Editing Henry Ford (section)

===Ford Motor Company===
[[File:Ford Edison Firestone1.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Henry Ford with [[Thomas Edison]] and [[Harvey S. Firestone]]. [[Fort Myers, Florida]], February 11, 1929.]]

In response, Malcomson brought in another group of investors and convinced the Dodge brothers to accept a portion of the new company.<ref name=birth/> Ford & Malcomson was reincorporated as the [[Ford Motor Company]] on June 16, 1903,<ref name=birth/> with $28,000 capital. The original investors included Ford and Malcomson, the Dodge brothers, Malcomson's uncle [[John S. Gray (Michigan)|John S. Gray]], Malcolmson's secretary [[James Couzens]], and two of Malcomson's lawyers, John W. Anderson and [[Horace Rackham]]. Because of Ford's volatility, Gray was elected president of the company. Ford then demonstrated a newly designed car on the ice of [[Lake Saint Clair (North America)|Lake St. Clair]], driving {{convert|1|mi|km}} in 39.4 seconds and setting a new [[land speed record]] at {{convert|91.3|mph|km/h|abbr=off}}. Convinced by this success, race driver [[Barney Oldfield]], who named this new Ford model "[[Ford 999|999]]" in honor of the fastest [[locomotive]] of the day, took the car around the country, making the Ford brand known throughout the United States. Ford also was one of the early backers of the [[Indianapolis 500]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum |url=https://imsmuseum.org/fame_inductee/henry-ford/ |website=Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum |access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref>[[File:1909 Ford Advance Catalog - Model T Transmission.png|thumb|Ford's [[Transmission (mechanical device)|Transmission Mechanism]]. (1909)]]