Ford Quadricycle Engine Plans

The henry ford s quadricycle history.

Ford quadricycle engine plans. To the right is the original kitchen sink engine that now resides at the henry ford in dearborn michigan. The included frame plans can be used with other models of the nrs series of pre t fords. The earliest cars were hand built one by one and very expensive. You carriage transmission is now purged and ready for use.

He tested it on the kitchen sink after supper on december 24 1893. De activate the hydro by pass feature. The rest is automotive history. The ford quadricycle was the first vehicle developed by henry ford.

His first internal combustion engine was fired up on the kitchen sink of their then modest home this simple experiment lead to henry s first automobile the quadricycle in 1896. His wife clara hand fed the gasoline to the intake valve while henry spun the flywheel. For ignition he ran a wire from the ceiling s light bulb. The peculiar machines were seen as toys for the rich.

The engine roared into action shaking the sink. Re start engine de activate parking brake. Inline 2 cylinder engine f head valves 59 cubic inches displacement 4 horsepower estimate henry ford based the quadricycle s engine on the kane pennington motor he saw in american machinist magazine. In early of 1894 henry ford was 31 years old and he worked as a mechanic in the edison illuminating company.

For detail pictures how to order the plans of this award winning carriage click here. Henry ford built his first experimental engine using scrap metal for parts. Ford brazed water jackets around each of the two horizontal cylinders and mounted wooden water. And thoroughly understand the intricacies of steam engines and explosion and in 1893 built a single cylinder engine with the parts at hand and a large flywheel removed from a lathe.

Lee s second carriage was the ford n also full size. Sitting on carriage slowly move the motion control lever forward until the carriage moves forward about 5 feet. Ford s first car was a simple frame with a gas powered engine and four bicycle wheels mounted on it.