Another great video. In 1984, I worked for a glass and upholstery shop. The original owner came by. He was in his mid-80s. He said he moved to town in the early 20s. Every car in town had at least one broken window, as there were all single pane plate glass. He charged $2.00 to replace a window, the bulk glass brought in by rail. I can't imagine driving on rough dirt roads with plate glass.
I can image that being in glass repair was a good business back then. Whether cutting new glass or salvaging from junk yards it had to be steady money. Even today Model A owners break door glass by closing the door too hard. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@user-ty3vd8qr5j My Volunteer Fire Department still has their 1937 Ford / American LaFrance firetruck they purchased new from the American LaFrance plant in Elmira, NY. Both of the roll up windows in the doors are still cracked.
It's truly "fascinating" to watch these old "manufacturing" videos !!! Many might/would say these jobs were dull, boring, monotonous, and even degrading but they were "living wage" jobs in their time and employed thousands. Thanks for putting these up !! I watch them routinely and really LOVE the music as well !! The Rouge plant would really have been something to see !! They still have public "tours" but only show how they assemble a "pickup" or ??? Nothing like what the facility was like in its "heyday" !! Love that image in one of your videos of that scoop that transfers the iron ore and moves 16 tons of product with each "bite" !!! Deceptive in the video, that scoop must have been at least the size of a 10 yard "dump truck" !!! Henry wanted to be as "self sufficient" as was humanly possible as was evidenced by the size and scale of the Rouge facility and his ability to generate his own wood, glass, steel, rubber, fabric, electricity, etc. Today, this concept is entirely reversed as the manufacturers go to great lengths to "sub-contract" as much as possible in order to employ as few as possible. This concept is commonly known and applauded as "Progress" and "highly efficient" !!!
I remember in the 60's along the DT&I railroad tracks (formerly Ford) in Northern Allen Park just south of Dearborn Rouge Plant there were still the pens for sand for the Glass Plant. Pure White Sand.
Its so interesting to see how things were done nearly 100 yrs ago! the fact that when he had the bad wreck and jumped to fix a major safety issue is really a wonderful thing! I bet they knew it was a problem but when an engineer had first hand experience and severe injury he was quick to do something about it. No telling how many lives were saved due to this 1 change and untold number of severe injuries avoided too. It reminds me of volvo designing the seat belt and not patenting it and allowing the rest of the automotive industry bring them into their vehicles as well!
Volvo did patent the seat belt- and they freely licensed it to all who agreed to cross licensing on the patents they held. Not as magnanimous as you might think, but rether brilliant way to prevent others from sueing them. Also, Ford clearly got into the glass business to save money on glass production and the safety glass was an easy way for them to market a safer product- it is clear they used the safety glass to sell cars based on the film evidence showing this- saving lives was an added benefit so it was a good thing.
Henry Ford was safety conscious. During Model T times, a friend was killed by opening the driver's side door and struck by passing traffic The Model T driver door did not open until late in production. Still, he wanted the driver to slide over and exit the passenger side. The Mdl A stick shift could be pulled and turned 90° right, and the driver door could only be locked from inside. The outside lock was on the passenger side. This continued until at least 1958. Dad's 1958 F1 truck only locked from the passenger side.
Really fascinating. I love the safety gear for cutting glass. They had everything except safety glasses of course. Cutting hand off is bad, Stabbing eye out is ok. If I'm not mistaken only the windshield was safety glass. The side and rear windows were still regular plate glass.
That's correct, only the windshields were safety glass. It is strongly encouraged that all the glass in original cars today be changed out to safety glass. Thanks for watching!
You're right. My 31 Tudor sedan had safety glass windshield while the others were plate glass. I guess the rear seat passengers were'nt valued very highly.
@@AModelA I retired from an auto glass plant. I assume by safety glass do you mean a laminated windshield and tempered back and side glass? Even in modern cars, the side and back glass is tempered in most cars.
@@steven4315 my 2008 buick lacrosse had laminated side glass as well. i know because my garage roof collapsed in a snowstorm and the side window was cracked. i needed to get inside and only access was through side window. tried breaking it with a centerpunch and hammer. no go. it was laminated glass.
According to every book I've read and Ford's advertising, every model A came from assembly line with safety glass. Maybe yours was broken and replaced with plate glass. Hold a coin to the glass. If you see 2 images, it's safety glass.
It just goes to show the power that Ford had and shows more reason of why he required outside suppliers to keep open books for him to inspect. Thanks for watching!
wow (spelled W.O.W.) "Walking the glass". That's a new one for me. SpaceX (formally Twitter) has nothing on these guys. Very COoL. Clearly it must be considered a "crime against humanity" to bReAk one of these? R.E.S.P.E.C.T p.s. Xlint [voice over]. You RoCk.
