Great Cars: MODEL T Ford

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•Oct 26, 2017
Goes to great historical Ford stuff around 4 minutes....
1st year 10,000 cars......
then 18,000 cars.......
Chevy wanted to buy him out....... lol

Then 200,000......
A new car every 93 minutes.....


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In the summer of 2003, thousands of people made a pilgrimage to Dearborn, Michigan to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Ford Motor Company. It was a remarkable five-day event that demonstrated the impact this company has had on the world. The Ford fans had a chance to see the world’s largest display of current and historic cars that made it famous around the world. Cars like Mustangs, Lincolns and Thunderbirds delighted the attendees but one car stood out above the rest --- The Model T. Launched in 1908, she was quite a gal. Her name was "Lizzie" and she helped unite people from near and far. The "Tin Lizzie," or Model T, made her family famous-- the Fords. "Lizzie" only went 40 miles per hour. While she wasn't quick or even very pretty, she was inexpensive. For the first time, the workingman could afford a car and The Model T put the world on wheels. It’s a remarkable story of luck, pluck and desire.

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Roy Ledford

@KRA I LOVE THIS CHANNEL, so many memories. I was born in 1960 to a then 44 year old Dad (born 1916) who grew up in rural North Georgia. At age 17 Grandpa threatened to run Dad off from the farm



because his cows couldn't get from the barn to the pasture and back for all the Model T's, pieces & parts!! My father was a notorious tinkerer all his life but these 3 he kept until he passed in 1983: a 1925



Model T with a pickup bed he rebuilt and my uncle painted in the late '40's, looked awesome; a 1931 Model A 4-dr sedan (4 cyl) & 1932 Model B pickup (V both 100% original and definitely showed their age.



All ran and were driven. I can't recall a single time any one of them failed to start. : )

 

Jean Meslier

a great video. The frame was just carbon steel, but the rear axle was "chisel steel" a vanadium alloy. In those days, all cars broke rear axles.The cold chisels were made of vanadium steel and didn't break, the heads just mushroomed.



Probably the most expensive part of the car, but Ford cars didn't break rear axles. That was a huge part of the Model T's success. As late as the 1960s, many rural mail carriers in Texas kept a Model A or Model T to drive on the un-paved roads in bad weather Mud, ice, or snow didn't stop



the mail. One part of the Selden patent was for the wishbone configuration of the steering axle. The wishbone ends fastened to the front axle at the wheel and the frame under the transmission. This allowed the front wheel axle to remain in position and to flex up and down at the wheels.



Ford used this system on trucks until the 1970s.

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It is widely known that today's 9 inch Ford rear end is indestructable.

and is even used in NASCAR Chevrolets....

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Smitty Smithsonite

I'd rather be driving one of these than the overpriced, cheaped-out, emission-choked, rolling tupperware-clad computers we're forced to drive today. This is a REAL car! Can go just about any place a modern ATV can go,



and can be repaired easily with an adjustable wrench, flat screwdriver, and pliers, instead of $30,000 in scan tools and oscilloscopes that are outdated every 3 years. I sure missed out on the best times of this Nation! Born 50 years too late.