[FORD ASSEMBLY LINES AND AUTOMOBILE TESTING] Part 3
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [9/12/47]. Final chassis assembly] chassis being moved from one line to another and being turned over in the process by crane guided by workers, wiring being installed - [9/13/47 ]. Motor drop workers. Motors being lowered by crane onto chassis - [9/13/47] , Fan on motor, worker positioning fans, attaching belts, fastening fans to motors -automobiles in plant yard - [9/18/47]. Speed run test track. Ford automobiles being driven around test track - [9/19/47]. Torture track. Ford cars being driven over road with uneven surface - [9/19/47]. Cobblestone road. Ford cars being driven over cobblestone road - [9/18/47]. Cobblestone. close-up of car driven over cobblestone road - [9/18/47]. Torture track. close-up of car driven over road with uneven surface - [9/19/47]. High speed cars driven over smooth track - [9/19/47]. Sand test cars driven through deep sand - close-up of front of old car, ‘Locomobile’ on radiator, license plate, ‘JMEL, Conn’ - views of the old car, driver and one passenger - car driven through canal with water in it [9/18/47]. Water test-.Ford cars and trucks driven through water filled canal. [1947]
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