Henry Ford and his son Edsel drove the 15 millionth Model T out of the Ford Highland Park, Michigan factory on this day in 1927, marking the last day of production for the T. The Model T, or “Tin Lizzie” as it was affectionately known, was first introduced in October 1908. It helped to introduce the automobile to the American masses as it was a relatively affordable, efficient and reliable vehicle. It initially sold for approximately $850, which is equivalent to about $20,000 today, but later, basic no-frills models would be priced at just $260 ($6,000 today), making them attainable for just about anyone with a steady job.The Model T had a greater impact on the American people more than any other car before or after. It was in large the reason the US government put so much money toward highway and roadway expansion in the 1920s, and as Ford himself said while delivering a eulogy for the car, “It broke down the barriers of distance in rural sections, brought people of these sections closer together and placed education within the reach of everyone.” Ford ended production of the Model T as they retooled the factories for its replacement, the Model A. Ford had hoped to continue producing the T during this time but a lack of demand put an to end production and left focus on the shift toward a more advanced, yet even more affordable vehicle. After the last Model T rolled off the assembly line Ford factories closed in early June leading to 60,000 layoffs. Ford sold less than 500,000 cars in 1927, less than half of Chevrolet’s sales. But when the Model A was introduced in December of that year it was welcomed with open arms, and open wallets, by thousands upon thousands of Americans. PhotosHenry Ford and Edsel Ford drive out of the factory in the 15 millionth Model TThe Quadricycle, Ford’s first car he ever built, with the 15 millionth T. Charles Sorensen, a Ford engineer and principal, road in the back.The car now resides at the Henry Ford Museum
The best way to support This Day in Automotive History is to become a monthly subscriber on Facebook.
Subscriber benefits include:
- Most importantly, you’re supporting great content about Automotive History
- Early access to content on Facebook
- Discounts on our store
- Special live videos
If you learned something today, please buy me a beer!
Recent Posts
April 22, 1996 – Mercedes SLK class debuts at Turin
April 22, 2024
The Cute Ute – 1964 Ford Ranchero for Sale
April 22, 2024
Is Restoring a Classic Car Worth Your Time and Investment?
April 22, 2024
The rarest and most iconic pony cars of the 1960s
April 22, 2024
April 21, 1983 – C4 Corvette is introduced
April 21, 2024
This Day in Automotive History - the book!
This Day In Automotive History
By Brian Corey
This book tells fascinating tales, bringing individual days to life with short stories, photographs and illustrations.
This Day in Automotive History
This Day in Automotive History is a transportation history, car history and general automotive history website dedicated to providing informative and entertaining content.
We encourage you to share our page and connect with us on Facebook or sign up for our automotive history newsletter. If you’d like your car featured, reach out to us!
We encourage you to share our page and connect with us on Facebook or sign up for our automotive history newsletter. If you’d like your car featured, reach out to us!
Related Posts
April 22, 1996 – Mercedes SLK class debuts at Turin
April 22, 2024
The Cute Ute – 1964 Ford Ranchero for Sale
April 22, 2024
Is Restoring a Classic Car Worth Your Time and Investment?
April 22, 2024
The rarest and most iconic pony cars of the 1960s
April 22, 2024
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER!
Connect with us on Facebook or sign up for our automotive history newsletter to keep in touch.
20 Responses
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I truly appreciate your
efforts and I will be waiting for your further
write ups thanks once again.
Hi, i think that i saw you visited my website thus i came to “return the favor”.I’m trying to find things to enhance my site!I suppose its ok to use some of your ideas!!
My programmer is trying to convince me to
move to .net from PHP. I have always disliked the idea because of the costs.
But he’s tryiong none the less. I’ve been using Movable-type on several
websites for about a year and am anxious about switching to
another platform. I have heard excellent things about blogengine.net.
Is there a way I can import all my wordpress posts into it?
Any kind of help would be really appreciated!
Very interesting subject , regards for putting up.
When I originally commented I seem to have clicked the
-Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and now every time a comment is added I recieve four emails with
the exact same comment. There has to be an easy method
you can remove me from that service? Thanks!
I don’t even understand how I finished up right here, but I assumed this publish
was once good. I do not realize who you might be but definitely you are going to a famous blogger should you
aren’t already. Cheers!
My brother recommended I might like this web site.
He was entirely right. This publish actually made my day. You cann’t imagine
just how a lot time I had spent for this information! Thank you!
Simply wanna state that this is very useful , Thanks for taking your time to write this.
whoah this weblog is magnificent i like reading your articles.
Stay up the great work! You know, a lot of people are hunting round for this information, you can help them greatly.
Hello, i think that i saw you visited my weblog thus i came to “return the favor”.I am trying to find things to enhance
my website!I suppose its ok to use a few of
your ideas!!
Undeniably imagine that that you stated. Your favourite justification seemed to be on the net the
easiest thing to have in mind of. I say to you, I definitely get irked
even as other people think about worries that they plainly do not realize
about. You controlled to hit the nail upon the top
and also outlined out the whole thing without having side effect
, people can take a signal. Will likely be again to get more.
Thank you
Thanks for ones marvelous posting! I definitely enjoyed reading it, you
could be a great author. I will be sure to bookmark your blog and may come back from now on. I want
to encourage yourself to continue your great writing, have
a nice day!
Does your website have a contact page? I’m havingtrouble locating it but, I’d like to send you an email. I’ve got somesuggestions for your blog you might be interested in hearing.Either way, great site and I look forward to seeing it improve over time.
I do agree with all of the ideas you’ve offered in your post.
They’re very convincing and can certainly work. Nonetheless, the posts
are too short for novices. May you please
prolong them a bit from subsequent time? Thank you for the
post.
hello there and thank you for your information – I have certainly picked up anything new from right here.
I did however expertise some technical issues using this site,
since I experienced to reload the website
a lot of times previous to I could get it to load correctly.
I had been wondering if your web hosting is OK? Not that I’m complaining, but slow
loading instances times will often affect your placement in google and can damage your quality score if advertising and
marketing with Adwords. Anyway I am adding this RSS to my e-mail and can look out for much
more of your respective interesting content.
Make sure you update this again soon.
It’s hard to come by knowledgeable people in this particular subject, but you sound like you know what you’re talking about!Thanks
Hi there, You’ve done an excellent job. I will definitely digg it and personally recommend to my friends.
I am sure they will be benefited from this site.
Hi there, just wanted to mention, I loved this post.
It was helpful. Keep on posting!
Incredible story there. What happened after? Thanks!
It’s amazing to visit this web page and reading the views of
all mates regarding this paragraph, while I am also eager of getting experience.