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	Ford Model T - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many steel Model T parts are still manufactured today, and even fibreglass replicas of their distinctive bodies, which are popular for T-bucket style hot rods (as immortalized in the Jan and Dean surf music song, "Bucket T", which was later recorded by The Who).
		The production model immediately before the Model T was the Ford Model S [1], an upgraded version of the company's largest success to that point, the Model N.
		The Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and the Flivver) was an automobile produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company from 1908 through 1927.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ford_Model_T (1711 words)

	Homecoming of a Model N Ford
		The occasion was the result of a request of the History Channel which wanted to film a short feature (7 minutes) on the Ford cars before the Model T. The photos on this web page were taken over the course of the day between breaks in filming.
		This is probably the first time that early Ford cars have been inside this building since 1911, the year Ford sold the building to Studebaker.
		Of course, when I took the picture that eventually appeared on the cover, I would have liked to have featured my Model N, but logistically, it wasn't possible.
	oz.plymouth.edu /~trentb/ModelT/Homecoming/Homecoming.html (1711 words)

	1968 Ford model N
		This is my journal & notes on the restoration project on this 1968 Ford truck
		The journey home started on October 11,2004 from Chilton Wisconsin,i bought this truck from an add in the American truck historical society magazine and had it shipped to my home town of Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada
	www.pmc911.com (1711 words)

	Model K Ford the cars of Henry Ford's Piquette Plant the Model T Automotive Heritage Complex
		Ford bought out his original major partner in Ford Motor Company, Alexander Malcolmson, for $175,000, and the stage was set for the company to become the world's largest producer of cars affordable by middle-class buyers...as soon as the Model K production run was exhausted!
		Ford to help promote the slow-selling Model K. In July, 1906, Mr.
		Malcolmson was gone, and by 1908, so was Model K. In 1906, Ford Motor Company seemed to be headed in two different directions.
	www.piquettestory.tplex.org /carsk.htm (1711 words)

	Musclecarclub.com - Ford Model T
		Ford, insisting that high prices ultimately slowed market expansion, had decided in 1906 to introduce a new, cheaper model with a lower profit margin: the Model N. Many of his backers disagreed.
		Ford realized that he not only had to build a new factory, but a new system within that factory.
		Ford gained complete control of the company at a cost of $125 million -- $106 million of the stock, plus $19 million for the court-ordered dividend -- a fantastic outlay that he financed with a $75 million loan from two eastern banks.
	www.musclecarclub.com /other-cars/classic/ford-model-t/ford-model-t.shtml (1711 words)

	Ford Model A - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second Model A, the model usually meant when "Model A" is referred to, was the second major success for the Ford Motor Co. First produced Oct. 20, 1927 but not sold until December 2, it replaced the venerable Model T, which had been produced for 18 years.
		A 3-speed planetary transmission was fitted, a Ford signature later seen on the Ford Model T.
		The Model A was the designation of two cars made by Ford Motor Company.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ford_Model_A (491 words)

	Ford Motor Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ford came to India in 1998 with its Ford Escort model, which was later replaced by locally produced Ford Ikon in 2001.
		Ford was also one of the first top industry executives to make regular use of an battery electric vehicle, a Ford Ranger EV, while the company contracted with the U. Postal Service for delivery of a large number of electric postal vans based on the Ranger EV platform.
		The Ford Motor Company has denied allegations that they profited by the use of forced labor to produce tanks for the Nazis during the war, saying that Ford had lost control of the German division by that point in the war and was not responsible for its activities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ford_Motor_Company (491 words)

	Early Ford - models from the years 1903 - 1908; page 3
		This is not uncommon for the early Ford models.
		Still the Model K holds an important place in Ford history: it is believed to be the reason that Ford didn't produce 6-cylinder engined cars again until 1941 and it formed the catalyst in the process of Ford becoming a mass producer of cheap cars.
		As a result of the failure of the Model K Alexander Malcomson, one of the founding partners of the Ford Motor Company and a champion of producing luxury cars, left the company.
	www.ritzsite.net /FORD_1/03_eford.htm (491 words)

