Inside Ford’s Bizarre Archive ft. Secret Supercars!
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- Ever wondered how much the bar tab was for Ford’s ’66 Le Mans victory party? Where secret supercar styling bucks go when they retire? Or how to preserve a century’s worth of irreplaceable motoring film archives? Then join Top Gear Magazine’s Ollie Kew as we step inside the usually securely locked doors of the Ford Motor Company’s secret archives.
We’ve been thrown the keys to one of the most valuable rooms in the entire Fordoperation, where archivists catalogue and preserve hand-written letters from Henry Ford himself, every piece of Ford merch and memorabilia you could imagine, and even designs for concept cars that never saw the light of day.
It’s also stone’s throw from the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, USA so it’d be rude not to explore the museum floor to see what historic vehicles made the cut to be on display inside, from infamous presidential limousines to Henry Ford’s first car, and even the bus at the centre of the civil rights movement.
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Chapters:
00:28 ‘Continuation’ Ford Model T
02:31 Ford GT40 history
06:22 Ford GT polystyrene design buck
07:25 Henry Ford’s resignation letter
08:41 Badges galore
10:30 Ghia’s design archive
11:53 Refrigerated Ford film archive
13:35 Ford Bronco polystyrene design buck
14:19 The first electric F-150 test mule
14:45 Toys, toys, toys!
16:34 Ford’s art gallery
17:40 Henry Ford Museum introduction
18:12 Richard Nixon’s Presidential limo
19:37 The car in which President Kennedy was shot
21:01 Henry Ford’s first car, a quadricycle!
23:10 The start of the Ford Model T story
25:06 Willys Jeep
25:32 Ford’s first all-new car after World War II
26:30 1962 Ford Mustang I concept car
28:04 The first ever Ford Mustang
30:01 Henry Ford’s pre-Ford race car
31:34 1967 Le Mans-winning Ford GT40
32:33 2016 Le Mans-winning Ford GT
34:59 Rosa Parks exhibit
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Which of these Fords should have made it to market?
Tom Ford
so little calculation, that victory dinner would cost $27,097.03 in todays money, or just about $2700 shy of a new ford bronco sport
Fn pennies compared with that one 24 global WIN ford sold more in the next month than they spent developing an racing so stupid MANAGEMENT shouldn't have a say in what ppl that actually build Vehicles and PAYING CUSTOMERS BUY .
Thanks for figuring that! I think that's a bargain for 24 hours work that's gone down in history...
Dad we had clients we ordered champagne and all the sides tell him about the sides
did the sides cure cancer?
Awesome finish with the Rosa Parks exhibit, had no idea that bus was still around!
Subtle mistake in the narrative. Rosa was sitting in the front of the colored section, and was told to go to the back. The whites only section was full, and the white passenger was trying to take her spot in the designated spot. It’s kind of important because she was following the unjust segregated rules to the letter. She was not in the wrong in any way.
35:20 The fact that they kept this.... and it's on public display.
Huh?! Their are some many things that could be said about it but it's not hidden, it's not pushed into a corner. You can get on the damn thing and sit in the same seat. I have to say that I am impressed.
The Ford Museum, of all places.
Did you comment before finishing the video? Its amazing that they have it but it had to be fully restored. The few seats that appear to be original are the ones near the front of the bus.
@@renypayne11
One of the few things that a museum does outside of display is restoration work, so I expected that there's been some work on the vehicle to keep it in the state that it's currently filmed at.
Which means someone had to care to get that done and to get the bus as pristine as it is shot... that's a lot of money, especially when you consider this is the Ford Museum asking General Motors for parts, blueprints, etc., but more importantly that is a lot of time.
As I said, someone had to care to preserve this. The Bus at the centre of an American Social Tsunami, the bus that is the beginning of the end to segregation.
Are you saying that Henry Ford was a racist?... Because he apparently was.
Product of his generation though.
I don't think you should be touching those old documents without a glove..
I'm getting anxiety watching him crease them
He's British. What do you expect?
You actually think those are originals? Ever heard of copies?
probably just reproductions for museum purposes
@@marclevine2688 Spot on 👌
I hate to say that I'm actually going backwards with these videos, because I completely missed the last episode y'all made a few weeks ago and just saw the notification about this one... So I guess I'm watching this video and then I'll go back and watch the other one you uploaded....
These kind of videos are my absolute favorite types of content y'all make.... I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what journey you take me on next!
Keep up the awesome work!
2 things I learnt from this video:
1) More often than not, failure precedes success. Persist and never give up.
2) How to write a resignation letter like a boss!
I am loving these secret archive crawls
The most interesting thing about this video was finding out PR Newswire was founded in the 50s and isn’t just some new website lol
$2,800 in 1966 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $27,096.74 today
Cheap these days for a COMPANY'S restaurant tab . I have personally seen a dinner and bar tab for 20 couples just booze hit 30,000$🇨🇦 an food was15k + waitress an bartender 15/20% so oh an tax , lol 54k ish thankfully only half the staff showed up. Lol
That companies Profit that year my team alone, i made them 2¾mill , had been with the company for4 years an got a wooooo50 buck xmas bonus . I quit the day after that party. Fn joke .
