President Reagan's car
model t ford
ford rouge factory
serial number 1 mustang
ford f150's made at rougeWednesday 27th May
We drove to Dearborn Michigan today, Dearborn is virtually a suburb of Detroit and is where the Ford Motor Company is based and where the model T was firstly made. When we arrived we went to a shopping centre so we could get some lunch. Then it was off to the Henry Ford Museum. There are two parts to the museum, the museum floor and the Rouge Factory tour. We decided to do the factory tour first so it was on to a bus to take us about 6 miles to the factory. The factory makes the Ford F150 pick up trucks, the tours is semi self guided, you make your way around on a suspended walkway and stop at info points for more information on what is going on below, it ended up taking us two hours to complete the factory tour. Then it back onto the bus so we can see the museum floor. The Henry Ford Museum is just not about cars, Henry Ford was a bit of a collector of all bits and pieces and also he was the revolutionist of the modern industrial manufacturing. So the museum has all sorts of machines, e.g. Cars (all makes), trains, Planes, Trams and stationary engines, furniture of the period and everything in between.
The Museum was quiet huge and we had to rush through the last part of it but I think we saw all of it. My favourites were the Presidential Limousines from the first horse drawn carriage to Ronald Reagan’s limo. The JFK limo was very interesting as after he was assassinated they added a roof to it and spent about 200k doing it up.
After we finished at The Henry Ford Museum we made our way to our Hotel which was right by the airport. It was good watching the planes land. We went to Walmart and bought a whole chicken for dinner, at $4.99 USD it was exceptionally well priced, don’t know why we pay so much for food and produce in Australia. Tomorrow we are heading to the Chrysler Museum which is about 70 kms the other side of Detroit as we head to Chicago.
We drove to Dearborn Michigan today, Dearborn is virtually a suburb of Detroit and is where the Ford Motor Company is based and where the model T was firstly made. When we arrived we went to a shopping centre so we could get some lunch. Then it was off to the Henry Ford Museum. There are two parts to the museum, the museum floor and the Rouge Factory tour. We decided to do the factory tour first so it was on to a bus to take us about 6 miles to the factory. The factory makes the Ford F150 pick up trucks, the tours is semi self guided, you make your way around on a suspended walkway and stop at info points for more information on what is going on below, it ended up taking us two hours to complete the factory tour. Then it back onto the bus so we can see the museum floor. The Henry Ford Museum is just not about cars, Henry Ford was a bit of a collector of all bits and pieces and also he was the revolutionist of the modern industrial manufacturing. So the museum has all sorts of machines, e.g. Cars (all makes), trains, Planes, Trams and stationary engines, furniture of the period and everything in between.
The Museum was quiet huge and we had to rush through the last part of it but I think we saw all of it. My favourites were the Presidential Limousines from the first horse drawn carriage to Ronald Reagan’s limo. The JFK limo was very interesting as after he was assassinated they added a roof to it and spent about 200k doing it up.
After we finished at The Henry Ford Museum we made our way to our Hotel which was right by the airport. It was good watching the planes land. We went to Walmart and bought a whole chicken for dinner, at $4.99 USD it was exceptionally well priced, don’t know why we pay so much for food and produce in Australia. Tomorrow we are heading to the Chrysler Museum which is about 70 kms the other side of Detroit as we head to Chicago.
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