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- Replica of 1896 Ford Quadricycle - George DeAngelis built this replica of Henry Ford's first automobile, the 1896 Quadricycle, for the centennial of Ford's birth in 1963. DeAngelis spent three years on the project, working nights and weekends. He built most of the vehicle's parts from scratch. DeAngelis drove the replica through Detroit on June 4, 1963 -- exactly 67 years after Ford first drove the original.
- 1960-1963
- Collections - Artifact
Replica of 1896 Ford Quadricycle
George DeAngelis built this replica of Henry Ford's first automobile, the 1896 Quadricycle, for the centennial of Ford's birth in 1963. DeAngelis spent three years on the project, working nights and weekends. He built most of the vehicle's parts from scratch. DeAngelis drove the replica through Detroit on June 4, 1963 -- exactly 67 years after Ford first drove the original.
- Replica of Henry Ford's 1896 Quadricycle - Henry Ford continued to refine his Quadricycle in the months after June 1896, when the little car made its first trial run. By October of that year, Ford added a wood box around the car's two-cylinder gasoline engine. George DeAngelis built this reproduction of the Quadricycle in 1991. It replicates the car in its October 1896 configuration.
- 1896
- Collections - Artifact
Replica of Henry Ford's 1896 Quadricycle
Henry Ford continued to refine his Quadricycle in the months after June 1896, when the little car made its first trial run. By October of that year, Ford added a wood box around the car's two-cylinder gasoline engine. George DeAngelis built this reproduction of the Quadricycle in 1991. It replicates the car in its October 1896 configuration.