Ford installs first moving assembly line 1913 Photo: Moving assembly line at Ford Motor Company’s Michigan plant In 1907, Henry Ford announced his goal for the Ford Motor Company: to create “a motor car for the great multitude.” At that time, automobiles were expensive, custom-made machines. Ford’s engineers took the first step towards this…
NOTABLE AWARDS: 2013 Ridler Award BIO: Mike Dizona was a simple Midwest dirt track racer who lived for his weekends, campaigning his ’32 Ford Roadster with an 8BA Flathead. To get his Roadster to the track, Mike would tow it with his trusty ’40 Ford Coupe, his daily driver. He always enjoyed driving the ’40…
Stock #89-DFW Engine: 305 CID V8 Transmission: 5 Speed Manual Mileage: 78 (since rebuilt) Body Style: Roadster Exterior Color: Purple Interior Color: Beige OPTIONS Aluminum Wheels Custom Wheels Leather Interior Racing Slicks Radial Tires For sale in our Dallas/Fort Worth showroom is a show ready 1931 Ford Model A Roadster. Assembled by Bear Metal Kustoms…
Utility Truck The Ford Model T is one of the most famous vehicles in history. First produced in late 1908 (what would now be considered the 1909 model year), it became the second-most produced car ever after the Volkswagen Beetle. Shown above is a 1917 Model T Utility Truck. First rebuilt based on a picture…
Welcome to The Tin Lizzie Lounge, a perfect gathering place for your friends and family in the heart of Queen Anne. We are located in the charming MarQueen Hotel, conveniently located a block from Seattle Center and lower Queen Anne’s bar scene. This historic building, built in 1918, originally housed employees of the Ford assembly…
Oftentimes, when we see yet-to-be-publicly introduced cars, we are under an “embargo, ” which means that we are to keep what we know of the way the car looks, is engineered, built, and rides to ourselves until a specific date. (In case you’re wondering, that’s how the buff books all seem to have the same…
Ford Model A Roaster Pickup – Tribute Mobil Tank Truck. Show, drive or play with top on or off. Back in the 1920’s and 30’s as the automobile became more affordable, thru mas production, the need for fuel stations became more and more apparent. The fist rural filling stations were set up at country general…
This 1941 Ford Super Deluxe Sedan Project has been with the seller less than a year and is said to be mostly complete except for missing interior fittings. Purchased as the basis of a hot rod or rat rod build, the seller decided the body was too solid and complete to alter. Ford’s 1941 car…
The Dearborn Deuce Convertible – A revolutionary all steel 32′ roadster body. **Pictured above is a car completed using our Dearborn Deuce body** The Dearborn Deuce Convertible is an all-steel roadster body redesigned around an amazing, fully disappearing top assembly. A standard ’32 roadster body falls short of the necessary requirements to package a top…
Ford Model T 1908 – 1927 Country: Engine: 4 cyl. Capacity: 2896 cc (177ci) Power: 20 hp Transmission: 2 forward / 1 reverse Top Speed: n/a Number Built: 15, 000, 000+ Collectability: Ford Model T Reviewed by Unique Cars and Parts Our Rating: 3 Introduction Ask most people to name a vintage car, and…
The Ford Motor Company engineering parts drawing collection consists of microfiche copies of the original blueprints. During the 1940s, Ford Motor Company copied all of their parts drawings onto microfiche and destroyed the blueprints. It is understood that this had been done for storage purposes, because microfilm takes up less physical space and has a…
The rebuild nears completion… As you saw on the previous page, my Model T Ford engine rebuild is progressing well. With the bottom end of the engine assembled, the valve gear, including adjustable tappets have been fitted also. With this all complete, the coil plate, magneto assembly and flywheel were fitted and clearances set, we…
Henry Ford was one of the world’s great innovators and a quotable gentleman at that, particularly in the realms of business and innovation. Perhaps the most famous quote attributed to Ford is this: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” While there’s no real proof Ford ever said…
One year ago today, I bought an electric car. Electric cars are coming for the masses, so I’d like to share a few thoughts about my first year of ownership in the event you’re considering one for yourself. I was excited about some aspects of a Model S (fast car, seating for seven, all-wheel-drive, huge…
Ford’s Model T, introduced in 1908, is a classic example of a market-creating blue ocean strategic move that challenged the conventions of the automotive industry in the United States. It made the automobile accessible to the mass of the market. Until that time, America’s five hundred automakers built custom-made novelty automobiles. Despite the number of…
Eckler Industries will close the Mac’s Antique Auto Parts facility in Pendleton in September, eliminating 52 jobs, according to a notice Eckler filed with the state Labor Department. The Donner Road site, which sells restoration parts and accessories, is set to close Sept. 1. The notice did not explain the reason for the closing. Representatives…
The 1932 Ford Model B and Model 18 was seen as Dearborn’s response to the Depression. After a 19-year run and a production total exceeding 15 million units, the Model T – upon which the Ford empire was founded – almost caused that empire’s collapse. The car, though still surprisingly good even in 1927, had…
Over the years, I’ve owned, or had the opportunity to drive, a few cars that I think could best be described as “a handful” to drive. However, after reading a short feature article in the July 2009 edition of Car and Driver titled, How to: Drive a Ford Model T, I now realize that no…
Can your Roadster body or your Roadster PU body be mounted on a stock frame? STEVE: Yes they can. Our assembly fixtures are based on an original stock frame so the body mounting holes are pre located at stock locations. Can your Roadster bodies be built with stock items like a firewall, floor pan, and/or…
Taking Total Performance’s King T In Some Low-Dollar Directions The T is making a comeback. Pushed out of popularity for a while by Models As, Deuces, and ’33-34s, Ford’s earlier model is elbowing its way back into popularity among hot rodders and street rodders. The revival of interest, especially in roadsters, owes a lot to…