Assembly line celebrates its 100th anniversary. Open Gallery. A mere century ago, on Oct. 7, 1913, Henry Ford rigged up a rope tow to get Model T chassis across the floor of his Highland Park ...

But those numbers were dwarfed by the results of the moving assembly line. The process netted 170,211 examples in 1913, 202,667 in 1914, well over half a million in 1916, and 735,020 in 1917.

The assembly-line idea coincided with a rising interest in what was called “scientific management” espoused by several proponents, including time-and-motion guru Frederick Taylor in his 1911 ...

How Did Classic Car Assembly Lines Work in the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s? We look at some cool GM assembly line shots from the past to see how our classics and hot rods were first built.