Founders · Oct 6Henry Ford's AutobiographyFord earned $125 a month there as chief engineer and worked on his gas engine every night and all of Sunday. The company offered him a general superintendency if he dropped the gas engine, and he quit on August 15, 1899.TipsHenry Ford quit a secure engineering job to bet on the gasoline car▶ 35:03He had completed his first motor car in 1892 and was earning $125 a month as chief engineer when he left.