Ford assembly plant Atlanta 1952 mating chassis engine with body factory photo

Description

A superb and rare photo of the final assembly of a
1952
Ford V8
. We can see that the car’s chassis with the readily mounted V8 engine is awaiting the arrival of the car’s front-end body. The front end is already complete, with mounted lights, radiator, bumper and chrome trimmings, including the chrome V8 logo on the sides! The photograph was taken on
June 2, 1952
, at Ford ‘s final assembly plant in
Atlanta
,
Georgia
.
In
1952
the Ford line of cars was refreshed, although it remained similar to the all-new 1949 Fords. The base model now was called "Mainline", the mid-level models were called "Customline". The top "Crestline" included the "Sunliner" convertible, "
Victoria
" hardtop, and "Country Squire" wagon. Inside was a "flight-style" control panel and new pedals suspended from below the dashboard. The grille sported a single center "bullet" surrounded by a chrome ring as well as "jet intake" corner markers. The 226 in³ (3.7 L) L-head straight-6 was replaced by an overhead valve 215 in³ (3.5 L) Mileage Maker with 101 hp (75 kW), while the old 239 in³ (3.9 L) Flathead V8 remained with 110 hp (82 kW).
Based in
Dearborn
,
Michigan
, a suburb of
Detroit
, the
Ford Motor Company
was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated in
June 16, 1903
.
Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce, especially elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines. Henry Ford's combination of highly efficient factories, highly paid workers, and low prices revolutionized manufacturing and came to be known around the world as Fordism by 1914.
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This is a very nice and very rare non period photo that reflects a wonderful era of Ford ‘s automotive history in a wonderful way.
This is your rare chance to own this photo, therefore it is printed in a nice large format of ca. 8" x 12" (ca. 20 x
30 cm
).
It makes it perfectly suitable for framing.
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