The Ford Model T introduced the world to reliable motoring, being the first vehicle with an engine and crankcase being one single part, featuring an easily removable cylinder head, and utilizing a ...

Ford’s team made five key adaptations in what came to be the Model T. Detailed in the exhibit, Shotwell lists them: “It used a one-piece engine block with a removable cylinder head for ease in ...

Ford introduced the Model T way back in 1908 ... tuning companies and engineers alike began to develop high-compression heads, which would enable the engine to unlock a precious few extra horses.

On Oct. 2, 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Model T and changed the world forever ... its four cylinders cast en bloc with a then-daring detachable head and applying the same transverse-spring ...

Up to the Model T all engines were cast integrally, but Ford decided to use removable cylinder heads which made it easier to produce, service and took some of the weight off the car too.

More significant, it was the birthplace of the Ford Model T, a car that put automobile ownership ... and a removable cylinder head that made maintenance and repair infinitely easier.

The Model T is credited by auto historians as the car ... the auto consultant hired by Ford to head up the project. The price? Ford won't say, but it acknowledges it was a lot more that the ...

Driving a 1915 Ford Model T elicits similarly conflicting feelings ... But there's still more to wrap your head around. To the left of the driver is a lever sprouting from the wooden floor that ...