Soon afterwards, Henry Ford announced that in future the kingpins on the Model T would be engineered to a lower specification. Origins: Henry Ford (1863-1947) is an almost mythical figure in ...

According to Ford, in 1914 alone, 300,000 Model T's were made, while competing automakers had a combined production of about 280,000 cars. As competition mounted in the late 1920s, Ford had to ...

Johnson said the museum now has 13 Model T's from 1914 to 1927 model years. Most of them have wooden frames, though Ford was one of the first manufacturers to build vehicles with all-steel bodies ...

The Ford Model A, introduced December 2, 1927 for model year 1928, became the first true successor to the antiquated Model T design.In terms of what changed, the Model A largely iterated on what ...

Ford's Model T was one of history's most revolutionary vehicles, but the origins of its "Tin Lizzie" nickname aren't clear.

As it turns out, the Model T's successor was a clean-sheet design, and Ford wanted a fresh start with the Model A. Ford sold three million Model A units by 1930, three years after its debut, and ...

It's been nearly 100 years since the last "Tin Lizzie" left the assembly line, and the Model T can still be seen on the road. Sure, most of them are gone or retired in backyards, but thousands of ...

Model T's were expected to reach a speed of about 40-45 mph. Today, Woodward said, drivers keep speeds closer to 35 mph because of the vehicle's age. Ford made 15 million Model T's in total, with ...