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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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Ford was producing a new Model T every 10 seconds by 1925.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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

A farmer who owned a Model T didn’t need a forge or metal lathe to fix his engine; he could simply order a replacement part—or cannibalize one from a wrecked car in a junkyard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

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

So, at three in the morning, the attorney parked his Model T at the ranch and went to sleep in the car.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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