Ford installs first moving assembly line 1913. Photo: Moving assembly line at Ford Motor Company's Michigan plant. In 1907, Henry Ford announced his goal for the Ford Motor Company: to create "a ...

On March 9, 1964, the Ford Mustang rolled off the assembly line for the first time, and by the first anniversary of its release, 418,812 Mustangs had been sold.

In 1907, Henry Ford bought 160 acres of land for what would be his Highland Park Ford Plant. The first moving assembly line started a few years later at the plant.

The Model T Ford is often cited as the first mass-produced car in America, and high schools across the United States still applaud Henry Ford as the inventor of the automobile assembly line.

Ford’s assembly line inspired by stockyards Two years later, Ford opened its first branch office in Chicago; the first assembly plant began operation in 1914 at 3915 S. Wabash.

St. Paul Ford dealer W.S. Williams, right, stands next to his new car – the first Model T to roll off the line at the company’s Twin Cities Assembly plant on May 4, 1925.

The first Ford Elite car, the personal luxury car made entirely in Chicago, is driven off the assembly line at the Ford plant, heading to a dealership, on Jan. 3, 1975.

Ford installs first moving assembly line 1913. Photo: Moving assembly line at Ford Motor Company's Michigan plant. In 1907, Henry Ford announced his goal for the Ford Motor Company: to create "a ...