Author: irishmodeltclub

Dorset Steam Fair

Many of you that know me will know of my enthusiasm for the Great Dorset Steam Fair. I have been going to steam and vintage rallies for longer than I can remember. The Innishannon, formerly Upton Steam Rally, is one of the highlights for many...

1915 Sales Brochure

The 1915 Ford Sales Brochure shows the line up of the cars available in that year which includes a Touring Car, Couplet and Town Car. We hope that the brochure images may be of interest to our visitors. Follow the links under the photographs for...

Calendar Year Production

The following table shows engine serial numbers for the Ford Model T, gleaned from production records at the Ford Motor Company. These numbers represent calendar year production, not model year. 1908 1-309 1909 310-14161 1910 14162-34900 1911 34901-88900 1912 88901-183563 1913 183564-408347 1914 408348-656063 1915...

Ford – The Cork Connection

A bit of Cork history… so that you may be aware! When Henry Ford’s Irish links are discussed, most people know of his ancestry being traced to Ballinascarthy where today a stainless steel replica of a 1909 T stands by the roadside. What many people...

Ford Products 1924

A self-contained industry produces Ford Cars, Trucks and Fordson Tractors.  It is the Ford industry whose resources go back to the standing timber and the unmined ore. They include Ford-owned coal mines, blast furnaces, glass factories, huge manufacturing units, assembly plants, and an organisation of...

Henry Ford

In 1847 at the height of the great famine in Ireland, a man left Ballinascarthy, near Bandon in County Cork in search of a better life for himself, his wife and family for United States of America. It was a decision which would have a...

IZ105 – Oldest Irish Car

Members might be interested in a press cutting from the library of The Irish Model T Ford Club. The T bearing the registration number IZ-105 was first registered in County Mayo, Ireland and featured on the occasion of the sale of a Touring Car by...

Universal Rim Tools

The original instructions for the operation of Universal Rim Tools may be accessed here for those who wish to take on the challenge of changing a tyre on the later Model Ts with split rims. We suggest that you print out the instructions and take...

Model T Specification

Engine 20 horsepower, 4 cylinder in line L-head side valve with detachable cylinder head and 3 bearing crankshaft. Bore/Stroke: 3 ¾ by 4” Displacement: 2896 cc (177 cubic inches). Gearbox   Integral with the engine. Foot operated 2 speed and reverse epicyclic transmission foot-brake. Transmission  Torque...

VAT on Imports

All car enthusiasts especially of the veteran type should be interested in a recent decision by the London Tribunal Centre concerning the tariff classification for duty purposes of a 1955 Ford Zephyr Mark 1 convertible motor car. The appellant in the case had appealed against...