He spent many years developing cars, which were made only a few once. Ford was not the first person to a car, but he was the one who began to make people easily use cars in the United States. His 'model T" car, released in 1908, made many people want one. He needed to make a lot of cars very quickly. His company, Ford Motor Company, hired skilled workers to work on an assembly line. The car would move through the line, and each worker had a job along the line. One worker might put on, while at a different spot on the line, another worker put on tires. Every Model T was painted black. The company could make many cars this way. In addition to using the assembly line to produce cars, Ford was also known for paying his workers fair. Henry Ford died in 1947, but his company is still around and making cars today.