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pauldun170 07-16-2010 09:25 AM

Model T dont have no stinking acceleration problem
 
http://www.modelt.ca/drive-fs.html

goof2 07-16-2010 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by pauldun170 (Post 393594)

Weren't they designed with "stuck" throttles? I don't believe the throttle had a return spring or anything. I think it stayed where the driver set it until the driver changed that setting. I should sue Ford on behalf of my ancestors for their unsafe design, statute of limitations be damned.

Rangerscott 07-16-2010 08:12 PM

Tractor throttle.

Particle Man 07-16-2010 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Rangerscott (Post 393751)
Tractor throttle.

Yep. Lever on the wheel. My inlaws have an old Allis-Chalmers WD45 that works the exact same way.

Captain Morgan 07-17-2010 12:04 AM

Very cool to read. Would love to ride in one, let alone try to drive it.

nhgunnut 07-17-2010 08:13 AM

My dad had a 1920 T light Delivery (we sold it after he died) it was an interesting thing to drive. The Planetary Transmission would keep most people from ever getting started. Top speed of somewhere between 40 and 45 mph would keep it off most roads today. One of the last things he did in April of 05 (he was diagnosed in March and died in May) was to go and teach someone who had inherited a restored model T who to drive it. I think it was the happiest he time he had on those last days.


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