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Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark
Model T Ford, 1908-1927
The Model T Ford transformed the world, reordering the nature of cities and countryside, work and leisure by demonstrating the broad appeal of automobility. Introduced in 1908, the Motel T claimed some notable engineering features, including vanadium steel forgings, and high ground clearance. Its larger significance lay in its being the first reliable mass-produced automobile. Henry Ford adopted and extended assembly-line techniques to reduce the car's price by nearly 60 percent while improving its quality. The Model T became a universal symbol of the capacity of modern engineering to transform luxuries into mass commodities.
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