Miscellaneous Ford Motor Company blueprints and drawings collection, 1906-1951.

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Miscellaneous Ford Motor Company blueprints and drawings collection, 1906-1951.

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The collection is comprised of miscellaneous Ford Motor Company drawings with no single provenance. Included are drawings for Henry Ford's first internal combustion engine (known as the kitchen sink engine); his first automobile, the Quadricycle; various parts of the Model T; various parts of the Lincoln automobile; and drawings relating to many other early Ford Motor Company automobiles. There are also a few Ford Tri-Motor and Fordson tractor drawings. Drawing sets are not complete.

2.6 cubic ft. and 3 oversize boxes.

The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 8145986

The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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