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Model T

American  

noun

  1. an automobile with a 2.9-liter, 4-cylinder engine, produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1909 through 1927, considered to be the first motor vehicle successfully mass-produced on an assembly line.


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The Red Car line that used to service the area crawls through traffic that includes a Model T and horse-drawn carriages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

The lead Model T arrived in Seattle on June 22, 1909, 16 hours ahead of the Shawmut.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The hike includes an area where natural “white oil” bubbles up from the earth, which locals reportedly used to collect to fill their Ford Model T fuel tanks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

They have included a Ford Model T, the 20th Century car credited with being the first affordable vehicle, revolutionising the motor industry.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Someone should write an erudite essay on the moral, physical, and esthetic effect of the Model T Ford on the American nation.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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