The Legendary First Race Car A Journey Back to 1903

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Ford Motor Co., Henry Ford and his chief assistant James Bishop reenacted their first drive of the first ... In 1895 the first true race was held, from Paris to Bordeaux, Fr., and back, a distance of 1,178 km. The winner made an average speed of 24.15 ... On this day in 1903, the Ford Motor Company made its first sale, with Ernest Pfennig becoming the proud owner of a Model A. On June 16, 1903, Ford incorporated a new company: the Ford Motor Company. ... For the next several years, Ford continued to build race cars that ... Mercedes 60 hp racing car, 1903. of 36. A third Ford racer, nearly identical to 999 and named Arrow, crashed in a race in 1903, killing its driver, Frank Day. ... Ford 999 race car ... Walter Christie in his 1903 front-wheel drive auto, the first built in the United States. Just visible behind the rear wheel is the radiator. each mainly metal construction with some resin parts, comprising three scratch-built models of 1903 Four-Cylinder Gobron-Brillie, the first car ... In 1903, eighteen months after the race, Henry founded the Ford Motor Company and put his dream of making a mass-produced automobile into action – something ... Marble and George P. Swift. They offered a two-cylinder runabout for the first two years and sold a four-cylinder touring car in 1905. This car is powered by ...