Ford Quadricycle Replica Plans

Deangelis drove the replica through detroit on june 4 1963 exactly 67 years after ford first drove the original.
Ford quadricycle replica plans. It utilized commonly available materials. I started this project in the summer of 2015 when i got the george deangelis plans from dave dunlavy. He began building in 1894. Angle iron for the frame a leather belt and chain drive for the transmission and a buggy seat.
He built most of the vehicle s parts from scratch. The quadricycle was henry ford s first attempt to build a gasoline powered automobile. Deangelis spent three years on the project working nights and weekends. While serving as edison s chief engineer ford began building his first car.
Horseless carriage replica plans curved dash oldsmobile cdo replica plans ford n replica plans reo replica plans ford speedster body plans jimmy woods plans bob evans plans. This is a replica only for its quality and detail real size the first car of henry ford. This replica has been built using all the documentation you can provide given that the only original quadricycle that remains is the ford museum in detroit usa. Ford quadricycle replica 1896 while a young man henry ford took a job with the edison illuminating company in detroit michigan.
He sold his quadricycle for 200 then used the money to build his second car.