Model TT

Model TT

The Model T Ford Club of America, celebrating 50 years in 2015, is proud to present the Model T Museum. The Model T Museum is nestled in the heart of Richmond, Indiana’s Historic Depot District. Once “the” transportation mecca of the 19th century, it is now a “must-see” destination filled with notable architecture, unique shops,…

How to Start a Model t

How to Start a Model t?

The usual method of starting was, give her two or three quarter turns at full choke and then spin her as fast as you could. If you were lucky it would start and continue to run until you could get in, behind the wheel and advance the “spark”. They didn’t have automatic ignition advance at…

Model t Dimensions

Model t Dimensions

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Tin Lizzie Model t

Tin Lizzie Model t

We really loved staying at Tin Lizzie. The house is really beautiful and the room was very comfrotable. Most importantly, David and Sheran are wonderul hosts, the breakfast was always fantastic and their attention to details is remarkable. Lovely, even in winter 4.6 Everything about this place is wonderful. Rooms are beautiful, amenities are modern,…

Model t Fiberglass Body

Model t Fiberglass Body

Run your hand along the smooth contours of a fiberglass car, and you can see why the lightweight material is popular among auto enthusiasts. With a fiberglass body, you can take your kit car construction efforts to the next level. As a lightweight material, fiberglass reduces the amount of fuel you use while driving. If…

Model t America

Model t America

Her paint is chipped, her fender dented, her underside a little rusty. But the “Silver Streak, ” a 1926 Model T, still has plenty to say. She has traveled thousands of miles, all over the United States, as well into Canada. She has traversed the salt flats in Utah, she has driven down the avenues…

Model a Tudor Sedan

Model a Tudor Sedan

When you grow up peering out of the windows from the back seat of a big Lincoln while your dad pilots the streets of New York, you tend to see the world in a whole different light. For Dean Lombardo of Monterey, Massachusetts, the Lincoln’s view gave him a perfect platform to study the latest…

Model t Cowl

Model t Cowl

The great thing about almost ready to fly airplanes is that for the most part, they come with great looking fiberglass engine cowls that fit beautifully and often are painted at the factory. The general method of attachment to the fuselage is the use of through-the-cowl screws making assembly quick and simple. After time however,…

Foothills Model t Ford Club

Foothills Model t Ford Club

Canada Day is coming to Cowtown! To help parents looking for fun, family-friendly Canada Day events in Calgary, we’ve assembled a list of all the great activities that you can enjoy with your kids to mark Canada’s 148th birthday on July 1. Calgary has tons of events to enjoy this Canada Day, with day-long festivities,…

Model t Engines

Model t Engines

Dodge is now a “muscle” brand, but it started out by making a car which was just about as far from muscle as it gets. The Dodge family arrived in North America in 1629; in the 1830s, Ezekiel Dodge traveled from Massachusetts to Michigan, where he repaired boat engines. Ezekiel and his wife Anna had…

Model t Inventor

Model t Inventor

Part 1: The Problem We’re Trying to Solve For decades, the manufacturing industry has relied on 2D drawings, and struggled with interpretation and communication issues that go along with it. Although they’re deep-rooted in most companies, 2D drawings-based processes require human interpretation and are hence error-prone. Also, they do not lend themselves well for paradigms…

Model t Frame

Model t Frame

When building a street rod, throwing a modern day V8 motor in older day cars and driving the higherspeeds that we drive today, boxing in the original flimsy frames is a must. Our Easy Weld boxing plates are cut undersized so that they would basically slip inside the originalframe rails, to allow for a V…

Ford Model t 100 Years Later

Ford Model t 100 Years Later

Let’s clear up a few common misunderstandings about the Model T right away. When Henry Ford’s invention entered production 100 years ago this weekend, it wasn’t the world’s first inexpensive car-others had beaten him to that slot. And the T didn’t pioneer “personal mobility, ” which was already the provenance of both the horse and…

1927 Ford Model t Coupe

1927 Ford Model t Coupe

It’s not always easy to find the time to build a calling card for yourself when you own a hot rod shop and get paid to build customer cars. Nonetheless, Bill Osiakowski was determined to make some time for a new car. He’d built multiple T-buckets and a track T but was anxious to build…

1940 Model t Ford

1940 Model t Ford

Ford Motor Company’s many ‘Million Car Milestones’ By Wayne Ferens Photos from Wayne Ferens’ collection Even when Henry Ford produced the first Ford Model T on Sept. 27, 1908, Ford assembled cars like every other manufacturer – one at a time. Starting with the 1903 Model A at the Mack Avenue facility in Detroit, MI,…

Model t 1923

Model t 1923

Many changes were in store for the 1924-1926 Ford Model T, as the car evolved with the changing times and increased competition. This 1925 Model T shows off the integral turtle-back deck and built­-in trunk introduced in 1923. Mechanical changes were minor for 1924, although the use of lighter pistons tended to improve performance of…

Model t Controls

Model t Controls

Product Overview: NOTE 1: For multi-sensor applications, visit our MPS Series monitoring alarm system page. The T Sentry Model 140 is a stand-alone single probe temperature monitoring/alarm notification system widely used within refrigerators, freezers and walk-in coolers where sample storage temperatures must be maintained within a tight range. It can also be used in high…

Model t Definition

Model t Definition

However, one ‘mega-raid’ that Wolfe might care to mention in a future edition was the incredible journey of three young Brazilians (Leonides Borges de Oliveira, an ex-army officer, Francisco Lopez de la Cruz, an ex-naval officer and Mario Fava, their 20-year-old mechanic) who set off to New York from Rio de Janeiro in 1928 in…

Ford Model t Logo

Ford Model t Logo

Henry Ford stands next to a Model T, one of 15 million made. Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Getty Images Henry Ford stands next to a Model T, one of 15 million made. Getty Images The Model T became so popular, people wrote songs about it. Here’s one recorded circa 1915 by Billy Murray…