Henry Ford Henry Ford was born (1) on a farm in Michigan in 1863 but he did not like farming. When he was fifteen he began working as a mechanic and in 1893 he built his first car. After he (2) had driven it 1,500 kilometres, he sold it and built two bigger cars. Then, in 1903, he (3) started the Ford Motor Company. By (4) using strong but light steel, he built cheap cars for (5) ordinary people to buy. In 1908, he built the first Ford Model 'T', (6) which was sold for $825. He was soon selling 100 cars (7) a day. By 1927, the Ford Motor Company was worth $700 million. Early Ford cars (8) were simple and cheap, but keeping things simple sometimes (9) meant less choice. 'You (10) can have any colour you like,' said Henry Ford of the Model T, 'as long as it’s black”