THE MODEL T FORD

Price in 1925 was $424It had a 4 cylinder engine and had 20 H.P.It weighed 540 kgIts top speed was 64 km/hIt had a hand crank starter

AUTOMOBILES OF CANADA IN THE 1920’S

Montreal.. Bourassa six, Durant, Lavoie, Wright ford, Hupmobile, McLaughlin (renamed Plymouth) , Buick. Stratford…Brooks steamer. Windsor….Chrysler, Chevrolet. Saskatoon….Derby. Toronto….Dodge ( part of Chrysler)

Aids to motoring

Towrope, passengers, reverse gear, coal oil, electric light bulbs, shovels, Tire chains, box of sand, automobile on blocks, horse and cutter

More about the model T

Most common car is the model T Ford, attracted buyers not so much for its often exaggerated durability as for its low purchase price and cheap maintenance, almost anyone could repair their own car they had no water pumps, as a result , the oil thinned out at high speeds and caused the pistons of the main bearing of the engine to burn out

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The model T also became the workhouse of the farmer, who employed the auto or its engine in many farm operations. By 1928 one out of every two Canadian homes had an automobile.

bootleggers and cars

The Studebaker six, a powerful and solid car was popular with bootleggers

Chevrolet in the 1920’s

Chevrolet was not driven on the sand because it was likely to break an axle

Speed limit in 1921

 Quebec.....40 km/h Prince Edward Island... 24 km/h Nova Scotia....40 km/h Ontario...........40 km/h British Columbia....48 km/h

Auto mobile registration in Canada

Canada (1920......407 064) nova Scotia.....22 853 in 1925

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