San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
100000 F0RDS
TURNED OUT
IN OCTOBER
Production Sets Record as
Daily Output Stepped
Up to $500.

The Ford Motor Company reached
The highest peak in the records of the
company Friday when S165 cars and
trucks went off the assembly lines Of
domestic branches. Fridays record
however. is expected TO be short lived
for production will reach $500 daily
before the end Of the month, making
possible a total output of approx
mately 100000 for October. the great
est in Ford history.
This information was contained ~
statement issued at the company !
general offices here Saturday after
noon. which details the remarkable in
dustrial accomplishment effected in
producing the improved Ford cars and
which at the same time definitely dis
pels all fictitious rumors regarding
Ford production circulated since the
new cars were announced.
RE-ARRANGE PLANTS.
sLess than so days after discontin-
uipg its former style passenger cars
the Ford Motor Company has brought
the improved types into norma. pro-
duction in all its assembly plants
throughout the United States 1t was
stated.
sThe former type passenger cars
went out of production in August dur
ing which month 1916 passenger cars
were produced.
aRecause of the many changes and
improvements made in Ford bodies 1t
was necessary to re-arrange DEPART
menfs in all assembly plants, install
considerable equipment. and lengthen
paint ovens to. permit longer baking
and an increase in the number OF
coats Of paint given the cars. This
was accomplished and production
started in the plants early in Sep
TENDER.
"Output Of the improved cars in
creased RAPIDLY and for the week end,
ing September 10 the production totai
showed 22.376 cars and trucks.
sfe5 DAILY RECORD.
"Since that time output has beer
growing steadily. During the last few
weeks the company has been shipping
through its branches to dealers more
than 1000 cars and trucks day, the
Shipments increasing to the record
reached Friday. October is. when Slto
cars and trucks were producer. This
output will be increased to 500 n
DAY before the end Of the month. Pro-
.luction for October will run close TO
,ON.o00. a new high record.
"Those figures assure the public
that cars will be Forthcoming in such
large quantities from now on that de
lireries can be made to customers
without any great delay.
preparations for bringing in the
new cars. which entailed the changing
TO all steel bodies. we're begun months
back. but the actual work OF placing
cars in production and bringing the
output UP to the normal average OF
more than 1000 a day has all been
accomplished within 60 days.
1914 NEW MACHINES,
aside from the engineering work,
the task of producing the improved
cars involved in part, the preparation
of tools for S291 new operations nee
essitating more than 3,D00,OO0 hours
of work BY expert tooimakers, COLI
plete changes of whole departments,
The installation OF 1914 new machines
in the Highland Park and River
Rouge plants and in other. manu-.
featuring units, the designing and
making of 800 new different small
tools totaling 1880 pieces and the
educating of thousands of men in max
ing new automobile parts.
THE increase in production TO-
gether with constantly expanding &C.
fivities has brought employment in
the Ford organization in the United
States to a new high figure. At pres
emit the number Of those employed ex-
cends LIS 0nn'