Henry Ford & Son
| Henry Ford & Son Limited | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1917 |
| Seat | Cork , Ireland |
| Branch | Automobiles |
| Website | www.ford.ie |
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Henry Ford & Son is a current Irish company. With an assembly plant for motor vehicles it was part of the automotive industry in Ireland .
Company history
Henry Ford founded the company on April 17, 1917 in Cork , southern Ireland. It turned 1919 from July Tractors brand Fordson ago. In 1920, 3,626 tractors were built. The plans, however, amounted to 20,000 annually. The production of parts for Ford of Britain began . Since Ireland was still part of the United Kingdom at the time, no duties were incurred . After the Irish Free State was founded on December 6, 1922 , the British government announced that it would begin to levy customs duties on deliveries from Ireland from April 1, 1923. This made deliveries uneconomical. Tractor production ended on December 29, 1922. Since Ford of Britain was building a large new plant in Dagenham and had needs before it was completed, engines and rear axles for the Ford Model T were still delivered to England. Other Ford plants in Europe were also supplied. Ford France and Ford Germany from 1925 onwards come into question .
Passenger cars were assembled for the local market practically on the side. By the time the Ford Model T was discontinued in December 1927, over 10,000 had been produced in Ireland. In addition, trucks were built . From 1928 Ford Model A were delivered from England to Ireland and equipped with engines there. The standard engine was at a disadvantage due to its displacement and the RAC Horsepower classification . Therefore, the company developed a smaller engine that was rated only 14.9 HP instead of 24 HP, and supplied these engines to other Ford plants in Europe and Japan .
On April 1, 1929, the production of tractors started again. At the time, it was Ford 's only tractor factory in the world . The economic crisis of 1932 and renewed tariffs resulted in the relocation of tractor production to Dagenham. From that time on it was purely an assembly plant.
After an interruption due to the war, vehicle production was continued in February 1946. It only ended in 1984. Ford was the market leader in Ireland for decades.
vehicles
Model T, Model A, Ten , V8 , Prefect , Anglia , Thames 400 E , Cortina and Escort have been handed down .
Car production figures
| year | Registration numbers |
|---|---|
| 1934 | not known |
| 1935 | not known |
| 1936 | 5,196 |
| 1937 | 5,893 |
| 1938 | 4,608 |
| 1939 | 3,357 |
| 1946-1953 | not known |
| 1954 | 6,399 |
| 1955 | 6,894 |
| 1956 | 4,426 |
| 1957 | 4,728 |
| 1958 | 6.329 |
| 1959 | 7,198 |
| 1960 | 9,914 |
| 1961 | 9,881 |
| 1962 | 9,886 |
| 1963 | not known |
| 1964 | 12,628 |
| 1965 | 12,664 |
| 1966 | 11,041 |
| 1967 | 11.306 |
| 1968 | 14,037 |
| 1969 | 12,991 |
| 1970 | 14,832 |
| 1971 | 11,221 |
| 1972 | 13,541 |
| 1973 | 18.173 |
| 1974 | 15,162 |
| 1975 | 15,571 |
| 1976 | 18,837 |
| 1977 | 23,246 |
| 1978 | 29,753 |
| 1979 | 24,063 |
| 1980 | 20,758 |
| 1981 | 22,893 |
| 1982 | 16,593 |
| 1983 | 13,069 |
| 1984 | 12,213 |
| total | 429,301 |
literature
- Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
- Bob Montgomery: Ford Manufacture & Assembly at Cork 1919–1984. Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Garristown 2003, ISBN 1-902773-07-1 (English).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).