Here are photos taken at the Piquette auto plant Ford's first plant where the Ford Model Ts and the all the previous models were built. Yes there were other models before the model 'T'/ The models B, C, F, K, N, R, S were all manufacturered at this plant. The plant was built before Henry Ford started manufacturing automobiles on assembly lines. The cars built at this plant were all hand made on a stationary platform. The interesting thing about this photo is that from inside of the Piquette plant you see the former GM Headquarters building on Grand Blvd.
Of Course the GM Headquarter is now downtown Detroit and Ford World Headquarters is in Dearborn. You also see the making of the wooden body of a Model 'T' Ford. The Piquette plant was built in 1904 and has since been turned into a museum. Here is a picture of the outside of the plant.
The following pictures are of a Model 'T' Ford and the chassis.
These photos were taken in the summer of 2008.
If you want to know more about the Piquette museum here is the website:
http://www.tplex.org/
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