Re: Model T fords

lgbeard wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for 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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Wow fantastic! I should put them on the site somewhere :)

>>>>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

Guess it comes natural to a guy born in 1917!

>>>>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
> 
>>>
>>>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

To me I thought it was a deranged KKK clansmen ;)

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