Ford didn't screw around. When he needed rubber for the tires he built a rubber plantation in Brazil. He didn't like relying on suppliers for his raw materials.
He failed miserably at growing rubber what are you talking about? You obviously don't know anything about what you're talking about if you mentioned him growing rubber. Which he never accomplished because he was sorry to say a racist idiot LMAO Ford was an absolutely horrible human being.
@@AModelA Go for it! I've enjoyed every video. Always loved the automobile, both the cars and trucks. If I could find the right vehicle, I might have to buy it. Just soakin' everything up like a sponge. The factory footage is amazing to watch. The job had to be very dangerous.
@elosogonzalez8739 , my book on the Model A Ford, tells of a dealer looking for innovative ways to get people behind the wheel of the A. A local dealership offered free rides in a Ford Tri-Motor from Burkburnett TX to the DFW plant. There, they got to drive a freshly minted Model A off the assembly line back to Burkburnett. The article said that after the plane ride and driving a new car 120 miles, many drivers bought the car they drove.
While I'm sure there was a human element to keeping employees safe the fact of the matter is that it was good for business (and the bottom line) to ensure safety of employees. If a worker got injured it slowed down the assembly line and then a replacement had to be brought in and trained. Thanks for watching!
And Ford still touted all of their safety initiatives during this time. If you haven't seen this 1920's Ford safety film be sure to check it out. ua-cam.com/video/XAsposRRdOk/v-deo.html
I was fascinated by the thought process for putting safety glass in their cars. Their engineer was severely hurt in an accident when he was thrown through the windshield. So they made the windshield unpenetrable so people will smash their skulls on an unprenetrable safety glass. Why did they stop there?? Why not? let's put seat belts in cars so people aren''t thrown into windshields in the first place.
safety glass isn’t impenetrable, it’s safer because it breaks into small squarish chunks rather than jagged pointy pieces. But yeah, not hitting it in the first place is waaaay better.
No mention of LOF...Libbey Owens Ford...safety glass??? What a stupid omission!!! Toledo, Ohio, just south of Ford's River Rouge main plant, ain't gonna be very happy with you.
@@williamevans2176 By the summer of 1899, Edward Ford's Rossford glass works were ready to make glass. The first cast of plate glass was made on October 28, 1899. By 1910, the factory included a casting department containing seven large 20 pot furnaces. Ford went on to purchase additional acreage and constructed a second plant which began operation in 1913. His succession plan ensured that the company remained owned and managed by the family by naming his son, George Ross Ford, as his successor upon his death in 1920. In 1928, the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company was the first company to produce automotive laminated safety glass and won a contract to supply the Ford Motor Company with windshields for the Model A. As a result of Ford's demand for glass, Libbey-Owens merged with the Edward Ford Plate Glass Company in 1930 to form Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company. www.woodlawntour.com/edward-ford
Just look at the skill of the workers handling glass.
My Father was a furnace specialist at the glass plant in River Rouge.
That's pretty cool. Can't imagine the conditions that he worked under. Thanks for sharing!
Another great video. In 1984, I worked for a glass and upholstery shop.
The original owner came by. He was in his mid-80s. He said he moved to town in the early 20s. Every car in town had at least one broken window, as there were all single pane plate glass. He charged $2.00 to replace a window, the bulk glass brought in by rail.
I can't imagine driving on rough dirt roads with plate glass.
I can image that being in glass repair was a good business back then. Whether cutting new glass or salvaging from junk yards it had to be steady money. Even today Model A owners break door glass by closing the door too hard. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@AModelA , I have a 1930 Delux Fordor. 3 of the 4 door windows are cracked, and they have Safety Glass.
@@user-ty3vd8qr5j My Volunteer Fire Department still has their 1937 Ford / American LaFrance firetruck they purchased new from the American LaFrance plant in Elmira, NY. Both of the roll up windows in the doors are still cracked.
@@AModelA Really liked the video and your narration BUT the music is terrible. Please ditch it as it is WAY too distracting.
Such a highly involved process. This was incredible to see.
Amazed by the guys walking on the glass.
It would be interesting to see the Assembly Operation Sheet for this process and see how Ford instructed the workers to do this.
It's truly "fascinating" to watch these old "manufacturing" videos !!! Many might/would say these jobs were dull, boring, monotonous, and even degrading but they were "living wage" jobs in their time and employed thousands. Thanks for putting these up !! I watch them routinely and really LOVE the music as well !! The Rouge plant would really have been something to see !! They still have public "tours" but only show how they assemble a "pickup" or ??? Nothing like what the facility was like in its "heyday" !! Love that image in one of your videos of that scoop that transfers the iron ore and moves 16 tons of product with each "bite" !!! Deceptive in the video, that scoop must have been at least the size of a 10 yard "dump truck" !!!
