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The Model T

The Model T. By: Samantha Brooks. Introduction. Was the Model T heavy or light? The Model T is the coolest most life changing invention because it helped people a lot, also the Model T is the car that brought others to life. Inventor. The inventor of the Model T was Henry Ford

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The Model T

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  1. The Model T By: Samantha Brooks

  2. Introduction • Was the Model T heavy or light? • The Model T is the coolest most life changing invention because it helped people a lot, also the Model T is the car that brought others to life.

  3. Inventor • The inventor of the Model T was Henry Ford • Henry came from a family of 6 kids Henry was the oldest • His father was, William Ford • His mother was Mary Ford

  4. Inventor Continued • When Henry grew up he married Clara Jane Ford • They later had a son, Edsel Ford.

  5. A special car • The model T had several things that made it different from others like Model N cars • Many cars back in the mid-industrial time were made of a heavy steel, whereas the Model t was made of vanadium steel (a light weight steel material. • The Model T had a sleek black structure that was easily told apart from other cars

  6. A special car Continued • The Model T description was also told apart by it’s glossy black paint, that no other car had. • This car was the absolute “want” of the mid-industrial time period

  7. Model T Fast Facts • In 1909 an average day costumer could buy a Model T for as low as $825. • The first production Model T was assembled at Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit on October 1, 1908 • The Model T was also the first ever car built with the driver’s seat on the right hand side

  8. Model T Fast Facts Continued • Thirty-three different types of black paint were used in the making of the Model T

  9. Conclusion • The Car that brought all other cars to life is no longer around. • Neither is the man who invented this great car who once said “I will create a car of great multitude…” • But why did the car that helped people and brought others to life have to vanish? • Why exactly did the Model T have such a traumatic change on the way us Americans live ?

  10. Bibliography/Work Cited • “A Short History of Fords Innovation.” The Model T Ford. 2012. Frontenac MotorCompany. 9 May, 2013 http://www.modet.ca/background.html • Mitchelle, Don. Driven. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2010.

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