1957 De Soto Fireflite Hardtop V-8 341 CI 295 HP Henry Ford Museum Dearborn Michigan

About Henry Ford

Henry Ford was an American industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through the system that came to be known as Fordism. In 1911, he was awarded a patent for the transmission mechanism that would be used in the Ford Model T and other automobiles.