Features 27 T Mr. Roadster chassis, dropped front
axle with 4 links and Vega cross steering, hairpin with Carrera coil over
shocks and panhard bar on rear suspension, GM 10 bolt rear axle, 3:08 gear ratio,
GM disc brakes on front, drum on rear.
Walker Cobra 4” radiator with 18” Yearwood shrouded
electric fan. 350chevy engine bored .30 over, ported and port matched heads,
Eldebrock RPM intake with Carter 625 cfm AFB carb, Crossfire HEI dist. cap with
Taylor spark plug wires.
Pete Jackson Noisy Gear Drive timing set. TRW mild
hyd cam, Jet Hot coated block hugger headers, FlowMaster series 40 mufflers with
chrome resonator tips, summit torque converter, turbo 350 transmission, Carter electric
fuel pump, Tanks Inc. dual saddle fuel tanks that fill behind rear license
plate.
All steel body, 29 A radiator shell shortened 1”,
Rootlieb hood, custom handmade hood sides and running boards, fiberglass 29 A
front and rear fenders, rears are 3” wider than stock. Bronze tinted windows,
GM tilt column, VDO gauges in a custom hand-made gauge cluster, Pontiac Fiero
bucket seats, Lokar shifter and park brake assy., Sony Xplode AM/FM/CD stereo
radio with Pioneer speakers, Dr. K’s wiring harness PPG base coat/ clear coat
paint. Colors are 1978 Corvette frost beige and 1997 Chevy S10 raspberry
metallic Cragar Center Star wheels, Grand Am tires. P185/70x14 front,
P235/70x15 rear.
7200 miles always stored indoors, usually with a
California Custom Car cover that left rear window has some edge delamination as
shown in picture. Left rear tire (which used to be on the right side) has a
little less tread, did one hell of a burn out!
From October 1908 to May 1927, Ford Motor Company
produced the Ford Model T (commonly known as Tin Lizzie, Model T, or simply T).
It was generally driven by the middle-class American given the T’s
affordability; this was made possible by Ford’s proficient fabrication that
included production line as alternative to hand crafting.
Prior the T’s inception in 1908, automobiles already
existed long. However, because they were expensive and regarded as excessive
luxury, they were scarce and few people only afforded to buy them until the
Model T.
The Model T made the year 1908 a historic year when
the automobile was greatly embraced by the mass population. Interestingly to
know, the Model T was the first mass-produced automobile with exchangeable
parts. This is what Henry Ford had to say about this car:
"I will build a car for the great
multitude. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the
individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials,
by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be so low in
price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one – and
enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God's great open
spaces."
TRIVIA
The Model T was used in the movie
“Village of the Giants”, released in 1965.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_T#Bibliography
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_335859-Ford-Model-T-1927.html