Ford Model T: The Car That Put the World on Wheels
When Ford Motor Company introduced the Model T in late , company officials knew they had a winner. Ford was already the national sales leader and the new car was a significant improvement over its predecessors. Yet even an inveterate optimist like Henry Ford could not predict the far-reaching changes his "Tin Lizzie" would affect. One hundred years later, this marvelously illustrated history of the automobile that launched an American industry takes on all aspects of the Model T's genesis, production, marketing, and legacy. Veteran automotive journalist and editor Lindsay Brooke examines everything from infrastructure considerations that influenced the car's design (its ground clearance, for example, was predicated on the abysmal state of U.S. roadways) to the production methods that evolved to meet the burgeoning demand for the car, and Ford Motor Company's introduction of the revolutionary "five-dollar day." Brooke also covers the Model T's predecessors, early sales and marketing efforts, model changes, and T trucks, as well as adventures and misadventures with Model Ts and the car's role in early motorsports and hot rod
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This Expert Set was compiled in to commemorate the th anniversary of Henry Ford’s birth.
This Expert Set was compiled in to commemorate the th anniversary of Henry Ford’s birth.
Ford Motor Company, Mack Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, circa
Photographic print
Henry Ford's third automobile company, formed in , set up shop in a former wagon factory on Detroit's Mack Avenue. Ford's small crew assembled Model As from components made elsewhere. As sales increased, the original building was enlarged to two stories. By , Ford Motor Company had moved to a larger facility on Piquette Avenue.
Henry Ford Driving the Sweepstakes Racer Against Alexander Winton, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, October 10,
Photographic print
This photograph shows Henry Ford in his race car, "Sweepstakes," as he begins to pass Alexander Winton during a mile race at Grosse Pointe, Michigan, in Winton's car was faster, and his experience greater, but he had engine problems and lost to the upstart Ford. With the win and backing of new investors, Ford began his second automobile company.
Ford Motor Company Articles of Association, June 16,
Articles of incorporation
These four pages are the original
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