Wow, not many like Ford. Anyone own, or ever drive a Ford Model T?

No but I did drive a model A

no, but one would be fun.

T models came before the A models right?

at any rate, they both came before the REA.

we had really rustic dirt roads back then. deep ruts.

it's difficult to imagine the emergence of the infernal combustion engines.

the whole country was about to undergo a transformation. and the iron horse, too.

I loved Ford until the Ecoboost. Now they are dead to me.

My. and many grandmothers broke a wrist cranking a T Ford.

Ford may well have been the most influential man of the twentieth century.

I have pictures (somewhere) of my grandfather (dads) next to his Model T. My mother in her 31 Model A coupe in Iowa City while in college in 1936. My first Ford was 1946 2-door, V-8 Sedan. All I own now, and have since 2004, are Toyotas....

I remember hearing of old family members having to back up a steep, long grade because of the way the gasoline flowed from the tank.

You try to go up a long, steep grade forward, and the slant would not let the gas flow to the engine and it would die.

They had to back up the grade in reverse, and it worked fine.


I heard them talk of that many times.

Barry, that, and the band in the transmission would wear, the reverse band would have less wear.

Not just cars, and trucks.

May need those to go to WalMart before long..

When I was a kid, I remember my GreatGranddad talking about going up Ranger Hill near here that way in a Model T.
That would have been a long ass haul (several miles) in reverse!

The Tri Motor was one of the classiest machines Ford ever built. Those 3 big radial engines stuck on the front are badazz.

It must have seemed like a magical thing to have the infrastructure to manufacture big flying machines back in that time period.

,...wrote an interesting book, also.

https://www.amazon.com/International-Jew-Henry-Ford/dp/B002FSHVJS

Being as I grew up near metro Detroit, I've toured many of the Ford estates. Certainly were an interesting family, and the estates are cutting edge for their time. I own the book too.

bringing adam smith type production lines to real life products, and then paying his workers sufficently to allow them to procure the mfg'd product.
only thing left to do was get the gov't to upgrade the roads so that his product could progress down the "highway."

the rest is pretty much history.

The noise had to be something else...

I drove my brothers 1917 model T. It was only 90 yeas old when I drove it.

Fully awake.

Caught part of a show on history/ discovery channel. Ford built a city / compound in South America. Rubber plantation complete with power generation. Hospital.

Ford apparently started looking for a site for his first vehicle plant in Cincinnati, OH. Somewhere around the Queensgate area on the Mill Creek. For some reason Cincinnati politicians at the time said "No". Ford then went on up the road to Detroit. Growing up with line of sight visibility to downtown Cincy, always wondered how life would have been different if Cincinnati had said "Yes"...

Ford and his neighbor Thomas Edison. The colt is a New Service

I drove one as a kid.....two speed....shift with a pedal.

Ford dealers back then had to pay for cars before they were shipped....cash
Henry had a hole in his floor that he dropped the cash into.

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THE VERY FIRST HEADER (((from Amazon))):

A Message from the Anti-Defamation League

The International Jew, authored by Henry Ford, is blatant anti-Semitism. It portrays Jews as monolithic, malicious schemers plotting to control the planet. "If there is one quality that attracts Jews, it is power," the book states. "Wherever the seat of power may be, thither they swarm obsequious." It does not portray Jews as individuals but as a single-minded, calculating cabal. Conflict among Jews, no matter how real, is painted as a sly trick, part of the Jewish plot. The book blames nearly all the troubles it saw in American society of the time on Jews. "Whichever way you turn to trace the harmful streams of influence that flow through society, you come upon a group of Jews," it claims. Even problems with the "national pastime" are attributed to Jewish influence: "If ... fans ... wish to know the trouble with American baseball, they have it in three words ... too much Jew."

"Back in the OLD days" - a schoolmate drove a Ford jeep around town. What I wouldn't give to own that beast, now!

I own a 1923 Model T. Great times on wooden spoked wheels. I would post a picture of it if I were only smart enough to do so.

Another reason for backing up hills is that the model T didn't have a fuel pump so being a gravity fed fuel system when backing the fuel tank was elevated higher up than the carburetor. The Model T didn't have a water pump, fuel pump, nor oil pump from the factory. It used the thermosiphon method for cooling, gravity for fuel pressure, and splash system for oiling.

Years ago, I knew a man that had a model T and would drive it in parades and such. I got to drive it a few times around town. Always a hoot! The man has passed on, I wonder what happened to the car?

The Montana 500 Model T endurance race will be the week of June 16th this year with Columbus, Mt as the host city. I believe on odd years the race is held east of the Continental Divide and on even years it's held west of the divide.

https://themontana500.wordpress.com/

There's a You Tube video; "How to start and drive a Model T Ford" that's pretty interesting. Brings back memories of hearing that stuff as a kid in the 1950's from grandparents and others of the era who were operating cars beginning around the teens / WW1 time frame. My maternal grandfather had a fantastic memory and could recount how to do that stuff right up to the 1980's when he passed. One of his brothers ( my great-uncle) once went from San-Diego to St. Louis in the '20's with a guy in a Model T. They made a stop in Oklahoma to repair some motor issue. He also had stories of sitting at a bar until closing and then going to stay at a friends camp up in the hills in the Finger Lakes region of NY state. To get up to the camp required the driving uphill in reverse stuff previously mentioned in this thread. Except they were backing up a narrow graveled road in thick woods late at night with no street lights and no back up lights on the car. I guess after a few hours at the bar that could get real interesting.

About a month ago there was a Ford Tri Motor flying around the Tucson area for a couple of days. You could always tell when it was up as the motors had a very distinctive sound. Sure wish I could have snagged a ride in that bird.
Paul B.