Finding Aid for
MISCELLANEOUS FORD MOTOR COMPANY BLUEPRINTS AND DRAWINGS COLLECTION, 1906-1951
Accession 181
Finding Aid Revised: September 2013
Electronic conversion of this finding aid was funded by a grant from the Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET) http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us
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Miscellaneous Ford Motor Company blueprints and drawings collection Accession 181
OVERVIEW
REPOSITORY: Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford 20900 Oakwood Blvd Dearborn, MI 48124-5029 www.thehenryford.org [email protected]
ACCESSION NUMBER: 181
CREATOR: Ford Motor Company
TITLE: Miscellaneous Ford Motor Company blueprints and drawings collection
INCLUSIVE DATES: 1906-1951
QUANTITY: 3.6 cubic ft. and 3 oversize boxes
LANGUAGE: The materials are in English
ABSTRACT: The collection includes various Ford Motor Company drawings, including Henry Ford’s first internal combustion engine, the Quadricycle, Model T and Lincoln parts, and Fordson tractors.
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: The collection is open for research
COPYRIGHT: Copyright has been transferred to The Henry Ford by the donor. Copyright for some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creator(s).
ACQUISITION: Ford Motor Company Archives donation, 1964.
PREFERRED CITATION: Item, folder, box, accession 181, Miscellaneous Ford Motor Company blueprints and drawings collection, Benson Ford Research Center, The Henry Ford
PROCESSING INFORMATION: Collection processed by Ford Motor Company Archives staff, February 1954.
DESCRIPTION INFORMATION: Original collection inventory list prepared by Ford Motor Company Archives staff and published in February 1954.
Finding aid prepared by Elyssa Bisoski, October 2011, and published in October 2011.
Container list revised, April 2013, and finding aid republished in September 2013.
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) and local guidelines.
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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The collection is comprised of miscellaneous Ford Motor Company drawings with no single provenance. Included are drawings for Henry Ford's first internal combustion engine (known as the kitchen sink engine); his first automobile, the Quadricycle; various parts of the Model T; various parts of the Lincoln automobile; and drawings relating to many other early Ford Motor Company automobiles. There are also a few Ford Tri-Motor and Fordson tractor drawings. Drawing sets are not complete. When available, Ford part numbers are noted in parenthesis with the prefix SK.
ARRANGEMENT
The collection is arranged chronologically within subject headings
SUBJECT TERMS
Names, Personal and Corporate Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Ford Motor Company
Subjects Engines Automobile industry and trade Ford automobile Ford Model T automobile Lincoln automobile
Genre and Form Technical drawings Blueprints (reprographic copies)
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CONTAINER LIST Box no. Description
Box 1 Automobiles - Ford, Model K, 1906-1908
Box 2 Automobiles - Ford, Model R or S, 1907-1908 Model S drawing
Box 3 Automobiles - Ford 1896 Model T 1911 runabout 1915-1916, radiator 1920, flywheel 1923, garage dimensions (SK 3520-A1) 1925-1927 setting front wheels (SK-2003) 1925, roadster Body dimensions 1916 Coupe (SK-4514) 1926 Touring (SK 5028) 1926 Roadster (SK-5711-A2) Prior to 1927 1927, 6 cylinder 1916-1926, radiator Model A, 1928-1929 1946, 6 and 8 cylinder engines 1951 1951, wiring diagram
Box 4 Automobiles Lincoln 1921, ventilator 1925, hood temperature test 1926, wiring 1942, Convertible 1949, wiring diagram Lincoln-Mercury 1946, overdrive wiring diagram Mercury 1947-1948, wiring diagram 1949, wiring diagram 1951, wiring diagram Ford, Henry - Engine (sink model)
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Box 5 Automobiles - Mercury, 1933-1935
Box 6 Airplane - Ford, Tri-Motor Automobiles - Ford First Gas Engine and Quadricycle Model T 1910-1912 Touring (SK-2081) Radiators, 1916-1927 (all models) Model T Engine, 1918-1920, 1927 Model T Diagram Model T Diagram, 1922 Coupe (SK-4503-Al) Model T 1926 Chassis (SK-602-B) Model B, 1904 Model K, 1906 Model R and S, 1907 Model S, Runabout, 1906-1908 Torpedo Runabout, 1911 Touring Car, 1915-1919
Box 7 Automobiles - Ford Model T Parts 1908-1927 (1 of 4) 1915-1927 (2 of 4) 1915-1927 (3 of 4) 1915-1927 (4 of 4) Model A, 1928-1929 Tudor Station Wagon, Fordor Sedan, 1941 Fordor Sedan, 1946, 1951
Box 8 Automobiles Lincoln 1919-1920 1921-1922 1924, 1926, 1929 1942, 1949 Mercury 1946-1949, 1951 Tractors - Lincoln, 1916
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