After the model T was created The Ford Motor Company worked really hard to make the automobile faster so they used thinner and lighter metal. The first model T had a 2.90L Inline 4-cylinder motor in it. The model T only went a top speed of approximately 40 mph. Henry ford wanted to make the Model T go faster so they used A thinner and lighter metal. The Model …show more content…
So in later years Henry Ford started changing the transmission. The four cylinder, twenty horse power Model T first offered in october 1908, sold for $825. Its two speed planetary transmission made it easy to drive, and features such as a detachable cylinder head made it easy to repair. When the automobile was first first invented no one knew how to drive it because it was a standard and no one had ever drove a car before. “The public interest was so big that Ford could not fulfil all the orders the company received. As a result he built new facilities to increase the production and also bought complementary firms to aid the company's growth in the market.” (Dassler). Henry Ford then came out with the Model T. It came with a two speed planetary transmission and it was very simple to