One of the oldest and most storied automobile manufacturers is the Ford Motor Company. Henry Ford was one of the pioneers in the auto making industry, but here are 7 Things You Don’t Know About: Ford.

1. Henry Ford was 40 years old when he started the Ford Motor Co.

2. For 90 years, Ford built cars in the United Kingdom, this ended in 2002.

3. The Ford GT40 won the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race four times during the 1960s.

4. Ford is famous for starting with the Model T car, they made their first truck in 1908.

5. Henry Ford began making tractors under the name Fordson Tractors in Leningrad, Russia in 1924.

6. Among the initial investors in the founding of the Ford Motor Company were brothers John and Horace Dodge who would later found automaker Dodge.

7. Robert McNamara attained two high positions within a month of eachother. In November of 1960 he was named President of the Ford Motor Company and a little over one month later he joined President John F. Kennedy’s cabinet as the Secretary of Defense.

Though their recent history has been up and down, Ford will surely continue to be one of the major players in the auto industry for years to come.