May 31, 1927, the last Ford Model T rolled off the assembly line. It was the first affordable automobile, due in part to the assembly line process developed by Henry Ford. It had 2.9-liter, 20-horsepower engine and could travel at speeds up to 45 miles per hour. It had a 10-gallon fuel tank and could run on kerosene, petrol, or ethanol, but it couldn't drive uphill if the tank was low, because there was no fuel pump; people got around this design flaw by driving up hills in reverse. Ford believed that "the man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed." The Model T cost $850 in 1909, and as efficiency in production increased, the price dropped. By 1927, you could get a Model T for $290. "I will build a car for the great multitude," said Ford. "It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one - and enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God's great open space.
K.J.
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It's s shame that the Ford Motor Company did not continue with Henry's philosophy.
On a side note I have a friends you have a Model T in there shed that's been in their family from new. Its in need of restoration but everything still works, evertime I see it I wish I owned it, keep telling my friends they need to restore it and put it on show.
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Steve, Di & Ziggy We named our Motorhome "Roadworx" because on the road works "On The Road Again" Ford Transit with 302 Windsor V8 conversion, C4 Auto, 9 Inch Ford Diff All Lighting L.E.D., 260 Amp/h AGM, 530 Watt Solar + Kipor Backup Gen.
Here in Toowoomba we've got an old bloke who drives an old Model T coupe every weekend around the town...he looks the part with a bushy grey beard and dressed in twill pants,Stetson hat and sometime his wife dressed in gingham and one of those hats that have a check scarf. Chugs around and really looks the part. Also got someone who drives an old faded green Austin A70 from the early 50's with no front number plate and no indicators only hand signals.....still legal.
Here in Perth the local Vintage car club, have a huge shed which is full of old Ford T and Model A body parts, I was privileged to be allowed to go through this shed ( under close escort ) some time back, was amazed at what the Club had collected over the years, there were racks of Fire Walls and assorted panels for these old cars which must have numbered in the hundreds, all standing on end and many racks high,
Then there were motor and gear box parts by the hundred, stacks of steering wheels with steering box's still attached. and a good collection of old wooden wheels, such a pity to see all this stuff just lying there, hopefully today a lot of it is still keeping these old cars going somewhere in this country.
K.J.
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