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Of
all the Model T body styles, the
touring car, with the fold down top, airy open window
spaces and room for the family, was the most popular of
the styles. It had three doors, two on the right side
and one in back on the driver's side. Many people
wondered why there was no driver's side door for the
front seat. James Jeffery explained, "People around
here used to say anybody that was fool enough to drive
one was fool enough to fall out!"
The
majority of Model T's produced by Ford between 1908 and
1927 were four and then three-door models (with drivers
sliding behind the wheel from passenger seat) touring
cars, accounting for 6,519,643 cars sold out of the
15,000,000 estimated Model T's built.
In
terms of percentage, the 5-passenger touring car model
was Ford's most popular body type and accounted for 44%
of all Model T's (cars, trucks and chassis) sold over
the model's eighteen-plus year life span.
In
1924,
there were
673,579 touring bodies produced.
At the time Model T Ford touring cars sold for $380.00. You
could by it on terms
with only
$5.00 down and with weekly
payments.
In
1924, Henry Ford produced his 10-millionth Model T.
As a publicity stunt, the car was painted with
appropriate lettering and Lincoln Highway markers.
It was driven on the Lincoln Highway from New York to
San Francisco by Frank Kulich, a well-known contemporary
racing star. In commemoration of the 50th
anniversary of the 10-millionth Ford's cross-country
tour, the trip was re-enacted in 1974.
The
75th anniversary of the original 10-millionth Model T
drive was commemorated with another re-enactment
across the U.S. The car's current owner, Dr. Alan
Hathaway, 70, of Davenport, Iowa, repainted it in the
original manner.
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In 1924 the
10-millionth Model T Touring car was completed. Here it
is on a cross country publicity trip on the Lincoln
Highway.
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