It's easy to forget just how revolutionary the historic Ford Model T was. The car itself was, of course, a huge success, with over 15 million of them manufactured between 1908 and 1927. With ...
Ford introduced the Model T way back in 1908, and production continued for nearly two decades before finally coming to an end in 1927. Engines of this era, even four-cylinder engines like the unit ...
In a high-security room on the third floor of a factory in Detroit’s bustling Milwaukee Junction industrial neighborhood in 1907, six men and a 14-year-old boy changed the world. In less than a year — ...
Cast your mind back to a time when the automobile was still considered a novel invention. The Benz Patent Motorwagen debuted in 1886, representing more of a technological curiosity than anything. The ...
When Thomas Miller of Livonia retired from Ford Motor Co., he was told to find a good home for the circa 1914 Model T engine block that he sometimes used as a teaching tool. A replica that was cast ...
With that singular instruction, I was fully immersed in the Model T experience, engaging unfamiliar switches and levers, my feet dancing across pedals with exotic purposes as the 1916 Model T — black, ...
Ford did not invent the automobile. We have Carl Benz to blame for that with his Benz Patent Motorwagen. But we can safely credit Ford with creating the affordable car in the shape of the Model T. One ...
In the modern-day world, where drag racing usually involves two or more supercars accelerating at breakneck speeds over the quarter-mile, someone decided to take a break from the 700-hp Ferraris, ...