Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Model T trivia

The 1908 and the 1927 Model Ts were almost entirely different cars, as cataloged in minute detail by Bruce McCalley in his book Model T Ford: The Car That Changed the World.

 For instance, the Model T used multiple variations of no less than 13 different carburetors from at least four different manufacturers.

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2017/04/23/fact-check-henry-ford-didnt-design-the-model-t-as-a-multi-fuel-vehicle/

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  1. Can't recall the year, but at some point VW announced that the only part left from the first Beetles - a rear window frame part - was finally being replaced. It was probably in the late 1960s.

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    1. Huh... that is cool info! Good notion, to see how the longest production cars lasted with parts from the original version.

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