Engine Block
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The Model T's one-piece engine block, with its four cylinders cast as a single unit, was cutting-edge when Ford introduced the car in 1908. At the time, most automakers used cylinders cast singly or in pairs and bolted to a separate crankcase. The T's block was simpler and less expensive to produce. The design ultimately became standard practice.
The Model T's one-piece engine block, with its four cylinders cast as a single unit, was cutting-edge when Ford introduced the car in 1908. At the time, most automakers used cylinders cast singly or in pairs and bolted to a separate crankcase. The T's block was simpler and less expensive to produce. The design ultimately became standard practice.
Artifact
Engine (Power producing equipment)
Creators
Unknown
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On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Made in America
Object ID
2017.0.34.678
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cast iron
Color
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 11.5 in
Width: 9.25 in
Length: 21.5 in
Inscriptions
on side: 17[illegible]