In 1941, Henry Ford created a car that was made with Hemp! It is our intention to do the same!
Originally, Henry Ford envisioned the cannabis car in response to the problems of the 1940s, the main one being World War II. The war effort led to a global shortage of steel, which was eventually rationed in America. Warships, tanks, and other machinery of war required all the available steel resources.
During this time, steel was consistently diverted from the automobile industry to order to support the war. Henry Ford sought a way to circumvent this material problem by developing a car entirely out of agricultural products. Ford, an avid farmer himself, saw great potential in experimenting with different plants. He developed a few modern materials through this exploration.
Ford also believed that a car made from hemp derived materials was much safer than a metal car, due to the substantially reduced weight. His thoughts on the safety of hemp products came years before we fully understood the dangers of the fossil fuel industry.
Ford saw agriculture as far more than a food source. He believed that America could rely on products like soy, corn and hemp to fill a vast variety of needs. Ford foresaw the ethanol industry of today. He predicted the rise of plant-based fuels, more than half a century ago.
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Picking it up where Ford Left Off
The Company has developed a method for the mass production of 'hemp' based body panels. The method utilizes traditional fiberglass manufacturing techniques using 100% hemp fiber and hemp based resins to create the body panels of our classic roadsters. As with Mr. Fords discovery, Daytona Classic Roadster bodies will not only be be considerably lighter than steel, our panels will be lighter than the same panel in fiberglass whilst maintaining a "stronger than steel" status.
In addition; the cost to produce hemp fiber is not only cheaper than fiberglass, it has a negative carbon footprint!
Daytona Classic Roadsters will be one of the most environmentally friendly vehicles ever made.
We expect to be in production of the 1952 MGTD model in early 2020.