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Ford Factory: 1954
Submitted by Angus J on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:48am.
My father took this Kodachrome in Ford Plant 1 in Windsor, Ontario, in 1954. The history of Ford here goes back to 1904 when Model Bs and Cs, and later Model Ts, were built in this complex. The plant was located right alongside the Detroit River at Riverside Drive East and Drouillard Road. The two storey building in the foreground was built in 1912 as office space, and as Ford expanded more offices were installed in the buildings behind. This is where my father worked in management. To see a present day view click here. A photo by the Detroit Publishing Co. of this area in 1914 can be viewed here, and here is a story on the demolition in 1969. View full size.
1954 Ford of Canada
Submitted by jimandsharynp on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 10:09pm.
Interesting that some '54 Fords built in Canada had 1953 Ford dashboards in them and some had the older flathead engine of 1953 instead of the 1954 Y-Block engine. Mr. Ford didn't waste a thing!
The middle red car
Submitted by Ice gang on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 1:50pm.
just might be a Meteor Niagara and is so different from the Ford on the left (2 small peices of chrome) otherwise undistinguishable from the plain looking Ford.
Uncle Bob
Submitted by fishtrucker on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 10:49am.
My uncle, Bob Horseburg, worked in the office here as well. When Ford opened its new Oakville, Ont. assembly plants many jobs were transfered there. One of them was his. The Ford Motor Co. was a huge part of Windsor. When Ford chose Oakville as its new Canadian centre , the city was devastated, and still hasn't recovered.
When I was a kid in high
Submitted by roto52 on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 9:44am.
When I was a kid in high school (Lowe Tech) I used to bus past this place every day. Good to see it again.
Dang it!
Submitted by CPLgrumpy on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 3:02am.
That's the third time this week I've tried to unlock the wrong car!
All of the cars are Fords in the parking lot!
Submitted by Glocke380 on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 2:23am.
Back when American/Canadian car companies built good cars, their employees drove the cars they built.
I'm a Ford brat too
Submitted by Mal Fuller on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 7:13pm.
My father began his 40-year career with Ford as paymaster at the Somerville, Mass., assembly plant in 1928. He was promoted and transferred so often that I went to five different schools in six years!
Any color you want, 1954 style
Submitted by aenthal on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 1:26pm.
Any color you want in 1954 as long as it was red? Geeze that is a nice set of wide whitewall matched Fords (in 3 colors) all parked in the sunshine.
This can't be the holding lot for shipping assembled cars because they would have a mixture of models and options and these have licenses.
I wonder if this is some kind of executive fleet. With the job you got a Ford to drive and they picked the model, options, and colors.
Fords & Meteors
Submitted by Working_Fool on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 1:21pm.
Those three red sedans may look the same at first glance, then you see important trim differences. The car on the left is definitely a Ford while the two on the right are Meteors, a separate make built to allow Canadian Mercury dealers to cover the full price range.
Before the 1965 Auto Treaty there were strong tax incentives for domestic content in Canada, this led to a whole range of unique Canadian variants from all the manufacturers.
Nice
Submitted by Bull City Boy on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 12:24pm.
Thanks, Angus J, those are some nice-looking cars. Fabulux and pointed into the future.
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