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
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]
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