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How Ford has effected us over the years


rowdyranger

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This is the conclusion of a paper I wrote for my eng 102 class this semester, I was asked to publish it and figured why not rangerstation.com. this sums up the paper pretty well, email me if you want the whole paper.
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We have looked at many ways the Ford Motor Company has effected us both positively and negatively. One of the most important ways that Ford has effected us is with his first mass production of cars with the assembly line. This created easy traveling for the common man, Also it was the invention of the assembly line which we still use for production of almost all of our material products. Fords assembly line has also given average people the chance to have a solid, decent paying jobs for many years. We have also looked at the way cars effect a persons social status and how they are socially accepted. For example: the nicer the car you drive the more money you make. As for the economy car manufacturing can greatly effect a cities economy, just like the $105 million investment to the assembly plant in Louisville KY.

We also looked at some of the negative aspects of cars. The emissions that cars have been dumping into the air have started to destroy both us and our environment, which could cause serious problems that the future could unveil. The exhaust and emissions from cars has been proven very damaging to the environment and everyone around it. Will something be done to stop pollution from cars? Another concern is that it has become more and more expensive to buy, own, and operate cars. Gas prices have shot up in the past couple years and will continue to raise unless something is done. It costs a person on average over $6000 to operate a car each year for driving only 20 miles a day. Not only do you have to pay to operate but also to fix it when mechanical issues occur. The cost of automotive repair is extremely high and time consuming. Concerns in safety have also come up. The average death rate per state is over 600 deaths per year, is this really worth driving to a party?

As you can see there are many ups and downs to the history of the Fords cars and how they have effected us, but is there really a way of telling for sure if it has been either good or bad for us? I think that there are good and bad aspects in cars, just like everything else, and we shouldn’t make something out to be a bad thing just because some bad things happen while using it. After all could it be that we are just using it incorrectly? There are many ways that cars have been both good an bad for us, but regardless its hard to deny the fact that Henry Ford has changed the lives of almost everyone.
 
Nice paper on Ford. I bet you really got a good grade on that.

I especially like "I think that there are good and bad aspects in cars, just like everything else, and we shouldn’t make something out to be a bad thing just because some bad things happen while using it. After all could it be that we are just using it incorrectly?" I definitely agree to it.

:clapping: Nice one!

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Thanks for posting it here. Nice job, and I hope you got a good grade on it.
 
This is the conclusion of a paper I wrote for my eng 102 class this semester, I was asked to publish it and figured why not rangerstation.com. this sums up the paper pretty well, email me if you want the whole paper.
s0lafr01@louisville.edu


A very good conclusion. I also have done a group project for my Business Strategy and Policy class on Ford. basically we looked at the issues facing ford and their strengths and weaknesses and recommended strategies for Ford.

I will have to post the power point and the paper that we did.

AJ
 
Ford didn't invent the assembly line or even the automobile assembly line. The latter honor goes to Oldsmobile (well before they were acquired by GM). Mechanical assembly lines (and their prerequisite -- interchangeable parts) were part and parcel of the Industrial Revolution, and were used on quite a few items manufactured in large numbers (for instance, firearms and farm equipment). The Model T was commercially substantially more successful than the first Oldsmobile, so that assembly line had more effect. But it wasn't the first.

Ford's assembly line was the first to use a conveyor belt. But that's not a critical part of an assembly line; many modern assembly lines do not have them. For instance, Airbus' A380 line. Can you imagine a conveyor belt that can haul a 1.4 million pound object?
 
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The Model T didn't come out until after Oldsmobile was bought out, but I am sure there was a lot of looking over the fences back then.

Henry did some great things for the auto industry but was a bit of an odd duck. The way he delt with union officials and treated his son Edsel left a lot to be desired.

My brother just toured the Henry Ford museum and both Henry and Edsel's houses at the begining of March. If you are ever in Detroit judging by the pictures and stories it is well worth taking a look at.

Interesting tidbit: the steering wheels of US cars are on the left because Mrs. Ford prefered to ride on the right side. One of the perks of being one of the first on the bandwagon I guess.
 
Interesting tidbit: the steering wheels of US cars are on the left because Mrs. Ford prefered to ride on the right side. One of the perks of being one of the first on the bandwagon I guess.

I have a hard time believing that. It's an obvious choice when driving on the right side of the road. And that part existed LONG before there were automobiles. And one reason you might want to build stuff that way is so that you can buggy-whip right-handed without nailing opposing traffic.

Very early cars didn't have steering wheels. Some had levers (tillers) instead. And those went on the left side, too.
 
Early American motor vehicles were produced in RHD, following the practice established by horse-drawn buggies. This changed in the early years of the 20th century: Ford changed to LHD production in 1908, and Cadillac in 1916.

It may have not been the only factor, but it is entirely possible that it was one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_hand_drive#United_States
 
And for the record my brother told me that, I don't know if it was just brought up in class or it was something at a museum but I am not just making it up on my own.
 
Henry Ford's house is a trip. Has its own power station, connected to the house by a tunnel. Old cars still in the garage, the original furniture, etc. A lot of way cool stuff. The house is called Fairlane, so it's no wonder how they named the later car, right? That's cool that your brother got to see it, 85_Ranger. Have they set up general tours now, or did he get in through some kind of special gig?
 
Any body else familiar with the Jerry Reed song "Lord, Mr. Ford"? Lemme see if I can find a link to it...
 
I thought we drove on the right because it puts the shield side on the passing side on horseback.
The British came up driving on the left because it puts the sword side (like in jousting) on the side where the other guy is coming at you.
 
Sounds like a great paper, but you need to check up on your grammar. Some of your "effected" s need to "affected" and vice versa. EX: "We have looked at many ways the Ford Motor Company has effected us both positively and negatively" Should be affected and most of the other e's should be changed to a's in that sample.
Great topic and thesis though :icon_thumby:
 
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I thought we drove on the right because it puts the shield side on the passing side on horseback.
The British came up driving on the left because it puts the sword side (like in jousting) on the side where the other guy is coming at you.

That makes no sense, as in Jousting, you want your shield to be on the side with the enemy, otherwise, your totally exposed to his Lance...
 
85_Ranger. Have they set up general tours now, or did he get in through some kind of special gig?

I will have to ask, he did get to do a lot of stuff normal people don't get to do, like tour the experimental garage in Detroit, F-150 plant, Mustang plant, Romeo (4.6L and GT-500 5.4L) plant, a transmission plant with a funny name and the big test track... I would have killed to go on that trip.
 

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