For Sale: 1927 Ford Model T in West Okoboji, Iowa

For all his quirks, Henry Ford was a great American. He loved Americana. He gave the American middle class a new way to travel and in so doing, complete freedom of movement – affordably. He was friends with other great inventors, including Thomas Edison. Reluctantly, he helped Roosevelt beat the Axis powers in WWII as […]

On May 26, 1927, the 15 millionth Model T rolled off the assembly line at the Highland Park plant, marking the climax of nearly 20 years of production of the simple car that had such a profound effect on American society, as shown in the 4th and final chapter, “The End of an Era,” of […]

Part 3 of the Historic Vehicle Association’s documentary video series, The 15 Millionth Ford Model T, shows the profound impact that the Model T had on American society through the teens and ’20s.  Titled “Unexpected Consequences,” this chapter delves into Henry Ford adaptation of the moving assembly line to boost production while cutting costs.  But […]

  “It changed America almost overnight,” according to the second part of the Historic Vehicle Association’s video series, The 15 Millionth Ford Model T, that shows how the sturdy, lightweight and, most of all, affordable car took the country by storm. The Model T was the right vehicle at the right time, opening the country […]

“The Model T defined the 20th Century landscape.”  With that, the Historic Vehicle Association cranks up its multipart video series titled “The 15 Millionth Ford Model T,” about Henry Ford’s pivotal product that quite literally put Americans on wheels.  Part 1 of the series, A Motorcar for the Multitude, traces the early life of Henry […]

While “speedster” is most-often associated with “bathtub” Porsche 356 roadsters of the 1950s, the term goes back to the Brass Era days of stripped-down sports cars, from pricey Mercer Raceabouts to the facsimiles hand-built from abundant Model T Fords. The Pick of the Day is a sharp-looking 1914 Ford Model T Speedster that appears to […]

Home of the Model T and its ‘secret room’

The Pick of the Day is a relic of rural America from the days when an automobile could be turned into a viable farm implement

Pick of the Day was crafted in the mid-1970s

Pick of the Day is a re-created oval-track roadster