Ford Model T - Blueprints, photos and short history

• Engine 177 C.I.D. (2.9 L) 20 hp I4
• Designer(s): Henry Ford, Childe Harold Wills, Joseph A. Galamb and Eugene Farkas
• Production place: Detroit, USA

WIKI:

The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie, T‑Model Ford, 'Model T Ford', or T) is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908 to May 27, 1927.[1][2] It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, the car that opened travel to the common middle-class American; some of this was because of Ford's innovations, including assembly line production instead of individual hand crafting.[3] The Ford Model T was named the world's most influential car of the 20th century in an international poll. [link]

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 The Model T made its debut in 1908 with a purchase price of $825.00. Over ten thousand were sold in its first year, establishing a new record. Four years later the price dropped to $575.00 and sales soared. By 1914, Ford could claim a 48% share of the automobile market. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ford.htm

Model T Photo Gallery: http://www.carstyling.ru/en/car/1907_ford_model_t/images/17340/

No one really knows if Henry Ford ever said that the buying public could have Model T Fords "in any color, so long as it's black", but it is commonly attributed to him. While this saying is true for the model years after 1913, earlier cars were available in green, red, blue and grey. In fact, in the first year, Model T Fords were not available in black at all. The switch to all black cars was due to Ford's ongoing obsession with cost reduction, and not, as is commonly believed, to reduce drying time and hence increase production. http://www.modelt.ca/background.html