Ford: Model T
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The Ford Model T (known as the Tin Lizzie, Flivver, T‑Model Ford, or T) is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company from 1908 through 1927.
It is considered the first affordable automobile because of assembly line production and interchangeable parts
1908 The first production Model T was produced in the US on August 12, 1908 and left the factory on September 27, 1908, at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
The Ford Model T car was designed by Childe Harold Wills and two Hungarian immigrants, Joseph A. Galamb and Eugene Farkas. Harry Love, C. J. Smith, Gus Degner and Peter E. Martin were also part of the team.
The Model T had a 177-cubic-inch (2.9 Litre) front mounted inline four-cylinder en bloc engine (that is, all four in one block, as common now, rather than in individual castings) producing 20 hp for a top speed of 40-45 mph. According to Ford Motor, the Model T had fuel economy on the order of 13 to 21 mpg.
The Model T four cylinder side-valve engine was first in the world with a detachable head, making service like valve jobs easier. The engine was capable of running on gasoline, kerosene, or ethanol.
1911 In the UK Percival Perry was selling over 400 US built Fords per year from premises in Shaftesbury Avenue, London. Any further expansion would require more space than was available in central London, and Perry looked for a larger site, while retaining the Shaftesbury Avenue property as a showroom.
A disused carriage works at the Trafford Park industrial zone near Manchester was acquired. The original plan was to assemble Ford cars using parts shipped in from America: the need to invest massively in high cost tooling in order to become a volume car producer had not yet come about, and the former carriage works was assembling Fords by October 1911.
Over the production period, apart from right hand drive models, various modifications were also made to make the Model T more appealing to the British buyer.
Trafford Park was on schedule to produce 10,000 Fords in 1914 when the outbreak of war intervened.
By 1924, Trafford Park built Model Ts were made from 94% British parts. They sold for around £135. Model T car sales in Britain were hit by the restrictive horsepower tax in the early 20s but commercial versions continued to sell well and became Britain's best selling light commercial vehicle of the period.
Commercial Vehicles
- Model T with a load of 7 cwt
- Model TT with a load of one ton
Models produced from 1911-1927
List by Registration Number
Listed in date order
- 1911 DS 8867
- 1913 SV 9334
- 1914 BE 2789
- 1914 FO 326
- 1914 ZV 1126
- 1915 626-147
- 1915 DS 6530
- 1916 PP 7963
- 1916 BL 5148
- 1919 SV 4100
- 1919 GA 3560 Charabanc
- 1920 AH 7618
- 1920 BC 4406
- 1920 FR 2755
- 1921 EP 1673
- 1922 NX 1579
- 1922 585 EFD
- 1922 PK 6647
- 1923 433 XUR
- 1923 CJ 5948
- 1923 FX 389
- 1923 TG 6851 'Edward, Earl of Derby' Fire Appliance
- 1924 DD 5383
- 1924 SG 3349
- 1926 SV 5250
- 1927 FD 3575
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia