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Image: 1908 Ford Model S Roadster (14456418634)

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Description: The Ford Motor Company began in 1903, with the 2 passenger auto carriage, the Model A Runabout. Ford contracted John and Horace Dodge to manufacture the engine. It was under the front seat and drove the rear wheels with a chain. The Dodges started making their own cars in 1914. The Model R was based on the Model N, same engine and chassis, but a wider body with running boards and bigger wheels. When the Model R bodies ran out the put its running boards on the Model N and called it a Model S. Engine; 15hp 149 cu in 4 cyl Photograph taken at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn
Title: 1908 Ford Model S Roadster (14456418634)
Credit: 1908 Ford Model S Roadster
Author: Sicnag
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