Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 247 Registered: 05-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 5:56 pm: | |
I'm not sure if Lowell will chastise me for advertising, but the T-PLEX is open every Saturday in August. Tours are $10.00. The T-PLEX opens at 10:00 AM. First tour is at 10:00 AM. Hope to see you there! Sorry in advance, Lowell. |
Mackcreative Member Username: Mackcreative
Post Number: 259 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 7:06 pm: | |
What and where is the T-Plex? |
Ggores Member Username: Ggores
Post Number: 251 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 7:10 pm: | |
T-Rex is playing every Saturday somewhere? Whoa. I definitely needta get off-line. |
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk
Post Number: 1399 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 7:12 pm: | |
http://i205.photobucket.com/al bums/bb193/Peromyscus/Rock%20P ics/1cc5380a.jpg Those glam days sure were a trip weren't they? |
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 250 Registered: 05-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 7:21 pm: | |
Henry Ford's first factory. The birthplace of the Model T. Model T Automotive Heritage Complex, Inc. (T-PLEX) 461 Piquette Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202 |
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk
Post Number: 1400 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 7:34 pm: | |
And here I thought they were talking about the Trumbull Plex. |
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 253 Registered: 05-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 7:51 pm: | |
;-) Silly Wabbit. |
Lowell Moderator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 4934 Registered: 07-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 11:41 pm: | |
No apologies required. I am a long time supporter of the wonderful T-plex project, starting from its first appearance this site's original Fabulous Ruins of Detroits https://www.detroityes.com/industry /06fordpiq.htm. Please feel free to promote it and its activities here. |
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289
Post Number: 522 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 1:18 am: | |
I hope i can make it, Too bad i found this site pretty much after the kid got out of juvy. |
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 255 Registered: 05-2008
| Posted on Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 4:57 am: | |
Thank you, Lowell. Have you taken the tour? As far as I'm concerned, that place is hallowed ground. Reddog, I'll be there Saturday. Introduce yourself as Reddog. I hope you make it too! |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 2973 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 7:21 am: | |
I've been through T-Plex numerous times, and it is always a thrill!! Learn all about T-Plex here: http://www.tplex.org/ From a flyer I received on their schedule: SEE THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE MODEL T THE HISTORIC FORD PIQUETTE AVENUE PLANT IN CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL OF THE MODEL T & THE YEAR OF THE CAR HOURS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED. 10 AM -- 4 PM 1ST & 3RD SATURDAYS MAY through OCTOBER PLUS May 10, August 9, 23, 30 & September 13, 27 ADMISSION $10.00; under age 17 are free 461 Piquette Avenue at Beaubien, Detroit, MI 48202 Tours by appointment for groups of ten or more are welcome. This significant automotive history site is available for meetings & parties. To schedule a tour or plan an event contact: 313-872-8759 or info@tplex.org. For a map and more information, visit www.tplex.org. See where the Model T was designed and the first Tin Lizzies were built, learn how cars were made before the advent of the moving assembly line, walk the same floors as Henry Ford, Horace and John Dodge , James Couzens, Walter Flanders and other automotive pioneers. Located in the Milwaukee Junction area – the cradle of the early automobile industry in Detroit - the Piquette Avenue Plant is the first building built and owned by the Ford Motor Company. Between 1904 and 1910, Ford assembled eight different models at Piquette, set the record for car production, became the country’s largest manufacturer of automobiles and developed some of the basic ideas later incorporated in the moving assembly line for mass producing Model Ts. The Plant is the only early auto factory in Detroit open to the public and is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a State Historic Site, a City Historic District and a National Historic Landmark. |
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 261 Registered: 05-2008
| Posted on Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 9:16 am: | |
Actually, they're beginning to open more than just the first and third Saturdays. It's becoming quite an attraction (YES! Here is the updated schedule: 2008 Visitor Schedule August Saturday, August 2; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 9; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 16; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 23; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 30; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. September Saturday, September 6; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday, September 13; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday, September 20; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday, September 27; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. October Saturday, October 1; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday, October 4; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday, October 18; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 262 Registered: 05-2008
