Automotive pioneer Henry Ford struck gold with the Ford Model T in 1908, but the road to success wasn’t smooth. Ford built his first one-cylinder gas engine in 1893 and created his first car — which was more or less just a frame mounted on borrowed bicycle wheels — in June 1896. Inspired by his creation, Ford resigned from his chief engineering position at the Edison Illuminating Company and established the Detroit Automobile Company in August 1899. The company went
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