Page B10, Jaly 25, 1979 - North Shore News

Revolutionized the industry”

With one car, Henry Ford
revolutionized American

to surround. himself with
men who shared his views:

perature guage, and had no

starter or bumpers. Still, it

mother-in-law seat’, a name
which time has not

that year. In -1915 Ford

mailed one and half million

fashion. The car, in its many
forms,: spread round — the

transportation and altered ~ his Sales Manager, James featured ‘several im- displaced. That same year,. dollars to his ‘happy pur-~- world and inspired: its

the course of world Couzens, and Walter E. provements over earlier Ford added a gas generator chasers, an accomplishment owners to some fascinating ;
automotive history. When Flanders, his Production models. It had a planetary mounted on the running he did-not feel compelled to individual adaptions.——- _~

he began operations in 1903 Advisor. Together: they gear with two ‘fdtward board, which supplied gas to. repeat.

he envisioned a ‘universal

_car’ and, in 1908, he built it.

By year’s end he had made

two .hundred and seven

stressed change and in-—

novation from the earliest
days.

had = left-hand~ steering, an
oddity at the time, as well as
a Io6w-tension magneto built

- speeds and: one reverse. It”

the headlights by a mixture
of water dripping onto lumps
of carbide.

”

By now, the Ford was in
world-wide demand and the
home facility could not keep

A Model ‘T’ driver could,

and did use his machine to

plow fields, saw wood,

units. In 1927; when he ~ The Fords that preceded into the flywheel,  ther- By this time, Ford realized pace. Branch plants. ap- thresh grain, and generate
reluctantly ceased the ‘T’ were starkly simple mosyphon water cooling, he would have to drastically peared. in France, England. electricity. He could
-g- production, sales totalled an _machineés, 4-cylinder models _,.. gar . sspsieyes cepmebaati amen am ; osgi-gmamcees = nie ;
incredible fifteen million: designated ‘N’, ‘R’ and ‘S’.
All had right-hand drive.
It was Ford’s ambition to The first Model ‘T’ was still-
make his car available to the transportation at its most
general public, not .the basic.. It lacked a
privileged fc few. He took caré speedometer and tem-
Deal with experience ¢ Deal with Quality
f e Deal with a winning team
and
a
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A FAVORITE CLASSIC is this.1913 Ford. Paddy Wagon. The vehicle, a familiar sight in the early days of the
' _ century was powered by a foar cylinder L head engine which generated 22.5 horsepower oh a 100 inch wheelbase.
. (The Craven Foundation photo)
SN Bite inchides new thd and enclosed shaft, and - increase _ his production and Germany. Paint and ~ decorate his car with one of
” Road test > Clean sump & screen® radius rods. Its 4-cylinder capacity'to keep pace with. metals were quickly stan- the five thousand gadgets
ae = pan tion a qoaker ful engine was case enbloc; that growing demand. He moved dardized, and the colour and accessories turned out
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Most domestic was about 45 mph, and gas 1910,. and began to pre-1914 units gave way to capitalize on Everyman's
ore impos cers: Cc TR, | -anese appicanie consumption ranged from streamline and simplify his uniform black with painted automobile.
25-30 mpg. The ‘T’ originally techniques with assembly radiator shells. Ford also
TRANSMISSION listed at $850. lines that served a central produced cars in Canada for
We fix tranamaincloun & Se know how In the first full production rea. a time, models identified by | He could frequently curse
Mon. - rl. 8 to 6, Sat. B to | year, 1909, the ‘T’ began to a engine numbers with a ‘C’ his car black and blue for its
Mey fou sheody new wornetson pour oar catch on with the public. _ Im 1913 he experimented prefix. Shortcomings. The  “T’
about our other reliable services Almost 14,000 units were With a moving assembly line _ became a flivver, a jitney,
Locally owned & pperdted by your Cottman Men bought, including a slick and was amazed to find -his In 1925 Ford had refined ‘and a Tin Lizzie. It became a
725 W. 14th St. @ Marine Drive new roadster. This model "4! assembly time was cut his production operations to ‘she’ to millions of motorists;
- North Vancouver featured a single bucket seat ' half. the point where he could sell a Capricious female with a
986-5355 at the back, exposed to This, of course, forced his 2! roadster for $260 and mind of her own. ‘It. might
Locations throughout Canada end the U.S. wind, rain, and snow. The employees into one location still turn a healthy profit. In not start, it might spew parts
h uncomfortable perch and specialized task, which fact, steady price decreases up and down a country road,
became known as ‘the fostered some discontent. Were his only visible it might be made from old tin
To counteract this effect, "¢SPOnse to increasing cans, but America loved the
Ford introduced the Five CO™petition. YT.
Dollars a Day minimum ;
yon wage - almost double that of The ‘T’ enjoyed a long and No car before or since has
“Ww ’ any comparable job. The varied life serving gained the certain im-
HER ROTCTOR ROTECTS move did no harm to his throughout the years as the mortality of folklore, in
Fender crown Rear end sheet motal parts reputation, and his name basis. for a.farm tractor, a countless jokes, songs,
Headlight areo became a household word; one-ton truck, and several stories and poems. No other
but he gained even more’ types of commercial delivery car achicved such impact, or
; publicity in 1914 when che vans. The "Keystone FORE. uy SELY: onumentine: . 4
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as aad ails z every Ford customer if he Model TE. which broke and ushered in the next -- the
, sold more than 300,000 cars apart in‘ a spectacular age of the Model ‘A’.
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