Posted on May 26, 2021
Model T: The First Car That Most People Could Afford to Buy
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On May 26, 1927, Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company produced the last Model T Ford. They had sold over 15 million of the "Tin Lizzie". From the article:
"The Model T, sold by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 to 1927, was the earliest effort to make a car that most people could actually buy. Modern cars were first built in 1885 in Germany by Karl Benz, and the first American cars in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1893 by Charles and Frank Duryea. But just because they were available didn’t mean that ordinary people could afford them.
The Model T was actually affordable and it became so popular at one point that a majority of Americans owned one, directly helping rural Americans become more connected with the rest of the country and leading to the numbered highway system. The manufacturing needs of the Model T went hand in hand with Ford’s revolutionary modernization of the manufacturing process."
"The Model T, sold by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 to 1927, was the earliest effort to make a car that most people could actually buy. Modern cars were first built in 1885 in Germany by Karl Benz, and the first American cars in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1893 by Charles and Frank Duryea. But just because they were available didn’t mean that ordinary people could afford them.
The Model T was actually affordable and it became so popular at one point that a majority of Americans owned one, directly helping rural Americans become more connected with the rest of the country and leading to the numbered highway system. The manufacturing needs of the Model T went hand in hand with Ford’s revolutionary modernization of the manufacturing process."
Model T: The First Car That Most People Could Afford to Buy
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1LT Voyle Smith
I occasionally see one on the road in our little community. I’m guessing it’s from the mid-1920s. They’ve got to be nightmares to maintain. And expensive!
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Good one, SGT (Join to see) In the Edison Ford Museum in FOrt Myers, there are a number of Model Ts shown from time to time several of which were in the Ford's garage adjacent to their winter home... Kind of awesome!
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