	Ford Model C - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ford Model C was introduced in 1904 and was a version of the Ford Model A with more modern look, slightly more powerful engine and 15 cm (6 inches) longer wheelbase.
		Both A and C was produced at the same time, but the Model A could also be bought with a Model C engine, an option called Ford Model AC.
		The Model C was sold for $850, with the option of making it a four-seater for an extra $100.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ford_Model_C (491 words)

	Ford Model N - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ford Model N was an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.
		It was introduced in 1906 as a successor to the Model A, C and F.
		A successful model, 7000 cars was made until production ended in 1908.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ford_Model_N (491 words)

	Ford Model Y - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Model Y was the first Ford specifically designed for markets outside the USA.
		The car was powered by a 933 cc, 8 hp Ford Sidevalve engine, and was in production in England from 1932 through 1937.
		The 1935 two door model was the only fully-equipped car ever to sell for just £100 sterling.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ford_Model_Y (491 words)

	Ford Sidevalve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ford sidevalve engine in a Ford model T. Ford Sidevalve is an engine from
		The Sidevalve engine was used in many smaller Fords as well as farm vehicles, commercial vehicles and a marine version in boats.
		A water pump was added in 1953 for the 100E models.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ford_Sidevalve (491 words)

	Ford Model T engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1928-1933 Ford Model A and Model B used a revised version that displaced 200.7 in³ (3.3 L) for 40 hp.
		Engine bay of a Model T. The Ford Model T engine used in the Ford Model T had 177 in³ (2.9 L) 4 cylinder motor in a block producing 20 hp (15 kW) for a top speed of 45 mph (72 km/h).
		The Model T was on the Ward's 10 Best Engines of the 20th Century list.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ford_Model_T_engine (129 words)

	History of the Ford Model T presented by Brandon Classics. Specializing in highest quality in Collector Cars and Classic Automobiles.
		Ford spent nearly two years designing the Model T, building on knowledge gained from the production of earlier cars, like his Ford Model N. While Henry Ford and his team were planning for his new car, he attended a race in Florida where he examined the wreckage of French race car.
		Over the years, Model T Fords came in many different models, all built with the essentially same engine and chassis: the Model T roadster, coupe, coupelet, runabout, roadster torpedo, town car, touring, and the fordor and tudor sedans.
		From 1909 to 1927, the Ford Motor Company built more than 15 million Model T cars.
	www.brandonclassics.com /www/histories/history_model_t.htm (1077 words)

	The Model T Ford
		Henry Ford was the founder of a great American automobile company, and the mastermind behind the Model T Ford.
		From 1908, when the Model T was first made, until 1927 when production ended, Henry Ford made over 15 million Model T vehicles.
		The Model T was also used as a bus - the first school bus in California was made by Mr.
	uqconnect.net /hyperlinked/johnorr/ModelTFord.htm (607 words)

	Musclecarclub.com - Ford Model T
		Sales of the "Tin Lizzie," or "flivver," as the T was known, were boosted by promotional activities ranging from a black-tie "Ford Clinic" in New York, where a team of mechanics showcased the car, to Model T rodeos out west, in which cowboys riding in Fords tried to rope calves.
		When the last Model T rolled off the assembly line, it was not the end of an era, it was still the very dawn of the one that the little car had inaugurated.
		Ford gained complete control of the company at a cost of $125 million -- $106 million of the stock, plus $19 million for the court-ordered dividend -- a fantastic outlay that he financed with a $75 million loan from two eastern banks.
	musclecarclub.com /other-cars/classic/ford-model-t/ford-model-t.shtml (4339 words)

	Inside Line: Ford Model T to Ford Crown Victoria -
		In appearance, the Model A was a natural progression from the T with gently arched fenders and a grille featuring a slight dip at the top of its face where the Ford logo was implanted.
		Ford's new chassis for the 1965 full-size model line eliminated the semielliptical leaf springs that had been the basic rear suspension since '49 in favor of coil springs for the solid rear axle.
		The 1913 Model T was again restyled and the three-door Touring model (one door on the left, two on the right) was added and would become the mainstay of the line.
	www.edmunds.com /insideline/do/Features/articleId=93327 (5852 words)

