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Originally Posted by rmay635703
Not to get into a historical argument but the model T had 3 unique gear ratios, 2 forward and 1 reverse. Ford himself called it a 3 speed hence the confusion .
You needed all 3 ratios to make it up certain hills you had to drive up in reverse because both forward gears were too high and reverse was "low"
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Indeed, and it can be quite confusing. I have already seen many delivery trucks (presumably they would fall into Class 5 there) going uphill on reverse to climb some alleys in hilly neighborhoods, but anyway, since it became more usual to mention only the forward gears, it's not totally wrong to quote the Ford Model T as having a 2-speed transmission.