The kind of content we are looking for, bravo.
This place is amazing, I had no idea it existed, but now I definitely have to go there!
That Le Mans victory dinner was held at Le Chanteclair, the restaurant run by retired French racing driver René Dreyfus. “The watering hole of the international racing fraternity, its walls lined with the photographs of the great drivers.” Wrote Walter Cronkite.
Ford archives... 9:35 [pulls out a button that says "A FORD IS NO LINCOLN"] ..
goes across the street to the Ford museum, first car on display.. LINCOLN CONTINENTAL.
@16:20 Nice to the VR46 represented with his Monza Rally Fiesta
damn. I got goosebumps as soon as he said that this was no ordinary bus and I realized... just awesome that they have it!
For the record, Pouilly-Fuissé isn't a Champagne, it's a white wine from Burgundy
Any one else notice how the 64 mustang kinda sorta looks like the Ferrari 410 Super America?😂
Love the side "gills" on the Mustang concept
I bought a Roush Mustang and never been their thanks for sharing Awesome Automotive History. 👨🏻🤘🏻🏎️🏁🚩
this man wakes up every week and says to himself "Hmm, whos secret vehicle warehouse do I want to make not a secret anymore"
I really enjoyed this afFORDable archive tour. Well done! 😁😎🤘
Great video, absolutely love these, keep them coming !!
What an amazing tour I wish that I was having the privilege to visit thet museum since I was little children I was Curious if the Ford company Kept the original.
First vehicle.
And it's amazing to see it there thank you top gear team to let us know peace and love
Awesme - thanks for the preview Top Gear! I must go there...
17:17 Wow love this one xD
15:05 I have one of those!
Another ford fact, mainly for the aussies...holden made panels for ford before they started to make their own cars
Very cool video! Fun to watch!
Love this video. Makes me wanna go there.
Public transport in USA has come a long way since the fifties. Rosa Parks is to be thanked for that.
Ford will be remembered as the Recall King.
Outstanding video!! Very interesting!!
One of your better videos that I can say.
Why does he walk like that? 😂
Never trust a man who walks on his toes...
Walking on your tippy toes is weird bro other than that great video😂😂
Where do they show the severed fingers the assembly line chopped off?
Quick google says 2800 in 1965 translates to 27,000 today.
No GT90 in the museum?
No, because there's only one, and it's privately owned.
Not being funny or anything but cant help but think about how much more interesting this would’ve been to watch if James or Hammond had made it.
This dude walks funny lol
Awesome video Ollie, great look inside the Ford Motor Company, would love to visit this place ❤❤❤.
Keep up with great work.
My choice is Ford Model A
So.....find any copies of The Dearborn Independent?
You know there's a copy of each issue somewhere in that archive.
When Rosa Parks couldn’t pay her rent, the owner of Little Ceasers stepped up and paid her rent till she ascended. I wish they had a gluten free thick crust tho
To bad they didnt talk about the ford Taurus that was sitting next to the Mustang for it was one great car that ford ever built
Brilliant
The bloke walks like he's shit himself 😅
Bravo.
Ford’s factory was in Highland Park, Michigan and not Dearborn.
The first factory Ford owned was the Piquette Plant in Detroit, which was the birthplace of the Model T. Then they moved to Highland Park where the major assembly line / $5/day pay raise / etc. took place and things really took off. But you are correct that the photo they showed was from Highland Park.
The 1963 Lola MK6 GT led to the Ford GT40 )
27k was spent on the bar tab for the win in todays money
Whoa
It's called Dearborn Michigan 😅
Need to laugh at the corrosion on that F150 electric prototype, typical ford, great mechanicals and great to drive but they don't half love to rust, I speak as a ford owner of nearly 30 years
Your content is refreshingly authentic, keeps me coming back for more!
Except for the clickbait thumbnail
I'm not surprised that they didn't show any of the drip trays under each Ford. Maybe too embarrassing. Maybe they drain all the oil out of the Fords before putting them on display.
Can your company add book or time marks?
Just over €27k in todays money for the drinks after the 24hr victory.
If you came for the thumbnail it's here 32:46
Which shoe is the host wearing?
This guy 😂
Wow
WOW
They used black paint because it dried quicker than coloured paints.
Also the film will burn when it disintegrates, so keeping it cold helps as well to stop it catching light.
No RS200? That car made history
probably is, this was a snapshot for YT i would presume theres an RS1700T that helped develop the legend as well although both are Eurpoean so less well known over there
Guess your right
24:52 Proof that Mercedes stole Ford's design for the G-wagon
Sooo... don't own a Lincoln limo. Gotcha.
26:10- I think we all know why that VW beetle is in there and it’s not because it was revolutionary like to the Ford model T.
Mr.Ford was a huge fan of a certain German political party from 1937-1945 that was responsible for the people’s car.
And visa versa. Hitler was a huge fan of Henry Ford
The JFK assassination car is insane
Why does this guy walk like a penguin?
New ford GT gen 4 ????
