Mass production Ford Model T

ford assembly line, 1913

the knowledge , skills needed factory worker reduced 84 areas. when introduced, t used building methods typical @ time, assembly hand, , production small. ford piquette avenue plant not keep demand model t, , 11 cars built there during first full month of production. more , more machines used reduce complexity within 84 defined areas. in 1910, after assembling 12,000 model ts, henry ford moved company new highland park complex.

as result, ford s cars came off line in three-minute intervals, faster previous methods, reducing production time 12.5 hours before 93 minutes 1914, while using less manpower. in 1914, ford produced more cars other automakers combined. model t great commercial success, , time henry made 10 millionth car, half of cars in world fords. successful ford did not purchase advertising between 1917 , 1923; instead, model t became famous, people considered norm. more 15 million model ts manufactured in all, reaching rate of 9,000 10,000 cars day in 1925, or 2 million annually, more other model of day, @ price of $260. total model t production surpassed volkswagen beetle on february 17, 1972.

henry ford s ideological approach model t design 1 of getting right , keeping same; believed model t car person would, or could, ever need. other companies offered comfort , styling advantages, @ competitive prices, model t lost market share. design changes not few public perceived, idea of unchanging model kept intact. eventually, on may 26, 1927, ford motor company ceased production , began changeovers required produce model a. of other model t factories in world continued short while.

model t engines continued produced until august 4, 1941. 170,000 built after car production stopped, replacement engines required service produced vehicles. racers , enthusiasts, forerunners of modern hot rodders, used model t s block build popular , cheap racing engines, including cragar, navarro, , famously frontenacs ( fronty fords ) of chevrolet brothers, among many others.

the model t employed advanced technology, example, use of vanadium steel alloy. durability phenomenal, , model ts , parts in running order on century later. although henry ford resisted kinds of change, championed advancement of materials engineering, , mechanical engineering , industrial engineering.

in 2002, ford built final batch of 6 model ts part of 2003 centenary celebrations. these cars assembled remaining new components , other parts produced original drawings. last of 6 used publicity purposes in uk.

although ford no longer manufactures parts model t, many parts still manufactured through private companies replicas service thousands of model ts still in operation today.

on may 26, 1927, henry ford , son edsel, drove 15-millionth model t out of factory. marked famous automobile s official last day of production @ main factory.