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One of the most famous (and infamous) Ford vehicles of all-time is the Model T. Yesterday, we looked at some of the interesting facts that surround this well-known automobile. Today, we’re going to give you some more facts that you might enjoy.

• The first Model T units could only travel at a speed of 45 mph. They could get between 13 and 21 mpg with their 20-horsepower, four-cylinder engines. The typical weight of a Model T was 1,200 pounds.

• Henry Ford’s Model T was his ninth model of a production vehicle.

• Ford produced and sold more than 15 million Model Ts before officially ending its production. Ford held a small ceremony on May 26, 1927 to mark the end of production. This was nearly 20 years after Ford introduced the vehicle on October 1, 1908.

• Henry Ford produced and assembled the Model T with his mass production capabilities. This was the beginning of the five-dollar workday and lower car prices, so more people could afford to purchase one of these cars.

• For the production of the first Model Ts, it took about 12.5 hours per unit. After several streamlining procedures, Ford was able to condense it down to about 93 minutes per unit.

• The original units did not come equipped with windshield wipers, doors, gas gauges or speedometers.

• Ford didn’t allow customers to buy its products on credit because Henry Ford felt credit was an immoral practice.

• During the early 1920s, Sears and Roebuck offered more than 5,000 accessories that customers could use for their Model Ts.

It’s astonishing how one single car could make such an impact on the auto industry and the culture as a whole, isn’t it?

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When Henry Ford’s Model T ruled the planet, it was the most beloved and the most hated vehicle on the roadways. On the one hand, it was the first vehicle that was affordable for “the masses.” As a result, people named it “The Common Man’s Car.”

But on the other hand, there were so many problems with it that it was given the nicknames of Jalopy, Jitney and Tin Lizzie. Some even referred to it as the “Universal Car” because you could use it to pull old tree stumps out of the ground, store grain, generate electricity and even plow a field with a simple conversion. Here are some more facts about this forerunner to the modern vehicle that you may or may not have known.

• The first Model T sold for about $850, but the price was later reduced to less than $300 for the basic models. Henry Ford saved on production costs and he passed this savings on to the consumer.

• Model Ts were produced in Detroit on a street called Piquette Avenue. Production later moved to a new Highland Park plant in Michigan in 1910.

• All of the Model Ts was built on the same chassis, but there were essentially nine different body styles.

• Henry Ford’s assembly line was the single greatest contribution to vehicle mass production. As a result, he was able to produce about 300,000 Ford vehicles during 1914 with only 13,000 employees. Other companies combined only produced 280,000 units during the same year with more than 66,000 employees.

Do you think these were interesting? We’ll have some more intriguing facts tomorrow!

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