	CanadianDriver: Ford Model T
		As the models marched through the alphabet, many of the cars had bigger engines and longer wheelbases; by 1906 the Model K was an expensive ($2,500) six-cylinder automobile.
		During the Model T era Ford defeated the monopolistic Selden patent (1911), introduced the moving automobile assembly line (1913), and instituted the $5 per day wage (1914).
		Steering was another novel idea on the Model T. Instead of mounting a conventional gearbox at the bottom of the steering column, Henry fitted a small planetary gearset under the steering wheel.
	www.canadiandriver.com /articles/bv/modelt.htm (856 words)

	Ford Motor Company
		Almost revolutionary when she first appeared, the T was obsolete and behind the times at the time of its demise; no matter what it had accomplished, it had failed to change with the times it itself had forced to change, so it was supplanted by the famed Model A for the 1928 season.
		Model Ts manufactured from 1908 through 1916 had brass radiator jackets, while the 1917 through 1925 cars had black-painted radiator shells and the 1926 and 1927 cars, the final two years of production, had nickel-plated radiator shells.
		When the T entered production in 1908, the Ford Motor Company quickly became one of the largest manufacturing concerns in the world; it was not long before a full-scale assembly line was operating in Windsor and subsidiary plants set up across the country, including a plant in Winnipeg.
	www.mbautomuseum.com /Tour/Ford.htm (845 words)

	Ford Model-T
		Once Ford realized the tremendous part he and his Model T automobile had played in bringing about this change, he wanted nothing more than to reverse it, or at least to recapture the rural values of his boyhood.
		In 1927 the last Model T and the first new Model A were produced, followed in 1932 by the first Ford V-8.
		Ford served as president of the Ford Motor Company from 1906 to 1919 and from 1943 to 1945.
	local.aaca.org /bntc/kidskorner/picturepgs/model-t.htm (431 words)

	Model N
		The immediate predicessors of the Model T Ford were the Models N, R and S. The Model N was introduced at the New York Auto Show in January 1906 and deliveries began in July of that same year.
		The front axle bears a striking resemblence to that used on the Model N's successor, the Model T. The biggest difference between the two front ends is that the two front spring perches are forged into the Model N's axle body.
		The Model N's front spring is of transverse design and is identical to those used on the earliest Model Ts.
	oz.plymouth.edu /~trentb/ModelT/N662/ModelN.html (431 words)

	Early Ford - models from the years 1903 - 1908; page 3
		Still the Model K holds an important place in Ford history: it is believed to be the reason that Ford didn't produce 6-cylinder engined cars again until 1941 and it formed the catalyst in the process of Ford becoming a mass producer of cheap cars.
		First production model after the Model C was the Model F, although there was a delivery car based on the Model C that was designated Model E by some, but Ford catalogs simply describe it as "Delivery Car".
		As a result of the failure of the Model K Alexander Malcomson, one of the founding partners of the Ford Motor Company and a champion of producing luxury cars, left the company.
	www.ritzsite.net /FORD_1/03_eford.htm (431 words)

	Model 'B' Ford Engine
		The 1932 V-8 was introduced as the 'Ford Model 18.' The four cylinder model was designated the 'Model B.' Although the V-8 was a national sensation and sold very well, there were many four cylinder Model B's produced.
		Model 'C;' The 1933-34 Ford four cylinder engine has been unofficially dubbed the Model 'C.' This designation cannot be found in Ford literature or correspondence.
		The Model B block was a modified Model A block.
	user.aol.com /bpanews/modb.html (757 words)

	The Automobile Industry, 1900 - 1909
		Ford's success with the T (sales nearly doubled from the 10,000 sold in the first year of production) caused him to stop production of higher priced models in order to concentrate on the T.
		Between 1904 and 1908, at least 240 firms were established to manufacture automobiles in the U.S. Henry Ford helped establish the fledgling Ford Motor Company's reputation for engineering excellence (and speed) by personally piloting a 1904 Ford Model B to a new land speed record of 91 m.p.h.
		Spurred by the success of the Ford Model T, Durant formed General Motors, which was based in the combination of Buick, Cadillac, and Oldsmobile.
	bryant2.bryant.edu /~history/h364material/cars/cars_10.htm (1225 words)

