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For
many people, the image of mass production and the moving
assembly line -- scenes often associated with the iconic
Ford Model 'T' -- are mixed with images of a vast
factory and thousands of assembly-line workers
feverishly placing components together or onto assembly
line vehicles at Ford Motor Company's Highland Park
plant. Yet those images would never occurred in
the scale and impact that they did if Henry Ford had not
first experienced the realization of his initial vision
of the affordable car, or "Universal Car," as he called
it. This video brings you in for a brief "close-up
view" of the modest three-story building that preceded
the massive Highland Park factory by five years: the
Ford Motor Company "Piquette Plant." Incredibly,
when this video was filmed, the Ford Piquette factory
was actually up for sale and open to demolition for land
redevelopment. In subsequent years, a dedicated
group of Ford buffs and preservationists have
collaborated in purchasing the building and restoring it
to share with the world. Take a look through the
portal of time at the 'Missing Link."
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