THE MODEL T

By: Samantha Brooks

INTRODUCTION

Was the Model T heavy or light?

The Model T is the coolest most life changing

invention because it helped people a lot, also the

Model T is the car that brought others to life.

INVENTOR

The inventor of the Model T was Henry Ford

Henry came from a family of 6 kids

Henry was the oldest

His father was, William Ford

His mother was Mary Ford

INVENTOR CONTINUED

When Henry grew up he married Clara Jane Ford

They later had a son, Edsel Ford.

A SPECIAL CAR

The model T had several things that made it

different from others like Model N cars

Many cars back in the mid-industrial time were

made of a heavy steel, whereas the Model t was made

of vanadium steel (a light weight steel material.

The Model T had a sleek black structure that was

easily told apart from other cars

The Model T description was also told apart by it’s

glossy black paint, that no other car had.

This car was the absolute “want” of the mid-

industrial time period

A SPECIAL CAR CONTINUED

MODEL T FAST FACTS

In 1909 an average day costumer could buy a

Model T for as low as $825.

The first production Model T was assembled at

Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit on October 1, 1908

The Model T was also the first ever car built with

the driver’s seat on the right hand side

MODEL T FAST FACTS CONTINUED

Thirty-three different types of black paint were

used in the making of the Model T

CONCLUSION

The Car that brought all other cars to life is no longer

around.

Neither is the man who invented this great car who once

said “I will create a car of great multitude…”

But why did the car that helped people and brought

others to life have to vanish?

Why exactly did the Model T have such a traumatic

change on the way us Americans live ?

BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORK CITED

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Ford. 2012. Frontenac Motor Company. 9 May,

2013 http://www.modet.ca/background.html

Mitchelle, Don. Driven. Washington, D.C.:

National Geographic, 2010.