	Model B Carburetor (Model-A.org)
		The Model B carburetor's mounting flange and bolt holes are identical to the Model A carburetor.
		However the flange on the Model B manifold is rotated somewhere in the range of 7 degrees, compared to a Model A manifold.
		The Model B carburetor input and output throats are also larger than the throats of the Model A carburetor.
	www.model-a.org /model_b_carb.html (372 words)

	Ford Motor Company Encyclopedia Article, History, Biography @ Local Color Art
		By the end of 1913, Ford was producing 50% of all cars in the United States, and by 1918 half of all cars in the country were Model Ts.
		Ford was also one of the first top industry executives to make regular use of an electric vehicle, a Ford Ranger EV, while the company contracted with the U. Postal Service for delivery of a large number of electric postal vans based on the Ranger EV platform.
		Ford's presence in Asia has traditionally been much smaller, but with the acquisition of a stake in Japanese manufacturer Mazda, in 1979, Ford began selling Mazda's Familia and Capella (also known as the 323 and 626) as the Ford Laser and Telstar.
	search.localcolorart.com /search/encyclopedia/Ford_Motor_Company (372 words)

	Ford Sidevalve Owners' Club - History of Small Ford Sidevalves
		Ford was to persist with such features as mechanical brakes and transverse springs, directly descended from the Model T, on its cheapest production cars until 1959.
		When the Model Y was discontinued in 1937, its replacement - the 8 hp 7Y - had new styling and chassis, but essentially identical running gear.
		Primarily at the request of Ford of England, the USA parent, which had no experience in this market, eventually agreed to develop a small car for Europe and 15 examples of small European car were shipped to Ford's Dearborn headquarters for examination.
	www.fsoc.co.uk /models/history.htm (372 words)

	Ford Owners Car Club S.A. Inc.
		Ford was about to take Morris on, so Ford countered with a series of price cuts until, in the October of 1935, the Model ‘Y’ as the basic 2-door Model Y would from then on be called the ‘Popular’, and it became the only fully-equipped car to ever sell at just £100 sterling.
		Ford soon released the 8hp Anglia, though not as well equipped as the 2-door Prefect, and the Anglia was considered the poor-man’s car, very basic indeed, though both models were very reliable and nicknamed the ‘Upright Fords’.
		Ford at Dearborn answered the English call, resulting Model Y Ford '8', which went from the Dearborn's drawing board into full production at the new Dagenham plant in Essex; in just 10 months and on August 10 1932, the first Model ‘Y’ left the production line.
	www.fordownerscarclub.com.au /prefect.html (372 words)

	History Ford, European Fords
		Ford's motorsport centre, at Boreham, Essex, first opened in 1963 and finally closed its doors at the end of 2003, bringing to an end 40 years of involvement with Ford's racing, rally and high-performance road car projects.
		Today, the 'Fast Ford' fraternity is one of the largest of all motoring enthusiasts' movements, with a vast number of one-make events held in the UK and overseas.
		Ford has been consistently successful in saloon car racing, from the very first modest performance of the 1950s, through Sierra RS500 Cosworth domination in the 1980s, to the standard-setting Mondeo victories of today.
	www.asnbooks.com /ShopASN_ENGELS/Automobiles_by_makeFordHistory_Fordzm_European_Fords.html (372 words)

	The MKII Escort (Project Brenda)
		These facts were significant, as Ford's thinking for the new model was also running along similar lines-that is, to increase the passenger space available, and to modernize the styling.
		However, from 1965 Ford had been considering an Anglia replacement, to keep up-to-date in the public's imagination, and to change the model range in line with the rapidly changing market.
		In preparation for the new MKII models the floorpan of the last of the line MKIs was altered to increase rear leg-room by 2 inches.
	www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz /~kris/escort/background.shtml (372 words)

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