| Creating a replacement for the phenomenally | | | | dampers, a conventional ignition system, a |
| successful; Model T Ford will always be | | | | safety-glass windshield, and a brake for each |
| recognized as one of the toughest tasks in | | | | wheel. Like the Tin Lizzie, the newcomer was |
| all the entire history of the automobile | | | | offered with an assortment of two door and |
| industry. Later successes in an established | | | | door bodies, from a roadster and phaeton to |
| industry are always easier - the groundwork | | | | sedan and taxi. Prices started at $ 460 in |
| has been done. It is early on in the | | | | 1928. It has been said about driving a |
| marketing cycle of a car , an industry or a | | | | Ford Model T that the driver should forget |
| sales territory is where the greatest | | | | almost everything that they know about and |
| efforts are usually required and the results | | | | are familiar with driving. For a driver |
| success or failure are more dramatic. Mr. | | | | sitting at the wheel of a Model T it is as if |
| Henry Ford was confident and eccentric enough | | | | he is a driving novice. The only thing |
| to want the Tin Lizzie to remain in | | | | rather conventional about the setup for |
| production forever. Announced in 1908, the | | | | driving a Model T is the steering wheel. Not |
| machine that put the world on wheels was | | | | so with a Ford Model A. Anyone who can |
| destined to notch up just over 15 million | | | | handle a standard manual transmission with |
| sales before Mr. Ford accepted the fact a new | | | | proficiency need have no qualms about driving |
| model was vital and essential. | | | | the Model A. The 3.3 liter engine's four |
| "Sixty-four today and the biggest job of my | | | | cylinders provide strong torque at very low |
| life is ahead" Ford exclaimed as work began | | | | engine revs, so there is no need to work up |
| on the Model A, which was given the | | | | on down the three speed transmission. When |
| designation as the first car ever produced by | | | | one does, the shift's silent simplicity will |
| his company , back in 1903. Believe it or | | | | make you wonder why a vintage Bentley's |
| not Ford Model T production ended nearly six | | | | "cogs" can be so difficult to master. |
| months before the first of the newcomers was | | | | The Ford Model A can maintain a cruising |
| delivered : the hiatus appearing all the more | | | | speed of 50 miles and hour with top bursts to |
| extraordinary when you appreciate was then a | | | | a maximum of 65 miles per hour. This is all |
| one model automotive car company. In terms | | | | the more amazing when one considers that the |
| of cars for sale; the immense River Rouge | | | | engine is a 40 horsepower 4 cylinder engine |
| plant built nothing for the almost a half of | | | | running at 2200 revolutions per minute (rpm). |
| 1928. Although far more complex than | | | | The Model A was remarkable |
| its predecessor , the parts count was 40 % | | | | in that it set a new standard with high |
| higher, and most of these automotive | | | | quality that provided a rugged , more than |
| components were new - the Model A is a | | | | reliable and characterful motoring , in an |
| miracle of simplicity by today's modern | | | | economical fashion all in return for more |
| standards - mechanical and of course | | | | than a sensible amount for purchase price of |
| electronic. Today's vintage classic car fans | | | | an automotive product of its time from the |
| appreciate the fact the Model A was designed | | | | market leader of its day - The Ford Motor |
| to be fixed by blacksmiths of what was then | | | | Company. |
| the outback wilds of North Dakota. Key | | | | |
| features of the Model A vehicle included a | | | | Buy Car Vancouver Britsh Columbia Canada |
| traditional frame-type suspension, transverse | | | | Import U.S. |
| leaf springs, front and rear hydraulic | | | | |