american engineer that invented a special circuit that transmitted voices from one place to another. The radio was important because it spread information across the nation to let people know what was going on with the current day world. The radio also played jazz music and children would dance and sometimes parents would too, some old people did like the radio because of it “killing the children”. The radio brought cultural and social…

There is a car that surpassed all others in its time, that car was the Ford Mustang. MyClassicGarage.com states that is was the most popular car of the 1960’s. In 1964, the Ford Mustang was debuted (MotorAuthority.com). The 1964 Ford Mustang was truly a beautiful car according to all people of the time. Because of this, the Mustang created a class of its own. It was dubbed a “pony car” because it cost less and was more compact rather than most coupes (MyClassicGarage.com). Everyone from the…

Seth Ford Imagine being the youngest of seven children and moving 3 times throughout your life. I have gotten to know Seth Ford briefly over the past two years. Some characteristic that I’ve picked up on include, never quitting and a team first mentality. Throughout my interview with Seth I obtained information relating to his family, school life, and his personal interests and hobbies. At 16 years old, Seth is the youngest of seven children in his family. Seth was born February 26, 2001 in…

auto for over 20 years and he needed to put an end of it, so the Model T was vanished from the sequential construction system. In 1927, he reluctantly close down the Model T began the layout of an all-new auto. It was such a departure from the old Ford and that auto was named the Model An (Edsel).…

Henry Ford was born in 1863 in Dearborn, Michigan. He was born on his family farm and worked there for most of his early life. When he was a teenager, he came to the conclusion that farm work was not for him. Once Ford turned 16, he left the farm to take an apprenticeship working with machines in Detroit. There, he learned how to take care of and operate steam engines. In 1888, He married and returned to farming to take care of his wife and son. Shortly after, Ford was hired by the Edison…