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Model T Ford


Henry Ford had created an automobile which was within the reach of the layman and was affordable and it helped to give a major impetus to the American Automobile industry in the year 1908.

This automobile is what we know of today as the Model T Ford. This model is also known as Tin Lizzie or Flivver or T. The first T Ford was unveiled on 12th August, 1908 and left the Piquette Plant of Detroit on 27th September, 1908. The cars which were manufactured before 1919 are known as vintage cars or sometimes as even veteran cars and any Model T for sale today fetches a large price! You can also find a Model T Ford history on this site too.

What makes the Model T Ford a vintage car?


Model T Ford also belongs to the vintage car category and today there are about three clubs devoted to its restoration, maintain registers, promote research, provide the supply of new as well as used car parts of the car make, etc.

The T was an automobile which changed the way the world looked at cars. Not only did it go on to become the middleclass family’s first car, it was also the first car which was born out of assembly line production. Till then, all of the cars which came out under the Ford banner were hand crafted. This car had parts which were interchangeable and was made indigenously. In fact in the year 1999, 100 automotive experts from across 32 countries declared the T Ford as The Car of the Century. To know more about this wondrous car which revolutionized the automobile industry, visit our website at t-ford.co.uk now!