WHERE: Dearborn & Detroit, Michigan
WEATHER: Warm, large fluffy clouds in blue skies , 65*
We get up and have the usual motel breakfast and get on the bus to go to our tours today. Today is ALL FORD, after all we are in Detroit! First we go to the Ford Piquette Plant.
Ford’s office 
‘wings’ -made in Piquette 
1909 Ford Model T Touring
1915 Model T Snow Machine
Secret design office/room
‘C’=clutch, ‘R’=reverse, ‘B’=brake 
Crank to start ‘T’ 
White pneumatic tires
The four steps to the assembly of a Model T:
Frame to axle 
Set motor in, attach to axle 
Fuel tank, exhaust system, & radiator installed 
Add fenders, running boards, wheels and then the bodies and ready to go!
We then go from the past: first assembly to the most modern: the Rouge Plant with the assembly line of the aluminum F-150 Pickup. It is very modern using robots as well as humans in the assembly. They just started assembling the 2020 model on Saturday. Pictures aren’t allowed in the assembly area, but very interesting to see!
The new 2020 F-150
We are then on our way to the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. It is once again so big we can only briefly see the exhibits.
On the floor 
Edsel, Clara, & Henry
Clara Ford’s car – NOT a Ford! 
Everything is NOT a Ford
Henry Ford’s interests are not only cars 
Henry’s violin
The exhibits are wide and varied in the museum showing many different things from the past up to the present. Rick gets up in a modern combine:
That concluded our tours for the day. Back to the motel, but most of us go to the FORD’S GARAGE restaurant for dinner:
Gas nozzles for door handles
Bench seat – tailgate 
Hanging Model T in bar 
Napkin holder- hose clamp
Stamp on top of burger 
Tire sink in bathroom 
That brings to end a fully packed day of Henry Ford and his cars!