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RAIL AND ROAD

Mass-production FRONT VIEW OF 1913 FORD MODEL T
Throttle lever
Openable
windshield
THE FIRST CARS WERE HAND-ASSEMBLED from
individually built parts, a time-consuming Steering wheel
procedure that required skilled mechanics and Ignition lever Windshield
made cars very expensive. This problem was solved, stay
in America, by a Detroit car manufacturer named Dashboard
Henry Ford; he introduced mass-production by Side lamp
using standardized parts, and later combined Spring
Bulb horn shock
these with a moving production line. The work
absorber
was brought to the workers, each of whom
performed one simple task in the construction Fender
process as the chassis moved along the line.
Headlight
The first mass-produced car, the Ford Model T,
was launched in 1908 and was available in a Radiator
limited range of body styles and colors. Front transverse
However, when the production line was leaf spring
introduced in 1914, the color range was cut
back; the Model T became available, as Henry Ford
said, in “any color you like, so long as it’s black.” Ford
cut the production time for a car from several days to
about 12 hours, and eventually to minutes, making
cars much cheaper than before. As a result, by 1920 License Starting
Front axle plate handle Steering
half the cars in the world were Model T Fords.
knuckle
Steering spindle connecting-rod
STAGES OF FORD MODEL T PRODUCTION
Track rod
Left half of Pinion Rear leaf spring Demountable Hub brake
differential housing (cross-member) Steering wheel shoe Steering
Hub bolt arm King pin wheel

Pinion
housing Front transverse
leaf spring
Rear
Differential housing Chassis frame spring
perch
Front cross-member Radius rod
Rear Battery
axle carrier

Body mount
Bearing sleeve
King pin
Half-
shaft
Crown Torque tube
Right half of wheel Bevel
differential pinion Front Demountable Radius rod
housing Rear axle axle wheel
bearing Running
board support
Hub brake shoe

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