You can tell the host genuinely doesn't care about the history as much as he should. It showed in the previous video N' its a shame to see him again. Someone with more knowledge & interest could ask some true cracking questions about these old hidden cars but we get "that looks old" ....
@@charleyoldhamthef1guy428 the tism is strong with you..
Top Gear has sucked ass for a while now so its no surprise their host doesnt give two shits about anything other than being on camera.
@tstret3104 Nice you just had to say something offensive to a person with autism that being myself
You just sound like a hater 😂
@@fifteen8850hater? He’s speaking facts you sound like a blind fanboy 😂
I wonder if there going release new ford GT
Make sure and wear good comfortable walking shoes when driving this. After all, it's a Ford
Wow ilove you car
A secret Ford stash without a GT90 is not a Secret Ford stash.....
The car it's in a private collection
I love his walk.
That ford gt prototype is weird
Most prototype vehicles are that way when they are the finally put into production it's more subtle and less shocking but still futuristic unlike the cyber truck which is almost identical to the prototype and was in debut and still is shocking and polarizing most folks either really like it or really don't like it very few are neutral on its styling
Why this little jumping walking?
13:20 this sounds like an utter corporate non-sense
and....they're going Bk . .
36:15 also a myth - Rosa Parks was only 2nd candidate for that thing... the 1st candidate turned out to be pregnant out of a wedlock which wouldn't look exactly good, so they went with Rosa
Incredibly, that clay model is even prettier than the actual Ford GT
👎🧢
Nah, I gotta disagree. It's a great design but I think the final car perfected it.
:)
Why in the living hell u need to take every paper in hand?! Keep your greasy hands off from those items. Clearly manners forgotten.
This should be a Shmee150 video
Why does he walk like hes a puppet on strings...
Why he walk like that
Some how Topgear finds a way to make everything boring 🤦
No repsect...
Such a cool location. It does suck that the host is so bad though.
I love the woke bit at the end, corporate requirement fulfilled while overlooking Ford's volumous collection of racism.
Do they also have information about Henry Ford racism, that he is the only american who was honored by the naziregime with the Malteser Kreuz, that he had his own little gestapo for his employees, that the New York Times called hin the "Mussolini of Highland Park", that he wrote and published in 1920 "The International Jew: The World's Problem", which inspired Adolf Hitler... That's also history
You need to do some more reading and stop cherry picking history. The president of GM was given the same award. GM did more for the Nazi’s than ford ever did. The formula for synthetic fuel was given to the Germans by GM they were the biggest car manufacturer in Germany in the 30’s.
Henry Ford had a stroke and died not long after being shown footage of the death camps. If he was a real Nazi it wouldn’t have bothered him
That's every white person in America
True... well, some of what you wrote... but did you also know that in 1927 Henry Ford denounced his earlier published racist/stereotypical views on Jewish people ? I know it's extremely difficult for modern day people/brains to think in terms of the cultural climate of the times (the 1910s to 1920s, Post-WW1) in which they wave their virtuous, critical fingers at, but if you took the time/effort to understand where Henry Ford came from - his rural farming upbringing mixed with the common attitudes of his entire living environment - you'd also then understand that his personal beliefs (at that particular point in time) were also influenced by current populist political sensibilities that advocated a distrust of financiers, bankers and institutions of economic power. One common stereotype at the time led some people to assume that Jews controlled the international banking system; a belief that may have fed his anti-Jewish feelings. His disgust of World War I also convinced him that international Jewish bankers were both fueling and profiting from the war; a stereotype which may have convinced him that International Jewish bankers supported the war for personal gain... It's all context y'see... Don't just be another lazy human unable to research facts that you cherry-pick bullet points from the era in order to create/embellish your own narrow-minded view... I'm not at all disagreeing with the fact that Henry's 1920-1922 publication was a racist, anti-semitism entity, but it also really, REALLY helps to understand the ENTIRE picture of the global times (of the time) and how the ebb/flow of society's stereotypes progressed and (eventually) changed with education and insight. People do wrong, uneducated, stupid things all the time... but then they (hopefully) learn that they were wrong and correct them. 😉
The president of GM was given the same award
UA-cam deleted my first comment you are cherry picking history
@@travislostaglia8861 nope, and after all the facts, if I was wrong and he is not the only one, he was still a racist.
theres no such thing as Dearborn Detroit.
Really don’t care for this host
11:20 Don’t you think it’d be a good idea to wear gloves when handling delicate objects like original sketches and drawings?? This man annoys me.
2:23 .......... We get it, Top Gear must keep that DEI score high so include a nauseating remark, great. 👍
Triggered much?
@@nickthaskater I wouldn't apply that term because of its blue hair connotation, but yes, that little snippet wasn't needed, it was just a strategically placed ugly, leftist comment the presenter obviously didn't need to say. It added nothing but cringe to the other wise smooth sailing presentation.
This guy walk is crazy. Short steps on his toes and that bounce lol sorry but this host is really hard to deal with he shows no respect to any of the items and. Do better Top Gear.
this guy is like wet socks
Where’s the car in the thumbnail? Didn’t see it. What a scam
7.00 mark