Model T Coupe, 1924
date: label: date made
content: 1924
notes: label: Description
content: The Ford Motor Company manufactured this Model T Coupe in 1924. When Henry Ford entered the car business in the late
label: Description
content: 1890s, he was one of a slew of inventors and entrepreneurs trying to break into the business. By the early 1900s, there were hundreds of small companies producing a small numbers of cars for rich Americans. Ford’s adoption of the assembly line produced a relatively reliable and cheap automobile in large enough quantities to sell more than 15 million Model T's from 1908 until 1927—making it the most popular automobile of the time. This car has a 1922 engine numbered 6,179,956. The museum purchased this Ford Model T coupe in 1970 from a member of a Model T club.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan
topic: label: Subject
content: Automobiles
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: America on the Move
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content: Automobiles
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content: Transportation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.330370
label: catalog number
content: 330370
label: accession number
content: 288671
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Automobile
label: Other Terms
content: Automobile; Road; Autocar; Automobile
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 78 in x 65 1/2 in x 138 in; 198.12 cm x 166.37 cm x 350.52 cm