Engine:

2.9 L

Transmission:

Automatic

Color:

Drab Green

Mileage:

Stock #

785

Drivetrain

Engine Size:

2.9 L

Transmission Type:

Automatic

Chassis

Body

Doors:

Body Color:

Drab Green

Body Color Original:

Stripes

Back from the Frontlines of WWI

The design was extremely simple. The front and rear axles were solid, and set on a single transverse leaf spring. The engine was a 2.9-litre four-cylinder side-valve engine developing 20 or 22 bhp at 1600rpm (depending on compression ratio). A two-speed planetary transmission used belts rather than gears and had only two forward speeds plus one reverse. The gears were operated by a two-pedal actuation which made for easier driving than using a conventional stick-operated sliding-gear gearbox. There were no brakes as such: instead, there was a contracting band on the transmission and hand-operated expansion brakes on the rear wheels. There was no self-starter; the engine had to be cranked by hand.

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1923

1923 Ford Model T

Price: $45,550

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Vin: 7174279
Stock#: 785
Mileage: 0

Year:: 1923
Make:: Ford
Model:: Model T

Body Style:: -
Engine Size:: 2.9 L
Transmission Type:: Automatic

Doors:: 0
Exterior Color:: -
Interior Color:: Drab Green

The Ford Model T

Features

Solid front and rear axles
Twospeed planetary transmission
Twopedal actuation
Single transverse leaf spring

History of the Ford Model T

During World War I, the Allies used thousands of Model T cars and trucks because of their low cost and ease of repair. The ambulance version's light weight made it well-suited for use on muddy and shell-torn roads in forward combat areas. If stuck in a hole, a group of soldiers could lift one without much difficulty. By Nov. 1, 1918, 4,362 Model T ambulances had been shipped overseas.

When the United States entered World War I, Ford Motor Company personnel collaborated with the U.S. Surgeon General's Office, and with drivers who had served on the frontlines in France, to design a Model T-based ambulance suited to battlefield conditions. Ford built 5,745 ambulances for the Allied armies during the war and another 107 for the Red Cross.