20 IN BIKES

This historic marker is on the building that actually housed the first garage that Henry Ford used to make his "fancy new machine", the auto. It reads: This marker commerates the birthplace of the Ford Motor car. Here in 1892, Henry Ford began experimenting with the motorized vehicle in his workshop, a small one-story brick structure, once located on this site. His invention was quite simple compared to today's automobiles. It consisted of a two-cylinder machine, mounted in a light frame geared to bicycle wheels. That unpretentious auto was the start of the Ford Motor Company which played a major part in the automobile industry that changed the face of Michigan and the world." This site was placed on the National Historic Register in 1980. This is also part of the structure that houses the abandoned Michigan Theater, which is also awesome! I added some different texturing to make it look a little less dull from the slabs that is actually rests on.

The publicity convoy before the actual tour was a succes of course...
The Dutch people like to get free stuff. :-)