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- Riverside Hillclimb Trophy Awarded to Model N Ford, 1906 - Early 20th-century hill-climb competitions tested an automobile's ability to climb steep grades and navigate uneven roads and do both at the fastest possible speed. Former bicycle racer Charles Fuller Gates won this trophy at a 1906 hill-climb event at Riverside, California, driving a Ford Model N.
- November 11, 1906
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Riverside Hillclimb Trophy Awarded to Model N Ford, 1906
Early 20th-century hill-climb competitions tested an automobile's ability to climb steep grades and navigate uneven roads and do both at the fastest possible speed. Former bicycle racer Charles Fuller Gates won this trophy at a 1906 hill-climb event at Riverside, California, driving a Ford Model N.
- Women in a Ford Model N Roadster, circa 1907 - American women welcomed the automobile's mobility and implied freedom. Cars arrived at a time when women were increasingly breaking away from the traditional domestic sphere and making new inroads in the workplace and in civic engagement. The automobile accelerated that social change.
- circa 1907
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Women in a Ford Model N Roadster, circa 1907
American women welcomed the automobile's mobility and implied freedom. Cars arrived at a time when women were increasingly breaking away from the traditional domestic sphere and making new inroads in the workplace and in civic engagement. The automobile accelerated that social change.
- 1906 Ford Model N Roadster, Photographed in 1919 - Produced from 1906 to 1908, Ford Motor Company's Model N appealed to middle-class Americans looking to buy their first automobile. While most two-seat runabouts at the time used one- or two-cylinder engines and chain drives, the Model N boasted four cylinders and a shaft drive. At $500, it was a bestseller. Ford built about 7,000 units.
- 11 July 1919-11 September 1919
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1906 Ford Model N Roadster, Photographed in 1919
Produced from 1906 to 1908, Ford Motor Company's Model N appealed to middle-class Americans looking to buy their first automobile. While most two-seat runabouts at the time used one- or two-cylinder engines and chain drives, the Model N boasted four cylinders and a shaft drive. At $500, it was a bestseller. Ford built about 7,000 units.
- Drawing, "Push Rod Bushing," Ford Model N, December 12, 1905 - The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- December 12, 1905
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Drawing, "Push Rod Bushing," Ford Model N, December 12, 1905
The Ford Motor Company created over a million parts drawings from 1903 to 1957. Many of these drawings specify engineering requirements for the components of Ford-made vehicles--including automobiles, trucks, tractors, military vehicles and Tri-motor airplanes. Others document assembly components, stages of casting and forging, or experimental designs. Beginning in the 1940s, Ford transferred the drawings to microfilm.
- Myrle Clarkson Driving a 1906 Ford Model N with Clara Ford as Passenger - In 1906, Clara Ford, wife of Henry Ford, and Myrle Clarkson, a secretary at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, took a Model N out for a spin. The two drove from the plant where the Model N was built around the streets of Detroit. The Model N was the low-priced but smaller predecessor to the Model T.
- 1906
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Myrle Clarkson Driving a 1906 Ford Model N with Clara Ford as Passenger
In 1906, Clara Ford, wife of Henry Ford, and Myrle Clarkson, a secretary at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, took a Model N out for a spin. The two drove from the plant where the Model N was built around the streets of Detroit. The Model N was the low-priced but smaller predecessor to the Model T.
- Ford Model N Chassis in Assembly Room at the Piquette Avenue Plant, 1906 - In 1906 Ford Model Ns were assembled on the third floor of Ford Motor Company's Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit. Cars were put together by crews moving from vehicle to vehicle. No one had yet conceived of the moving assembly line. Behind the rows of cars are engines, stored on their noses to conserve space.
- November 01, 1906
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Ford Model N Chassis in Assembly Room at the Piquette Avenue Plant, 1906
In 1906 Ford Model Ns were assembled on the third floor of Ford Motor Company's Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit. Cars were put together by crews moving from vehicle to vehicle. No one had yet conceived of the moving assembly line. Behind the rows of cars are engines, stored on their noses to conserve space.
- Printing Plate with Image of an Automobile - Produced from 1906 to 1908, Ford Motor Company's Model N appealed to middle-class Americans looking to buy their first automobile. While most two-seat runabouts at the time used one- or two-cylinder engines and chain drives, the Model N boasted four cylinders and a shaft drive. At $500, it was a bestseller. Ford built about 7,000 units.
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Printing Plate with Image of an Automobile
Produced from 1906 to 1908, Ford Motor Company's Model N appealed to middle-class Americans looking to buy their first automobile. While most two-seat runabouts at the time used one- or two-cylinder engines and chain drives, the Model N boasted four cylinders and a shaft drive. At $500, it was a bestseller. Ford built about 7,000 units.
- 1906 Ford Model N Runabout Photographed in Henry Ford Museum, 1934 - Produced from 1906 to 1908, Ford Motor Company's Model N appealed to middle-class Americans looking to buy their first automobile. While most two-seat runabouts at the time used one- or two-cylinder engines and chain drives, the Model N boasted four cylinders and a shaft drive. At $500, it was a bestseller. Ford built about 7,000 units.
- April 20, 1934
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1906 Ford Model N Runabout Photographed in Henry Ford Museum, 1934
Produced from 1906 to 1908, Ford Motor Company's Model N appealed to middle-class Americans looking to buy their first automobile. While most two-seat runabouts at the time used one- or two-cylinder engines and chain drives, the Model N boasted four cylinders and a shaft drive. At $500, it was a bestseller. Ford built about 7,000 units.
- Edsel Ford at the Wheel of a Ford Model N with Boys on Sleds in Tow, 1906 - Edsel Ford was photographed in the winter of 1906 at the controls of a Ford Model N runabout. Behind the car were four of young Ford's friends, riding on sleds as the Model N towed them along a snowy Detroit street.
- 1906
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Edsel Ford at the Wheel of a Ford Model N with Boys on Sleds in Tow, 1906
Edsel Ford was photographed in the winter of 1906 at the controls of a Ford Model N runabout. Behind the car were four of young Ford's friends, riding on sleds as the Model N towed them along a snowy Detroit street.
- "Ford Motor Cars: 1907: Models 'N' and 'S'" - The Ford vehicle models, 'N' and 'S', seen in this piece of sales literature, were the predecessors to the Model T -- the car that changed America. Henry Ford set out to create a lightweight, inexpensive vehicle that could traverse American roads. By 1907, four years after establishing the Ford Motor Company, he was close to his goal.
- 1907
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"Ford Motor Cars: 1907: Models 'N' and 'S'"
The Ford vehicle models, 'N' and 'S', seen in this piece of sales literature, were the predecessors to the Model T -- the car that changed America. Henry Ford set out to create a lightweight, inexpensive vehicle that could traverse American roads. By 1907, four years after establishing the Ford Motor Company, he was close to his goal.