May 26 1927 82 years ago

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2009: May 26 1927 82 years ago
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Butler on Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 01:29 am:

On May 26, 1927, Henry Ford watched the fifteen millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly line at his factory in Highland Park, Michigan. Since his "universal car" was the industrial success story of its age, the ceremony should have been a happy occasion. Yet Ford was probably wistful that day, too, knowing as he did that the long production life of the Model T was about to come to an end. He climbed into the car, a shiny black coupe, with his son, Edsel, the president of the Ford Motor Company. Together, they drove to the Dearborn Engineering Laboratory, fourteen miles away, and parked the T next to two other historic vehicles: the first automobile that Henry Ford built in 1896, and the 1908 prototype for the Model T. Henry himself took each vehicle for a short spin: the nation's richest man driving the humble car that had made him the embodiment of the American dream.


Thanks Henry
JB


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Otto Baron on Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 02:38 am:

A shinny black coupe? As far as I know, the 15th million was a Touring car. The first Model A (1928 Model) was a tudor sedan, that was later refited with a phaeton body.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Robert Hoops on Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 07:24 am:

No. 5,000,000 is in the Ford museum in Dearborn. It is a dark green touring. I think I may have a picture of it somewhere. I remember because I have one which is the same color except mine has lots of rust holes in it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Robert Hoops on Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 07:26 am:

Correction, No. 15,000,000


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave_Sosnoski on Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 08:21 am:

The 5,000,000th Model T is a coupe. It was at the Centennial Celebration in Indiana. I believe the 10,000,000th (of which I've been told there were several) was (were) Touring car(s). The 15,000,000th is a 27 touring.

Dave S.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Paul Mikeska on Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 08:46 am:

John,

I think that you meant to say is that on May 26 1927 Henry watched the last of over 15 million Model T's roll off of the assembly line...........

Paul


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By BarryDeLong on Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 09:01 am:

Do I not recall that Coupe with the number 5,000,000 stamped on the block when it was advertised on FleaBay over the last year or so? Seems to me the stamping itself appeared spurious, and I also recall that photos exist of the original 5,000,000th motor clearly showing a different stamping?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Butler on Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 09:42 am:

This is a copy of text from a website talking about the last T.


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