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The model t was maybe the first "people's car". It was built to be repaired and maintained easily by people who had no knowledge or cars, engines, and how they operated.
One thing I remember was the quality of the steel used in the T was so exceptional many were scrapped in WW2 (would have been anyway) because the steel was very close to tool quality.
The transverse leaf spring chassis was extradorinarily strong for it's weight and could absorb punishment that would destroy a modern car in matter of weeks.
The first T's had no fuel pump and no water pump. Cooling was by thermosiphon, the hot coolant rose and forced the colder coolant into the bottom of the engine.
If you tried to climb a hill of too steep a grade, the engine would starve for fuel. The solution was to back up the hill since the tank (in the cowl) would actually be higher than on level ground and give suffecient fuel to keep the car running up very steep grades.
The "roads" in 1908 were virtually non existant as we know them today. Many roads were built due to the 15 million Model T's that were made between 1908 and 1926.
regards
Mech
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