(3) Conger Street Clock Museum
1912 Model T Ford Torpedo
It took about 17 years to build this Model T Ford working five, six and even seven days a week. Everything works on this Ford Model T, and everything is perfect. Everything was built by hand and if a part was not "PERFECT", it was discarded and another one made.

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This solid brass Model T Ford is 35 inches long and 18 inches high. The wheels are 8 inches in diameter. There is also a working quarter scale tire pump and a jack.

The engine is a four cylinder gasoline engine with an updraft carburator. The bore is 7/8 inches and the stroke is 1 inch. The engine actually runs. And when you crank the engine with the hand crank, the old car rocks just as a full size would do.

The headlights work off of the carbide generator that is mounted on the left side running board. There are 100 rods in the radiator just as in the full size car.

The springs are made from individual springs and flex just as on a full size car.

The parking lights and tail light work off of kerosine. The hand brake releases the authentic working transmission. The door latches, vibrator coils, spark advance and throtle are all just as in the full size car. Just smaller!

The seat is genuine leather, tucked and pleated, again just an in the original. The vibrator box on the dash is mitered, dovetailed and contains four individual vibrator coils.

It is just like the full size Model T Ford
Just smaller!

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Here the Ford is seen with out its head as the engine is being built.

The Transmission
It was just going to be a engine and transmission, but by the time it was finished, it was a Model T.

The rear end (differential) was build from Ford blueprints and is true to scale.
EVERYTHING WORKS!

Anyway you look at it,
it is a beautiful Ol' Model T Ford.

The Wheels
The wood for the wheel spokes as well as all of the wood on this Model T, came from an old school house desk that was made in 1912.
Everything was designed to work.