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The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by the Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927. It is generally regarded as the first mass-affordable automobile, which made car travel available to middle-class Americans. The relatively low price was partly the result of Ford's efficient fabrication, including assembly line production instead of individual handcrafting. The savings from mass production allowed the price to decline from $780 in 1910 to $290 in 1924 ($4,952 in 2022 dollars). It was mainly designed by three engineers, Joseph A. Galamb (the main engineer), Eugene Farkas, and Childe Harold Wills. The Model T was colloquially known as the "Tin Lizzie".The Ford Model T was named the most influential car of the 20th century in the 1999 Car of the Century competition, ahead of the BMC Mini, Citroën DS, and Volkswagen Beetle. Ford's Model T was successful not only because it provided inexpensive transportation on a massive scale, but also because the car signified innovation for the rising middle class and became a powerful symbol of the United States' age of modernization. With over 15 million sold, it was the most sold car in history before being surpassed by the Volkswagen Beetle in 1972. Introduction Early automobiles, which had been produced from the 1880s, were mostly scarce, expensive, and often unreliable. Being the first reliable, easily maintained, mass-market motorized transportation made the Model T into a great success: Within a few days after the release, 15,000 orders had been placed. The first production Model T was built on August 12, 1908, and left the factory on September 27, 1908, at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan. On May 26, 1927, Henry Ford watched the 15 millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly line at his factory in Highland Park, Michigan.Henry Ford conceived a series of cars between the founding of the company in 1903 and the introduction of the Model T. Ford named his first car the Model A and proceeded through the alphabet up through the Model T. Twenty models in all, not all of which went into production. The production model immediately before the Model T was the Model S, an upgraded version of the company's largest success to that point, the Model N. The follow-up to the Model T was another Ford Model A, rather than the "Model U". The company publicity said this was because the new car was such a departure from the old that Ford wanted to start all over again with the letter A. The Model T was Ford's first automobile mass-produced on moving assembly lines with completely interchangeable parts, marketed to the middle class. Henry Ford said of the vehicle: I will build a motor car for the great multitude. 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 so 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. Although credit for the development of the assembly line belongs to Ransom E. Olds, with the first mass-produced automobile, the Oldsmobile Curved Dash, having begun in 1901, the tremendous advances in the efficiency of the system over the life of the Model T can be credited almost entirely to Ford and his engineers. Characteristics The Model T was designed by Childe Harold Wills, and Hungarian immigrants Joseph A. Galamb (main engineer) and Eugene Farkas. Henry Love, C. J. Smith, Gus Degner and Peter E. Martin were also part of the team, as were Galamb's fellow Hungarian immigrants Gyula Hartenberger and Károly Balogh. Production of the Model T began in the third quarter of 1908. Collectors today sometimes classify Model Ts by build years and refer to these as "model years", thus labeling the first Model Ts as 1909 models. This is a retroactive classification scheme; the concept of model years as understood today did not exist at the time. Even though design revisions occurred during the car's two decades of production, the company gave no particular name to any of the revised designs; all of them were called simply "Model T". Engine The Model T has a front-mounted 177-cubic-inch (2.9 L) inline four-cylinder engine, producing 20 hp (15 kW), for a top speed of 42 mph (68 km/h). According to Ford Motor Company, the Model T had fuel economy on the order of 13–21 mpg‑US (16–25 mpg‑imp; 18–11 L/100 km). The engine was capable of running on gasoline, kerosene, or ethanol, although the decreasing cost of gasoline and the later introduction of Prohibition made ethanol an impractical fuel for most users. The engines of the first 2,447 units were cooled with water pumps; the engines of unit 2,448 and onward, with a few exceptions prior to around unit 2,500, were cooled by thermosiphon action.The ignition system used in the Model T was an unusual one, with a low-voltage magneto incorporated in the flywheel, supplying alternating current to trembler coils to drive the spark plugs. This was closer to that used for stationary gas engines than the expensive high-voltage ignition magnetos that were used on some other cars. This ignition also made the Model T more flexible as to the quality or type of fuel it used. The system did not need a starting battery, since proper hand-cranking would generate enough current for starting. Electric lighting powered by the magneto was adopted in 1915, replacing acetylene gas flame lamp and oil lamps, but electric starting was not offered until 1919. The Model T engine was produced for replacement needs as well as stationary and marine applications until 1941, well after production of the Model T had ended. The Fordson Model F tractor engine, that was designed about a decade later, was very similar to, but larger than, the Model T engine. Transmission and drive train The Model T is a rear-wheel drive vehicle. Its transmission is a planetary gear type known (at the time) as "three speed". In today's terms it is considered a two-speed, because one of the three speeds is reverse. The Model T's transmission is controlled with three floor-mounted pedals, a revolutionary feature for its time, and a lever mounted to the road side of the driver's seat. The throttle is controlled with a lever on the steering wheel. The left-hand pedal is used to engage the transmission. With the floor lever in either the mid position or fully forward and the pedal pressed and held forward, the car enters low gear. When held in an intermediate position, the car is in neutral. If the left pedal is released, the Model T enters high gear, but only when the lever is fully forward – in any other position, the pedal only moves up as far as the central neutral position. This allows the car to be held in neutral while the driver cranks the engine by hand. The car can thus cruise w.... Discover the Lizzy Ford popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Lizzy Ford books.

