It Cost A Dollar Fifty To Reverse Henry Ford's Entire Assembly Line

In 1913, two Detroit men looked at Henry Fords brand new assembly line and asked a question nobody else had thought to ask: what else does this idea work for. Frank McCormick and J.W. Hinkle built a wooden tunnel where Model Ts moved through by human hands alone, no engine running, soap to rinse to dry, station by station, the assembly line running in reverse. They called it the Automobile Laundry, and it became the model nearly every American car wash would follow for the next twenty years. This video follows the founding of the first production line car wash in American history, the dirt covered streets of early Detroit that made it necessary, and the strange, simple insight that turned a daily chore into an industry that now spans more than one hundred fifty thousand locations worldwide. If you love stories where a single overlooked idea changes an entire industry, subscribe to the channel. We tell the real history behind the American road and the machines that traveled it. Leave a comment and tell us what you would have charged in 1913 to wash a car nobody else thought needed cleaning that fast. #vintagecars #americanroads #vintagecarstoriesusa #goldenageamericancars #americancarhistory #postwarroadculture #eraofchrome