d their first son, Edsel on November sixth 1893, at the same time Henry was working on making his own internal combustion engines and was being constantly promoted at his job (Lacey 34).Henry's dream of the automobile started with the production of his first auto, on June fourth 1896, the primitive auto was named the quadracycle. Not exactly a modern auto the Quadracycle was reminiscent to a babbycarrige on bicycle wheels but was a start to Ford's empire and the development of the automobile for the people. Many saw Henry's potential and helped him to find a successor to the Quadracycle; one such person was the Mayor of Detroit, William Mayburg who provided financial support to Ford to continue his research. Generous investors such as this and the help of four investors donating 10,000 dollars each led to the official founding of the Ford Motor Co. in 1901.In 1903 the Quadracycle's successor was designed and named the Model A, the Model A was much more refined and technologically advanced. Using a new two-cylinder engine it produced nine horsepower and featured a two-speed transmission with a chain driven drive train that had a maximum speed of 30 miles per hour, and sold for a pricey 850 dollars (Wise 77). Not more than a year later the Ford Motor Co. was introducing new models, the Model C & F were only updated model A's but the new Model B was a totally redesigned model. The Model B featured Ford's first four cylinder engine, which was extremely powerful for the times (Robson 98). Ford's continual growth of expanding model lines continued with the Model K that featured a six cylinder engine and had more refinement, but the price was to high, up to 2000 dollars, and was soon dropped from Ford's lineup. In order to succeed Ford knew that he needed a low cost quality automobile.Ford's first attempt to produce a car that was targeted towards the everyday family was the Model N. The Model N featured a very important feature that m...
