First free start. Not bad for a 1905 Ford
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2022 12:10 pm
Ford Motor Company advertised that it's new four cylinder Model B was capable of "starting on the switch." Yesterday, I received my first one. I took the "B" back to Dean Yoder's. He helped me with a few problems I encountered (he's mechanically inclined, me, not so much......). We went to start it for the first time, and below is a few second video of what happened. It's been close before, but this was the first time it started and kept running "on the switch."
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n8xhqemqupia5 ... s.mov?dl=0
This 1906 article in the English publication AutoMotor mentions starting on the switch near the bottom of the story. A company in London attempted to contract with FMC for 200 Model B chassis in late 1905/early 1906, but FMC had moved on to preparation for models K and N;
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n8xhqemqupia5 ... s.mov?dl=0
This 1906 article in the English publication AutoMotor mentions starting on the switch near the bottom of the story. A company in London attempted to contract with FMC for 200 Model B chassis in late 1905/early 1906, but FMC had moved on to preparation for models K and N;
