I found this interesting and thought other might it interesting as well.
http://safeshare.tv/w/ShbgvwazCZ
http://safeshare.tv/w/ShbgvwazCZ
Some history about the Model T
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Nice.
Originally Posted By: Tegger
I found it interesting that, after exiting the 15-Millionth Ford, old Henry had to double-check to make the sure the door actually latched shut behind him...
Can you imagine the PR folks allowing that these days?
My dad had an early 50's Chevy pickup and you had had to slam the doors on it at times. Oh! how things have changed.
I found it interesting that, after exiting the 15-Millionth Ford, old Henry had to double-check to make the sure the door actually latched shut behind him...
Can you imagine the PR folks allowing that these days?
My dad had an early 50's Chevy pickup and you had had to slam the doors on it at times. Oh! how things have changed.
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Thanks for sharing!
That was very cool. I always forget how competent those old cars were off road. Rival 4 wheel drive vehicles today.
Back when Paul Harvey was still on the air, he told of a test where an army Humvee goes from point "A" to point "B" in a timed event. According to him (and not everything out of his mouth was the gospel truth), the army then took a model "T" to this timed event and beat the Humvee by a large margin.
My mom and dad told me many stories about the model T.
My mom and dad told me many stories about the model T.
Please share more like this,o what fun to see these old timer master their work!
Forty five manufacturers submitted entries for an endurance run sponsored by Russia's Imperial War Department (Ministry actually, but I digress.) in 1912. The Model T was the only one to finish.
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/331880/348510.html?1363645192 for a pic and the Ford Times article.
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/331880/348510.html?1363645192 for a pic and the Ford Times article.
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My grandfather owned one from ~1965-1975. He would drive it once a month or so, maybe in a parade once a year. Incredibly bass ackward control system on it. To me about as unintuitive as it could ever get.
It was not uncommon to trash a rod bearing (poured babbitt). The common quickfix was to soak a piece of boot leather in oil, cut it to size and wrap it around the rod journal and bolt the rod cap back on until you could get to a shop. Lot of people did it on the side of the road to keep going. Steep hills-you had to back up or else the carb would starve for fuel (gravity feed).
It was not uncommon to trash a rod bearing (poured babbitt). The common quickfix was to soak a piece of boot leather in oil, cut it to size and wrap it around the rod journal and bolt the rod cap back on until you could get to a shop. Lot of people did it on the side of the road to keep going. Steep hills-you had to back up or else the carb would starve for fuel (gravity feed).
I have been reading about the history of flight. It just dawned on me that the model T and the Wright bros airplanes were coming online in the same time period. Fascinating.
The USA invented the mass production of a fairly reliable car the model T. The Wright bros with their aircraft was the first to fly reliably like it did.
Proud to be a US citizen. Now I just need to visit the Henry Ford museum.
The USA invented the mass production of a fairly reliable car the model T. The Wright bros with their aircraft was the first to fly reliably like it did.
Proud to be a US citizen. Now I just need to visit the Henry Ford museum.
Thanks for that Pop.
For reference, Model A came out in 1927, and $1 then is the same as $13.60 today (according to 30 seconds of google work). So any of the work on that list sounds cheap.
Wiki indicates the car was sold for $825 in 1909 ($25k today?) and down to $360 at the end in 1927 ($4,900 today).
For reference, Model A came out in 1927, and $1 then is the same as $13.60 today (according to 30 seconds of google work). So any of the work on that list sounds cheap.
Wiki indicates the car was sold for $825 in 1909 ($25k today?) and down to $360 at the end in 1927 ($4,900 today).
Nice prices.....
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