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Diva Marketing Blog (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
The Ford Model T, fondly known as Tin Lizzie celebrated its or should it be her (?) 100th anniversary yesterday - October 1. Although Tin Lizzie was not the first automobile made .. she was the first Affordable car. What do you give an old girl, who is off the assembly lines, but has impacted the life styles of generations? Perhaps a couple of flirty honks from a whipper snapper hybrid vehicle? Walking...
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Look At This... (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
These Strange Things Can Fly How to Land a Plane in an Emergency Mind the gap! The world's biggest cruise ship squeezes out of dock and sets sail The 7 Ugliest Cars Ever Built Siamese car ( via ) Top 10 Ford Model T Tech Innovations That Matter 100 Years Later 15 wackiest cars in the world '666' road sign thefts bedeviling NJ highways The Cab Ride I’ll Never Forget Exploding custard truck sends driver...
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Thomas Net (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Economic woes are casting a huge shadow over an already sputtering environment for U.S. automakers. Moreover, many people will soon turn some of their focus away from the mammoth $700 billion rescue plan for the financial system and toward yesterday's massive $25 billion rescue plan for U.S. automakers . Record-high gas prices this year haven't helped the automotive industry, either. All of this is...
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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
For the 100th anniversary of the Model T, Ford thought it would rip off Jalopnik’s patented top 10 list with one of their own. While there’s no denying the importance of the Model T in creating the consumer/industrial complex, some of Ford’s claims seem a bit rose-tinted. So let’s take a look at ten ways Ford thinks the Model T changed the world, along with a little bit of third-party perspective....
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Bark Bark Woof Woof (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Today, October 1, marks the centennial of the Ford Model T . This is a 1910 version, but you get the idea. I drove one once. It had the suspension system of a bed frame, the engine was tiny, the top speed was 30 mph, and the controls were unorthodox compared to today; the accelerator was a lever mounted on the steering column, and "reverse" was a pedal on the floor. But Henry Ford's Tin Lizzie took...
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TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
(TrendHunter.com) On October 1, 1908, the first Ford Model T was produced. It featured a hand-crank motor until 1919, and its 4-cylinder engine produced around 20 horsepower. Passengers trucked along at speeds of up to…
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Cnet (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
In 1908, Henry Ford started the automobile industry--and the country--down a whole new road with the affordable, durable Model T.
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Never Yet Melted (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
Popular Mechanics celebrates the 100 Anniversary of the world’s first cheap, reliable automobile, Henry Ford’s Model T, the Volkswagen Beetle of my grandfather’s day.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant unveils restored facade as part of Model T 100th
anniversary celebration
DETROIT, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Henry Ford would be proud! For the
first time in decades his original plant on Piquette Avenue in Detroit
looks just like it did when he opened its doors over 100 years ago. The
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant was the assembly site for the first 12,000 Model
Ts.
The...
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Search Engine Roundtable (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Yesterday, Google announced that they are bringing in searchable scans of newspapers into Google News Archive Search. It allows you to search news, headlines, content, and even ads! Here are two ads for a Ford Model T, one from April...
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Car Reviews (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Talking about 1917 Ford Model T mail truck.
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Car Reviews (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
1927 Ford Model T Rat Rod - Lena’s First Drive
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Leftlane (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
The Chevrolet Volt is arguably the most important automotive undertaking since the Ford Model T, which has the rest of the world’s automakers on notice. While most automakers are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards vehicles like the Chevy Volt, Mazda has reportedly started its own Volt-inspired program. According to the UK’s Autocar, Mazda engineers are [...]