Henry wanted to be as "self sufficient" as was humanly possible as was evidenced by the size and scale of the Rouge facility and his ability to generate his own wood, glass, steel, rubber, fabric, electricity, etc. Today, this concept is entirely reversed as the manufacturers go to great lengths to "sub-contract" as much as possible in order to employ as few as possible. This concept is commonly known and applauded as "Progress" and "highly efficient" !!!
It is fascinating. Thanks for watching!
I am amazed by the large number of people it took to make these cars.
Super interesting! I truly enjoy these historical videos. 👍
Glad you like them!
Amazing video thank you for making this. Love how they cut the glass by hand. Lot of work to make glass.
Thanks for watching!
It's hard to imagine this Labour intensive slow process could keep up with the car production line
I remember in the 60's along the DT&I railroad tracks (formerly Ford) in Northern Allen Park just south of Dearborn Rouge Plant there were still the pens for sand for the Glass Plant. Pure White Sand.
Relic of a bygone era. Thanks for watching!
Fascinating! Thanks for posting.
Happy to share!
Its so interesting to see how things were done nearly 100 yrs ago! the fact that when he had the bad wreck and jumped to fix a major safety issue is really a wonderful thing! I bet they knew it was a problem but when an engineer had first hand experience and severe injury he was quick to do something about it. No telling how many lives were saved due to this 1 change and untold number of severe injuries avoided too. It reminds me of volvo designing the seat belt and not patenting it and allowing the rest of the automotive industry bring them into their vehicles as well!
Volvo did patent the seat belt- and they freely licensed it to all who agreed to cross licensing on the patents they held. Not as magnanimous as you might think, but rether brilliant way to prevent others from sueing them. Also, Ford clearly got into the glass business to save money on glass production and the safety glass was an easy way for them to market a safer product- it is clear they used the safety glass to sell cars based on the film evidence showing this- saving lives was an added benefit so it was a good thing.
@@WilliamLaakkonen thanks for the additional info.
Henry Ford was safety conscious. During Model T times, a friend was killed by opening the driver's side door and struck by passing traffic
The Model T driver door did not open until late in production.
Still, he wanted the driver to slide over and exit the passenger side.
The Mdl A stick shift could be pulled and turned 90° right, and the driver door could only be locked from inside. The outside lock was on the passenger side. This continued until at least 1958. Dad's 1958 F1 truck only locked from the passenger side.
Really fascinating. I love the safety gear for cutting glass. They had everything except safety glasses of course. Cutting hand off is bad, Stabbing eye out is ok. If I'm not mistaken only the windshield was safety glass. The side and rear windows were still regular plate glass.
That's correct, only the windshields were safety glass. It is strongly encouraged that all the glass in original cars today be changed out to safety glass.
Thanks for watching!
You're right. My 31 Tudor sedan had safety glass windshield while the others were plate glass. I guess the rear seat passengers were'nt valued very highly.
My 30 model Fordor has safety glass all around.
@@AModelA I retired from an auto glass plant. I assume by safety glass do you mean a laminated windshield and tempered back and side glass? Even in modern cars, the side and back glass is tempered in most cars.
@@steven4315 my 2008 buick lacrosse had laminated side glass as well. i know because my garage roof collapsed in a snowstorm and the side window was cracked. i needed to get inside and only access was through side window. tried breaking it with a centerpunch and hammer. no go. it was laminated glass.
Fascinating and well done ! Thank you for sharing this !
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for the info.
I love to learn about the early Fords and how they came to be.
Glad to hear!
Very interesting. I still have the original windshield from my Canadian made '30 Model A Coupe. But still no safety glass.
According to every book I've read and Ford's advertising, every model A came from assembly line with safety glass. Maybe yours was broken and replaced with plate glass. Hold a coin to the glass. If you see 2 images, it's safety glass.
Thank you for the video.
Thanks for watching!
@@AModelA You are very welcome
The safety glass was a good idea.
it was the safe thing to do :)
Great to watch. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
Really enjoyed the video ---- didn't know ----- Thank You
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting excellent video.
Thank you very much!
Awesome video!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Plate glass is one of the FIRST original parts of any veteran car to throw into the nearest rubbish skip...not worth dying over a detail.
Agreed. No need to keep original glass around on anything other than a museum piece. Thanks for watching!
Nice job!
Thanks!
Another great 👍 👌 thank you
Thanks for watching!
Always with the music....
The Dodge Bros also built the frames and for Ford, don't forget that.
Imagine market prices being $1.50sf and Ford getting it down to $.20sf
It just goes to show the power that Ford had and shows more reason of why he required outside suppliers to keep open books for him to inspect. Thanks for watching!
Like Walmart now, controlling costs between suppliers.
Bonnie and Clyde would like to order some bullet proof glass please.
Henry Ford was a genius straight up genius
He knew how to surround himself with smart people. Thanks for watching!
