“The car born in the farm fields ” and Henry Ford christening the project which presented the prototype in 1938.
The body was made from hemp, soybeans and other fibers and plastics materials made from hemp are very strong. Ford demostrated its resistance beating her with an ax (view VIDEO).
But a year before it came into force the law of the prohibition of hemp in the United States and the eco-car of visionary Ford was never produced in series.
At present, a large part of the fibers that are harvested in Germany are intended for the automotive industry and many parts of cars carrying hemp fiber.