Welcome to another bonus episode of Calm History, an extra treat for my SOC Plus members.

This is a serial episode featuring The Story of Henry Ford Part 7, Birth of the Model T.

This entire series follows Henry Ford's journey

to create the first automobile that middle-class Americans could afford.

For your convenience, I stitch together the first six episodes

into a single, seamless, three-hour bonus episode.

My So Plus members can listen to it by playing bonus episode number 29.

Okay, here is what happened in the prior episode.

Ford built and raced a new four-cylinder car, then entered it into some races.

His goal was to attract more car buyers and to attract more investors to his company.

This worked out well, and he started production of his first mass-produced car.

But he struggled with being able to pay his workers.

In this episode, you'll find out how he was able to pay his workers. In this episode, you'll find out how he was able to pay his employees,

how the initial sales of his first cars went.

Why the Ford Model T was so popular and successful.

And you'll hear all about the gritty and dirty legal battle that threatened to ruin his entire business. All right, time to lean back, put up your feet

and settle into my time machine of tranquility. I hope this episode

distracts and relaxes your overactive brain squirrels. The Story of Henry Ford, Part 7,

birth of the Model T.

While sitting in his living room, Ford mulled over his current crisis.

It was almost Christmas, and he didn't have enough money to pay his men.

He'd gotten great press for setting a new land speed record,

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