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    Black Wolf

    Lizzy Ford

    Black Wolf may have traveled west to ransom the heir of Lost Vegas, but he quickly discovers his destiny lies in a different direction. All roads, and all paths, lead to the cursed...

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    Severed

    Julia Crane & Lizzy Ford

    WINNER OF THE 2014 UTOPYA AWARDS FOR BEST SERIAL NOVELTwo sisters with special gifts and an unbreakable bond ...Cyena and Tyana were born to powerful parents who are among the ruli...

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    Arthur

    Lizzy Ford

    As the presumed heir to Lost Vegas, Arthur has purposely ignored the depravity with which his father runs the city with the excuse he will change things once he is in charge. Trave...

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    Water Spell

    Lizzy Ford

    A water mage and the protector she never wanted.Rare water mage Sela is given no time to mourn the loss of her longtime protector and father figure before she’s faced with the one ...

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    El Demonio de Katie

    Lizzy Ford

    Katie piensa que se está volviendo loca cuando un bebé inmortal y el asistente personal de La Muerte aparecen en su puerta. Ambos afirman que está destinada para algo grandioso, si...

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    T wie Trouble

    Tim Moore

    Der »Bill Bryson auf zwei Rädern« unterwegs im Paradies des Automobils: Mit Planetengetriebe, Handgas und 20 PS einmal quer durch die Staaten. Unbeleckt selbst von den einfachsten...

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    West

    Lizzy Ford

    If you could change history, would you?College graduate Josephine “Josie” Jackson answers ‘yes’ to the question on a survey while visiting an Old West tourist trap. The next mornin...

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    Twisted Karma

    Lizzy Ford

    Book six, Rhyn Eternal Series. Responsible for her brother’s inability to protect the Future, Karma is helpless to do anything for him and quickly finds herself in a worse situatio...

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    North

    Lizzy Ford

    The past is waiting.Josie Jackson is whisked further into the past, to the era of Vikings and the (almost) eternal winters of Norway. Carter, the mastermind behind her foray throug...

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    Black Moon Draw

    Lizzy Ford

    "BLACK MOON DRAW is a must read for fans of fantasy, paranormal, and Sci Fi." Fresh FictionA reader trapped in fiction. A knight desperate to save his kingdom. A harrowing journey ...

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    The Anshan Saga

    Lizzy Ford

    When starving artist Kiera wakes up on board a spaceship, she panics. Her best friend has dragged her across the universe to help her find a man and a life – without asking her if ...

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    Trapped

    Lizzy Ford & Julia Crane

    Trapped on the warridden planet of Lemuria, Cyena must hide her true identity if she is to survive. She seeks refuge with a small pocket of other elites in hiding, only to find her...

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    The Witchling Series

    Lizzy Ford

    Omnibus edition. Includes all four books in the Witchling Series: Dark Summer, Autumn Storm, Winter Fire, Spring Rain.A school for Witchlings...The ultimate choice between Light an...

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    Highlander Enchanted

    Lizzy Ford

    A troubled Highland chieftain courting madness ... a heartbroken English noblewoman seeking vengeance ... Somewhere between magic and war lies love ...Lady Isabel de Clare is on th...

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    Tiana

    Lizzy Ford

    Tiana Hanover, the sheltered daughter of Lost Vegas’ leader, has spent her life hidden away from everyone. She’s deformed, like the people her father routinely burns at the stake. ...

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    Revealed

    Lizzy Ford & Julia Crane

    Cyena is caught trying to help smuggle elite children away from the Lemurrian capital to safety on the other side of the planet. The Freewalker commander decides to give her task i...

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    White Tree Sound

    Lizzy Ford

    A fictional hero on his final questA reclusive author lost in her headThe only story that's ever mattered.Theirs.The secret to their past lies in a tale written by the author as a ...

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    Exiled

    Julia Crane & Lizzy Ford

    Exiled on the unfamiliar planet of Earth, Tyana must learn to blend in with normal Earthlings and bide her time until she finds a way back to Lemuria and her sister Cyena.She can’t...

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    Thanksgiving

    Lizzy Ford

    Half angel. Half demon. 100% teenager.On Halloween, Esme's life changed.This Thanksgiving, she'll count her blessings and her curses.

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    Aveline

    Lizzy Ford

    Book 1, Lost Vegas Series. In postapocalyptic America, five hundred years in the future, famine, war, and chaos have created a hell on earth. Outside the isolated city of Lost Vega...

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    Lost Vegas Series

    Lizzy Ford

    In postapocalyptic America, five hundred years in the future, famine, war, and chaos have created a hell on earth. Outside the isolated city of Lost Vegas, violent skirmishes among...

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    Zoey Rogue

    Lizzy Ford

    He only needs three nights to make her his …With more heart than sense, fearless, beautiful Zoey has saved countless collegeaged women from horrifying deaths at the hands of supern...

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    Epic Teen Fiction

    Lizzy Ford

    Six full young adult fiction books from among Lizzy Ford’s most popular series! Witches, magic doors, Greek gods – there’s something for everyone in this collection.“The Door” – sc...