| Posted on Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 9:17 am: | |
Great plug, Kathleen! Thanks a million! |
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 335 Registered: 05-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 10:21 pm: | |
Bumpity-bump-bump-bump! Saturday, August 16; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 23; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 30; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 428 Registered: 05-2008
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 11:27 am: | |
SEE THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE MODEL T THE HISTORIC FORD PIQUETTE AVENUE PLANT IN CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL OF THE MODEL T & THE YEAR OF THE CAR HOURS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED. Saturday, August 23; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 30; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ADMISSION $10.00; under age 17 are free 461 Piquette Avenue at Beaubien, Detroit, MI 48202 Tours by appointment for groups of ten or more are welcome. This significant automotive history site is available for meetings & parties. To schedule a tour or plan an event contact: 313-872-8759 or info@tplex.org. For a map and more information, visit www.tplex.org. See where the Model T was designed and the first Tin Lizzies were built, learn how cars were made before the advent of the moving assembly line, walk the same floors as Henry Ford, Horace and John Dodge , James Couzens, Walter Flanders and other automotive pioneers. Located in the Milwaukee Junction area – the cradle of the early automobile industry in Detroit - the Piquette Avenue Plant is the first building built and owned by the Ford Motor Company. Between 1904 and 1910, Ford assembled eight different models at Piquette, set the record for car production, became the country’s largest manufacturer of automobiles and developed some of the basic ideas later incorporated in the moving assembly line for mass producing Model Ts. The Plant is the only early auto factory in Detroit open to the public and is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a State Historic Site, a City Historic District and a National Historic Landmark. |
Ggores Member Username: Ggores
Post Number: 307 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 7:14 pm: | |
Far out! Thin Lizz... oh wait, it's "Tin" Lizzie. Supercool, just thought I'd give this one a lil' bump. |
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 437 Registered: 05-2008
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 7:30 pm: | |
Thank you, Ggores... ;-) |
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 475 Registered: 05-2008
| Posted on Friday, August 29, 2008 - 9:02 pm: | |
BUMP! SEE THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE MODEL T THE HISTORIC FORD PIQUETTE AVENUE PLANT IN CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL OF THE MODEL T & THE YEAR OF THE CAR HOURS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED. Saturday, August 30; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ADMISSION $10.00; under age 17 are free 461 Piquette Avenue at Beaubien, Detroit, MI 48202 Tours by appointment for groups of ten or more are welcome. This significant automotive history site is available for meetings & parties. To schedule a tour or plan an event contact: 313-872-8759 or info@tplex.org. For a map and more information, visit www.tplex.org. See where the Model T was designed and the first Tin Lizzies were built, learn how cars were made before the advent of the moving assembly line, walk the same floors as Henry Ford, Horace and John Dodge , James Couzens, Walter Flanders and other automotive pioneers. Located in the Milwaukee Junction area – the cradle of the early automobile industry in Detroit - the Piquette Avenue Plant is the first building built and owned by the Ford Motor Company. Between 1904 and 1910, Ford assembled eight different models at Piquette, set the record for car production, became the country’s largest manufacturer of automobiles and developed some of the basic ideas later incorporated in the moving assembly line for mass producing Model Ts. The Plant is the only early auto factory in Detroit open to the public and is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a State Historic Site, a City Historic District and a National Historic Landmark. |
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway
Post Number: 1791 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Monday, September 01, 2008 - 10:02 am: | |
Looks like the old girl is getting a face lift. http://www.detroitfunk.com/200 8/08/model_t_plant_facade.html |
Williamsfamilyfungi Member Username: Williamsfamilyfungi
Post Number: 4 Registered: 08-2008
| Posted on Monday, September 01, 2008 - 9:24 pm: | |
At first I thought this was a scheme for the Trumbull Plex kids to get beer money... |
Billybbrew Member Username: Billybbrew
Post Number: 337 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Monday, September 01, 2008 - 11:09 pm: | |
I thought it was the Trumbull Plex also.... |