The Henry Ford has a fleet of 27 antique vehicles that are used daily at Greenfield Village. It has hired someone to care and repair them.

But Ford, who certainly stands out among those pioneers, wasn’t the first person to drive a gas-powered car "of his own making," as it's been described, on the streets of Detroit.

Henry Ford was focused on automobiles and building engines, leading to his first car, known as the Quadricycle. Sold for $200 in 1896, this rare antique is now valued at over $200,000.

Henry Ford's Quadricycle was notable in its own right, but Charles Brady King drove his own horseless carriage through the Motor City first.

The Henry Ford has two full-time staffers to care for the fleet, one of whom is a mechanic, plus "a big gang of volunteers who come in to help with polishing cars and with simple repairs," Johnson ...

Henry Ford in 1901 starts his first car company called the Detroit Automobile Company, and it goes under, he starts his second, the Henry Ford Company and that too, he has issues with investors ...

By 1901, he founded the Henry Ford Company, later the Cadillac Motor Car Company, which he left the next year. In 1903, Ford and 12 others invested $28,000 to create the Ford Motor Company and ...

Henry Ford's Quadricycle was notable in its own right, ... wasn’t the first person to drive a gas-powered car "of his own making," as it's been described, on the streets of Detroit.

Henry Ford was focused on automobiles and building engines, leading to his first car, known as the Quadricycle. Sold for $200 in 1896, this rare antique is now valued at over $200,000.

Henry Ford's Quadricycle was notable in its own right, ... wasn’t the first person to drive a gas-powered car "of his own making," as it's been described, on the streets of Detroit.

But Ford, who certainly stands out among those pioneers, wasn’t the first person to drive a gas-powered car "of his own making," as it's been described, on the streets of Detroit.