Cutlass Oldsmobile Used

Cutlass Oldsmobile Used

Cutlass Oldsmobile Used

Cutlass Oldsmobile Used

By: Admin | Date: November 11, 2011 | Categories:

Henry Ford is usually given credit for inventing the assembly line. What he actually did was to improve the idea by installing conveyor belts.

Olds Car Inventor in Lansing, Michigan

Ransom Olds, born June 3, 1864 in Geneva, Ohio, was the second son of Pliny Fiske and Sarah Whipple Olds. He was fascinated by machines and a wizard at working with them. At 30, he built his own steam car from junk and cast-off parts.

In 1895, he became partner in his father’s successful machine shop in Lansing, Michigan. His flash-boiler steam engine horseless carriage was the first ‘car’ sold and exported. The four-horsepower vehicle, shipped to Bombay, India, reached a speed of 15 miles per hour. Historians who unsuccessfully attempted to determine the fate of the vehicle believe it may have gone down at sea.


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