The first of our Smithsonian exhibits tells of how physician and businessman H. Nelson Jackson and his mechanic, Sewell J. Crocker became the first to drive across country in 1903.
Centered on a Ford Model T is an exhibit that discusses Henry Ford’s successful development of mass production. While literally hundreds of people were making cars at the time, Ford, using the newly perfected assembly line system, became the master of this form of manufacturing.
Produced between 1908 and 1927, the Model T was America’s first affordable motor car. While luxury manufacturers were building machines for the well off, Ford’s Model T became the car of the masses, with a production run of over 15 million.
Not the quickest or most powerful car in the world, the Model T had a 177 cubic inch inline four cylinder engine that produced all of 20 horse power. But, believe it or not, during the production run it was possible to get Holly carb.
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