The "Soybean Car" was actually a plastic-bodied car unveiled by Henry Ford on August 13, 1941 at Dearborn Days, an annual community festival. What was it made of? The frame, made of tubular steel, had 14 plastic panels attached to it. The car weighed 2000 lbs., 1000 lbs. lighter than a steel car.

2020年11月22日 · There’s been rumor of a car made entirely out of hemp that ran on hemp oil made by Henry Ford in 1941. This car was revealed the car as “the car of the future” sporting a plastic body made from natural fibers and resin binder. This made the car 300 pounds lighter and the plastic itself was rated to be 100 times stronger than steel.

2010年10月24日 · We see that Ford was considering hemp as an element of his bio-plastic car. But was the car almost completely made of hemp? The hemp websites claim anywhere from 70% hemp to 100% hemp. Let's search further... [article continues] Mr. Ford tested the pliability of the plastic panel by swinging on it with an axe.

A report circulating on the Internet shows a film from 1941 about the plastic car in the opening credits, stated as being the plastic soybean car, but at the end it shows images of Henry Ford striking a hammer or axe onto a trunk lid. [18]

2025年1月10日 · On his large estate, Ford was photographed among his hemp fields. The car, ‘grown from the soil,’ had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10 times stronger than steel; Popular Mechanics, 1941. Find memorabilia on this first Ford Model T here: https://ebay.to/2jOaAur

2024年5月25日 · A July 28, 1941, article published in the Christian Science Monitor outlined an "experimental motor car" announced by Ford that was "made chiefly of plastic cellulose fibers."

2024年11月5日 · After years of research and development, in 1941, Henry Ford unveiled a prototype vehicle. Manufactured from a composite of hemp, soybean, flax, and wheat straw it …

2020年10月3日 · Ford’s 1941 bioplastic Model T was made of hemp, flax, wheat, and spruce pulp, which made the car lighter than fiberglass and ten times tougher than steel, wrote the New York Times on February 2, 1941. The car ran on ethanol made from hemp or other agricultural waste.

Way back in the 1930's, Henry Ford was hard at work in the alt-fuels sector, and in 1941 he constructed a hemp-fueled and hemp-bodied prototype car.

2024年11月24日 · Ford’s 1941 bioplastic Model T was made of hemp, flax, wheat, and spruce pulp, which made the car lighter than fiberglass and ten times tougher than steel, wrote the New York Times on February 2, 1941. The car ran on ethanol …