Libby OWENS Ford still making glass!!
Good to see a long time American Company still producing. Thanks for watching!
wow (spelled W.O.W.) "Walking the glass". That's a new one for me. SpaceX (formally Twitter) has nothing on these guys. Very COoL. Clearly it must be considered a "crime against humanity" to bReAk one of these? R.E.S.P.E.C.T p.s. Xlint [voice over]. You RoCk.
Ford didn't screw around. When he needed rubber for the tires he built a rubber plantation in Brazil. He didn't like relying on suppliers for his raw materials.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way. Thanks for watching!
Ford did attempt to grow rubber trees but never got a crop he was in the wrong geographic location
He failed miserably at growing rubber what are you talking about? You obviously don't know anything about what you're talking about if you mentioned him growing rubber. Which he never accomplished because he was sorry to say a racist idiot LMAO
Ford was an absolutely horrible human being.
@Dantheman1919 yes that is correct. It never produced any rubber. It was a failed endeavor.
Now i know why the city of rouge south of Detroit is called rouge.
Great content! Keep up the good work. Love this historic footage. Is there footage from the FORD TRI-MOTOR PRODUCTION somewhere?
There is, the videos live on the Library of Congress' website. We may splice something together and post if you're interested.
@@AModelA Go for it! I've enjoyed every video. Always loved the automobile, both the cars and trucks. If I could find the right vehicle, I might have to buy it. Just soakin' everything up like a sponge. The factory footage is amazing to watch. The job had to be very dangerous.
We posted a Trimotor assembly video yesterday. Thanks for the idea!
@elosogonzalez8739 , my book on the Model A Ford, tells of a dealer looking for innovative ways to get people behind the wheel of the A. A local dealership offered free rides in a Ford Tri-Motor from Burkburnett TX to the DFW plant. There, they got to drive a freshly minted Model A off the assembly line back to Burkburnett. The article said that after the plane ride and driving a new car 120 miles, many drivers bought the car they drove.
Ford was a smart man.
He was a smart man in that he knew to surround himself with smart men. Thanks for watching!
Wish there were more details on Ford's safety glass (sandwich glass?), but interesting video, though.
It would be interesting to see that whole process. Perhaps it wasn't filmed to prevent others from stealing the methods. Thanks for watching!
@@AModelA Thanks for the reply! You are probably right! Advanced manufacturing at that time.
It's clear now ☺️.
The Dodge Bros. used to work for Ford. Fact!
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truly surprised there was ANY safety PPE at all.
While I'm sure there was a human element to keeping employees safe the fact of the matter is that it was good for business (and the bottom line) to ensure safety of employees. If a worker got injured it slowed down the assembly line and then a replacement had to be brought in and trained. Thanks for watching!
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Its no wonder we had to get OSHA !
danger was an every day event .
And Ford still touted all of their safety initiatives during this time. If you haven't seen this 1920's Ford safety film be sure to check it out. ua-cam.com/video/XAsposRRdOk/v-deo.html
No glasses, I wonder how many workers were blinded?
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ford had his problems, but consider the audacity and drive to do what he did.
I was fascinated by the thought process for putting safety glass in their cars. Their engineer was severely hurt in an accident when he was thrown through the windshield. So they made the windshield unpenetrable so people will smash their skulls on an unprenetrable safety glass. Why did they stop there?? Why not? let's put seat belts in cars so people aren''t thrown into windshields in the first place.
safety glass isn’t impenetrable, it’s safer because it breaks into small squarish chunks rather than jagged pointy pieces. But yeah, not hitting it in the first place is waaaay better.
No mention of LOF...Libbey Owens Ford...safety glass??? What a stupid omission!!! Toledo, Ohio, just south of Ford's River Rouge main plant, ain't gonna be very happy with you.
LOF had nothing to do with Ford Motor Company. Totally unrelated to Henry Ford.
@@williamevans2176 By the summer of 1899, Edward Ford's Rossford glass works were ready to make glass. The first cast of plate glass was made on October 28, 1899. By 1910, the factory included a casting department containing seven large 20 pot furnaces. Ford went on to purchase additional acreage and constructed a second plant which began operation in 1913. His succession plan ensured that the company remained owned and managed by the family by naming his son, George Ross Ford, as his successor upon his death in 1920.
In 1928, the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company was the first company to produce automotive laminated safety glass and won a contract to supply the Ford Motor Company with windshields for the Model A. As a result of Ford's demand for glass, Libbey-Owens merged with the Edward Ford Plate Glass Company in 1930 to form Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company.
www.woodlawntour.com/edward-ford
Annoying piano
FYI You can mute the volume if you don't like the 1920 music.
No glasses, I wonder how many workers were blinded?
Yet Ford touted their safety record when it came to workplace accidents. Thanks for watching!