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Used Cars & Trucks Only OVER A DOZEN REUANTS IN-STOCK! i Friday, July 26,1985 Section C Ford: American achiever America is a nation which enjoys celebrating practically everything from Independence Day to Sweetheart's Day to Groundhog Dav. There's even an April day set aside for fools. But there isn » a day named for one of the country's most famous inventors, a man who I I ituI cI stafi writer changed life not only in America, but around the world, and a man who probably helped you get ^ to work this morning. Finally, on Christmas Eve 1893. Ford com- If there was such a day. ty would July 30. Next pleted his first working engine, which was put Tuesday will mark the 122nd anniversary of the together with bits and pieces of scrap metal, birth of Henry Ford, the man who helped put The handwheel of an old lathe acted as a America on wheels. flywheel. A piece of discarded pipe became a Ford's story is a typical one from the late 19th cylinder. A piece of fiber with a wire through century: country boy leaves the farm and heads the center was a spark plug. It made contact for the big city to find his fortune. „ with a wire at the end of a homemade piston. While in pursuit of this dream, he left his and when the pistcn moved away, the contact mark on history. From inventing the first af- was broken and a spark leaped through the gap. fordable car, to his "Peace Ship" mission exploding the gasoline. across the Atlantic Ocean during World War 1. A one-cylinder engine worked, but Ford was to making the term "assembly line" a part of far from satisfied. The next day he began work the English language, to building bombers for on a two-cylinder engine which, hopefully, the second World War. Ford became a part of would lead to Ford's first horseless carriage. Americana. After three years of work. Ford's quest ended. When The Boss (not Bruce Springsteen) gave On June 4. 1896. at 4 a.m.. Ford completed his me this assignment. I was a bit stumped. How first carriage sans the horse. Much like the boat do you write about someone like Henry Ford? builder who discovers thfe garage, is tod small Fortunately, a visit to the library helped. Two for his lake-bound vehicle. Ford found that the books, "The American Automobile" by Ralph size of his shed/workshop prohibited him from Stein and "Hehry Ford, the Wayward Capital- moving his new invention. So out came an axe ist" by Carol Gelderman, were of great and Henry Ford was soon driving down the assistance. road. Ford quit school at the age of 17 and got a job Ford's "horseless" appeared about three working on steam traction engines in Detroit, years after Charles Durvea's carriage appeared Like most young men in the late 1800s. his on the streets of Springfield. Mass. and later dreams focused on building a horseless won the Chicago Times-Herald race, the na- carriage. tion's first auto race. But Ford had bigger plans Ford started toward that goal by building in mind. small steam engines. In 1885, he repaired a four- His first car was built while he worked for the cycle Otto Gas Engine at the Eagle Iron Works in Detroit. FORD -- Page 3C Steve Metsch %#• W APR TOQUALIFIED BUYERS OR CASH BACK not available on Lebaron GTS. MANY 7 PASSENGER VOYAGERS AVAILABLE! APR available thru July 31 st| on 7 LEBARON GTS'sl 3 LEBARONS IN STOCK -MORE ON THE WAY CLIFFORD CHRYSLER *60 MONTHS FINANCING! HOURS: MON THURS.V» FRI. 9 5 SAT 9 5 TOQUALIFIED BUYERS WE DON'T WANT TO BE THE BIGGEST JUST THE BEST! MODEL "T" 1908 Due to the phenomenal success of our sale we've extended I Your Car or Truck ••• No matter what shape it's in Running or not! IS WORTH *1000.00 at Faul Chevrolet thru July 31,1985 1983 CHEVROLET CAVALIER 4 Cylinder, Automatic, Power Steering, Lots of extras. /to Miits Auto., A/C, Sharp , Auto., A/C, Starao A/C, Extra Ota*.. CHEVROLET