Re: Model T fords

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 23:41:56 +1100, ABCGi <abc...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Bateau wrote:
>> ABCGi <abc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>lgbeard wrote:
>>>
>>>>Assorted model t`s
>>>
>>>*SNIP*
>>>
>>>>lgbeard
>>>
>>>Great collection! Check out this book I produced that was written by an 
>>>Australian owner of a huge number of antique cars including several 
>>>model T's and features stories about them actually being used and some 
>>>pictures too (Chapter 6, Chapters 28 to 30 and pages 24, 136, 104, 144, 
>>>154, 156)!
>>>
>>>http://abcgi.fly.to/justonelifetime

Excellent Book. Throughly enjoyed the reading.

Two pictures that i found intriguing and the technics
which are still being used.

A shade tree mechanic :)
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Hauling a trailor :)

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>>>
>>>6. Flivver, Lizzy: a type of car (see chapters 6 and 29).
>>>The Model T Ford, and other models such as the Model A, had
>>>nicknames such as Tin Lizzy or Flivver.

1920 era slang. I was surprized some of it is still used.
http://www.jakes-joint.com/id20.htm

>>>
>>>12. 1926 Model T Ford. A simple and rugged car (see chapter 28).
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>>>    `---'   Model T Runabout       `---'
>>>
>>>           pic (1926 Model T Runabout)
>>>
>>>The Model T began as one of the first affordable motor cars in the
>>>US ($360 US in 1913) and had a 20 horse power engine. The car was
>>>always painted black.
>>>Model T production in the US ran from 1908 to 1927 and more than
>>>15 million were made. Henry Ford, who invented the Model T in
>>>1908, founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903 that helped to
>>>revolutionise working conditions, factory efficiency and automobile
>>>prices in the US. In 1913, the moving assembly line was first used in
>>>the automotive industry by Ford in Michigan, USA, and workers
>>>were paid $5 US a day (double the standard wage of the times).

about 93 minutes to assemble a complete model T in 1913

>> 
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>> This is my dad's car.
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>
>Sweet
very sweet 
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Looking at it as blower for steam power engines. The odd
thing that a steam powered engine was invented proir to and 
being used in 1712 at the end of the witch trails era.
http://www.btinternet.com/~historical.engines/newcomen.htm

lgbeard

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