953 nut 67,773 #1 Posted 5 hours ago August 12, 1908 Ford Motor Company builds its first Model T car, which Henry Ford himself tests on a hunting trip to Wisconsin and northern Michigan. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,598 #2 Posted 3 hours ago Hands on Proof of Concept. I wonder if he encountered any long steep hills on the way?? My Dad told me years ago when he was 18 and just graduated from High School, that he & 3 friends took a similar Model T camping. A 200 mile or so trip each way, from RI to northern New Hampshire. The Model T was like a lot of early 1960's Wheel Horse tractors in that the carburetor was gravity fed from the fuel tank mounted Higher than the Carburetor.... That was fine until they got to the White Mountains - they had to travel up in reverse to keep the carb bowl full.... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 17,073 #3 Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, ri702bill said: he & 3 friends took a similar Model T camping. My grandfather had many stories of him and his brothers repairing and tweaking and driving their Model T. He backed them up by showing me his grease-smudged full set of illustrated technical books with their notes. The leather-surfaced, “press down to go” cone clutch was the biggest surprise. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
