History of Henry Ford's Quadricycle | The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation

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  • čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
  • The Quadricycle was Henry Ford's first attempt to build a gasoline-powered automobile. It utilized commonly available materials: angle iron for the frame, a leather belt and chain drive for the transmission, and a buggy seat. Ford had to devise his own ignition system. He sold his Quadricycle for $200, then used the money to build his second car. Season 3 Episode 61.

Komentáře • 45

  • @michaelarrowood4315
    @michaelarrowood4315 Před 2 měsíci +1

    That's great! I've never seen an 1896 Ford Quadricycle, so this is the nest best thing!

  • @karelltulod3079
    @karelltulod3079 Před 2 lety +2

    I love Henry Ford cars

  • @TRICKPROMOTORSPORTS
    @TRICKPROMOTORSPORTS Před 6 lety +2

    Best show on TV .

    • @TheHenryFord
      @TheHenryFord  Před 6 lety

      We're glad you enjoy it! Subscribe to stay updated with new segments of Innovation Nation this fall!

  • @steamedup2
    @steamedup2 Před 7 lety +2

    matt anderson has the best job in the world !!! a very nice man also. i was pleased to meet him.

  • @michaelszczys8316
    @michaelszczys8316 Před 4 lety +4

    I studied the mechanics and wooden belt pulleys and such at the Henry Ford museum from the quadricycle car and a lot of the gearing of it doesn’t seem to make sense. I mean, to study the pulleys in relation to the wheel sprockets the motor would need to run like a steam engine. A Slow steam engine.
    I wish they would have shown more of that
    It’s pretty rustic, it has two cylinders made out of what look like some old sewer pipe. Probably were. You had to be good back then. I think about the only thing he had somebody else do was the crankshaft

  • @ramasubramaniankrishnamoor2460

    Amazing car.

  • @phrog.4809
    @phrog.4809 Před 4 lety +9

    When he said quad squad
    I cringed so hard

  • @silverwiskers7371
    @silverwiskers7371 Před 4 lety

    in the movie "the shootist" with John Wayne Richard Boone drove one like that

  • @jameshebert5430
    @jameshebert5430 Před rokem

    A car for beginners!

  • @Nicole-hf2if
    @Nicole-hf2if Před 2 lety

    Just make it man driving to be a model for Men looking forward amen.

  • @malcomdahlgren2301
    @malcomdahlgren2301 Před 3 lety

    My next project build

  • @ZooMyD
    @ZooMyD Před 3 lety

    A video of my LEGO MOC of Henry Ford's Quadricycle - czcams.com/video/L9qZX2fBqVg/video.html

  • @twistedyogert
    @twistedyogert Před 5 lety

    No brakes?

  • @WickBeavers
    @WickBeavers Před 2 lety

    who was the first person?

  • @BriarHood
    @BriarHood Před 6 lety +2

    I miss Mo Rocca narrations.

  • @heedfulnewt6625
    @heedfulnewt6625 Před 2 lety

    100 years later 🙃

  • @tintdr
    @tintdr Před 11 měsíci

    Whats the MPG?

  • @NightmareRex6
    @NightmareRex6 Před 2 lety

    when was looking for quadcycle tho was looking for a 4 wheel ""bicycle""

  • @TheAutoChannel
    @TheAutoChannel Před 3 lety

    The Quadricycle was not "Ford's first attempt to build a gasoline-powered automobile." It was his first attempt to build an internal combustion engine-powered automobile. The Quadricycle ran on an alcohol fuel.
    Model T enthusiasts may find this report interesting: YES, TIN LIZZIE WAS AN ALCOHOLIC - www.theautochannel.com/news/2019/04/20/660939-yes-tin-lizzie-was-alcoholic.html.

  • @ratrodramblin
    @ratrodramblin Před 4 lety

    Anyone know a rough dimension of the frame/car? I'm going to build a "clone" version.

    • @rubenmanssens
      @rubenmanssens Před 4 lety

      Yea its like atleast 1 meter long man

    • @ratrodramblin
      @ratrodramblin Před 4 lety

      @@rubenmanssens thank you, I was guessing 5 feet.

  • @treashurehunter800
    @treashurehunter800 Před 2 lety

    Imagine his thought process using that for model to base on his future cars. His first thought was I'm going to have to upsize these axles like tenfold. Lengthen them threefold.
    The independent single cylinder piston driven engines condensed into a inline 4 cylinder. Quadruple the size of tires. He was definitely working a hot streak. I could have did the same I think it's all a matter of financing. You can't explore your boundaries unless you are financed.
    If he saw these modern vehicles he would surely think they are UFOs by the raw amount of noodling of the wire looms. It is so overly elaborated that it's obscene. These modern vehicles. Again it's always financing if I was financed I could integrate simple circuit wiring schematics throughout a vehicle that a 10-year-old could look at and determine what's wrong with it. Most cases these days even if you take your vehicle to the dealership you can tell they're really lost in a forest and even with their skilled trained level to specifically work on these many times their clueless.

    • @NightmareRex6
      @NightmareRex6 Před 2 lety

      yep fucking mammon controls the world i could house everyone and save them from the NWO if wasent for fucking $$$

  • @revolutionaryprepper4076

    The quadracycle had no brakes, wow. Why would you create a vehicle with no brakes! That's dangerous!

    • @shieldonnmercado1953
      @shieldonnmercado1953 Před 2 lety

      its not even fast enough to be dangerous, max speed is like 20 mph and braking is easy, thus its not really a car, its the first vehicle of henry to experiment what an automobile needs

  • @brucerogermorgan2388
    @brucerogermorgan2388 Před 6 lety

    Nobody is mentioning that Karl Benz did this in 1886 . . . . . . .

    • @Ruckweiler73
      @Ruckweiler73 Před 6 lety +4

      Right, but this was the first for Old Henry which is the point of this video.

    • @badorastrome5418
      @badorastrome5418 Před 5 lety

      They talk about H.Ford's first car
      Not first car in the wourld
      BTW I found Benz design is much better as its fit for 2 people

    • @msain427
      @msain427 Před 4 lety +1

      But they totally mentioned Ford drove his in 1886... this is about Ford after all they're at the Ford Museum its titled Ford so my guess is it's about Ford not Benz

  • @spartaragekick6202
    @spartaragekick6202 Před 4 lety +2

    Ummmm Marcus made the 1st automoblile.....hellluuurrrr.....it soooo wasnt Ford....

  • @Francois_Dupont
    @Francois_Dupont Před 4 lety +2

    stealing the idea of the motor bicycle cart from the french and starting a compagnie. just like zippo did with the UCO lighter.

  • @msain427
    @msain427 Před 4 lety

    Stop touching the stick pink boy..

  • @dajai-6394
    @dajai-6394 Před 2 lety

    Ford goes german maybe

  • @michaelsaint7325
    @michaelsaint7325 Před 6 měsíci +1

    You talk to much

  • @kunstmol
    @kunstmol Před 4 lety

    That's it? the history of the quadricycle? he made it in a shed. done. pathetic.

    • @londonthin
      @londonthin Před 4 lety

      He had some help from nasa guys

  • @sonidosdepoesias1847
    @sonidosdepoesias1847 Před 3 lety

    It was called a Jew Flattening Machine, not a Quadricycle...

  • @NightmareRex6
    @NightmareRex6 Před 2 lety

    4 is also the japnese number of death. lol maby 8 wheels number of infinity better? :P