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dakslim
03-01-2012, 03:35 PM
1928 CAR REPAIR MAILER.
AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR ADVERTISEMENT IN 1928...

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1914 Model T Ford Station Wagon.

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 spaces."

Marauderman
03-01-2012, 03:41 PM
Great bit of information from the past there Phil.......where u been?.........as if we didn't know.........Please tell anyway.................

Merrill
03-01-2012, 04:48 PM
Got a 28 Model A project in the garage, all there just needs finished.
You don't realize how simple they were till you look at one, small too,
passenger compartment would be compared to a small midsize car today.
Miles ahead of a horse and buggy though.

Haggis
03-02-2012, 05:36 AM
Great bit of information from the past there Phil.......where u been?.........as if we didn't know.........Please tell anyway.................

Too late Tom, Rita caught him using the computer again. He is grounded until Memorial Day.