Printing an old automobile for the 121st anniversary of Ford Motor Company’s first sale (July 23)

On July 23, 1903, Ford Motor Company (according to their website as a few sources had conflicting dates) sold its first automobile. It was a Model A for $850.

For today, Howard letterpress printed an image from an electrotype of an automobile, but it is not Ford’s Model A. We don’t have many automobile cuts to choose from in our print shop exhibit though! This is one of our newest cuts from Stephanie in Georgia and recently delivered by one of our local followers, David. This cut is very under Type High so the stack of paper underneath helps bring the cut to 0.918 of an inch. This was printed with black rubber base ink using our Washington hand press.

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[kaytee]

You wouldn’t download a car… but you may print one! 😂

[merdelune]

$850 in 1903 is equivalent to about $30, 346.45 today.

[Tinytechnodancer]

❤❤❤ being from Detroit thanks for doing this one!!

[Xissayardon]

i always come to this channel to calm down and the content is actually amazing

[lizzylizz]

i adore your videos! keep up the good job

[BECKENN]

Well there's something I didn't know about my favorite car brand Ford. They sold their first car on my birthday.

[Kekker]

I spent My life as Letter Press Operator, retired from Printing after 38 years. 👍

[TheBigdog]

Running a Heidelberg 10x15 windmill letterpress and a Chandler and Price hand fed was my high school job. Later, I followed the quick print revolution running a Multigraphics 1250 and an Itek platemaker. Those were fun days.

[mszoomy]

No power nothin'! No power brakes or steering. No power windows, you can forget ac or a radio 😂

[air]

Your channel is my favorite on youtube!❤

[GersonHM]

I wonder if those molds or figures are easy to make, they dont seem as reusable to me as the letters.

[ladyrg]

Love your Channel.. ps.. or park themselves!!

[donnikubbitz]

Guess what else Ford gave us with his yes o/

[DouglasMcLaughlin-kqhk]

Ford first worked at Cadillac....Dodge Bros. worked at Ford. Go figure

[dwharris]

Model Y less reliable than the Model A

[mehranmozafri]

سلام.
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.من ایرانی هستم...نویسنده و داستان نویس...شما را دوست دارم

[schnooka]

Pretty sure it was under $500 cuz that's the way Henry wanted it. More like $385 at the boot of it. And the print you show isn't even the car, or a Ford? Liberals ....this is worse than my X. I used to enjoy this channel