Introduced in 1908, the Ford Model T revolutionized the automobile industry. Not only was it the first affordable and mass-produced car, it was also a rugged and highly versatile vehicle. And it has a ...

The story of the Model T is central to how Detroit became the Motor City. Here are some fast facts about Ford Motor Co.'s early days, the Model T and early factories. 1903: Henry Ford creates Ford ...

Cast your mind back to a time when the automobile was still considered a novel invention. The Benz Patent Motorwagen debuted in 1886, representing more of a technological curiosity than anything. The ...

In a high-security room on the third floor of a factory in Detroit’s bustling Milwaukee Junction industrial neighborhood in 1907, six men and a 14-year-old boy changed the world. In less than a year — ...

Ford introduced the Model T way back in 1908, and production continued for nearly two decades before finally coming to an end in 1927. Engines of this era, even four-cylinder engines like the unit ...

Charlevoix — In the 1920s, the Ford Model T transformed America. Bringing affordable, personal transportation to the masses, “Tin Lizzies” — as Model Ts were fondly nicknamed — established Detroit as ...

The Model T disrupted personal transportation when Ford Motor Co. introduced it in Detroit in 1908. It also disrupted the concept of work — who did it and how — when the company introduced a moving ...

As legend would have it, Henry Ford claimed buyers could have his namesake company's Model T in any color they wanted, just as long as it was black. Today's Nice Price or No Dice '26 is black and a ...

1903: Henry Ford creates Ford Motor Co. 1904: Ford builds the Piquette Avenue Plant in the Detroit neighborhood of Milwaukee Junction, just east of Woodward Avenue. The plant was made of brick and ...