Fun facts about the Ford Model T

Here are a couple fun facts about the much loved Ford Model T :)

Did you know

• The Model T is nicknamed “Tin Lizzie”.
• The car’s body is made out of wood covered with a thin sheet of metal.
• Ford employees were required to sign a contract that stated they had to buy a Model T as soon as they were able to afford one.
• The first Model T’s weren’t available in black at all, whereas a couple years later they were only available in black.
• Back when only two roads existed in the entire state of Kansas, two Model T’s managed to crash into each other at the only intersection.
• In the later versions Ford offered an electric starter instead of a crank starter, yet nobody wanted it because of the higher cost.

• The crank starter could be rather dangerous, it could kick back and break your arm. On rare occasions the car would launch the crank as a high velocity missile.
• No woman were allowed on the factory floor.
• The Model T had no speedometer.
• a very higher percentage of the Model T’s still drive around today.

Thanks for reading, have a nice day :)

Marijn M.

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