World's oldest Ford heading to auction

[Terror_Tree]

These where the first Fords in Australia, in 1903-4?

Source
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/...ng-to-auction/



This is the one that start it all.

At least it’s one of them.

The oldest-known car manufactured under the auspices of the Ford Motor Company is set to cross the block at the annual RM Auction in Hershey, Pennsylvania, which takes place October 11th and 12th.

According to Hemmings.com, the 1903 Model A Rear Entry Tonneau was one of a batch of the first three cars manufactured by the automaker, and was purchased by Herbert L. McNary, a butter maker from Britt, Iowa. The red four-seat vehicle is powered by 8hp 100-cu.in. flat two-cylinder engine and sold for $850 at the time.

The car first changed hands fifty years later when it was sold for $400, then went through a number of subsequent owners, the most recent one purchasing it for in 2007 for $693,000 at an RM Auction in Arizona, its rarity driving up the price significantly during the intervening years.

The Model A was last offered for auction in 2010, but bidding failed to meet an undisclosed reserve. This time around, the car has a pre-sale estimate of $300,000 to $500,000, according to RM Auctions.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/...#ixzz25rowQG2Q

[Sprint]

Interesting fact.

Henry ford failed at starting a car company in 1899 and 1901 but then made ford as we know it today.

3rd times a charm.

[pottery beige]

GT RSPEC colour combo ftw all you haters..

[Deaks]

$693k to an estimate of $300k to $500k? In 5 years? Thats got to hurt.

[ebxr8240]

Where's Jay ??

[csv8]

Wow !! the FH released early !!!

[Buntz]

Originally Posted by ebxr8240

Where's Jay ??

He's got a model T. It's better.

[mik]

i like the early beasties.... pioneering machinery, and look at that coach work and that upholstery.......bloody marvellous, there`s some really good clips of old old early fords on the tube, i found one of a 1903 engine running....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVWhho00_2g
looks like hard work for a trip up the shop,
a tube clip of a 1906 n series looks conventional in comparison to the earlier one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hze59...feature=relmfu
imagine a GT 35/40 hanging off the side of that that .

found a clip of a replica qaudricycle, good clip of the workings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=AYNge9r1Yi4

[Peter B - CV8]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

GT RSPEC colour combo ftw all you haters..

Touch'e... and riding around on - what are they 24's ???

[graham7773]

Interesting fact that got my attention. It is right hand drive! When did that change?

[csv8]

http://www.brianlucas.ca/roadside/ is an interesting website which offers explanations as to why driving may have originated on the left or on the right.



Most sources postulate that we drove on the right side based on the design of wagons and other horse drawn vehicles.



Personally, given our early US history, I would imagine we would have wanted a break from the English system and would have emulated our allies, the French.

Another reason..Actual standardized law of road directions did not occur in the United States until the early 20th century with the popularization of Ford cars. Ford's mass-produced vehicles were made with the controls on the left side of the car, therefore making the car suitable only for right-hand driving. As early Ford controlled the market, the right-hand driving rule became standard. Much of the world adopted the right-hand standard--much of the world exclusive of Britain, Australia, India and a few of Britain's other former colonies.
http://www.ehow.com/about_5475849_us...side-road.html

[mrghia]

i thought all american cars were RHD until the early 30's