The original Ford Model A is the first car produced by the Ford Motor Company, beginning production in 1903. Ernest Pfennig, a Chicago dentist, became the first owner of a Model A on July 23, 1903. It was shipped to him on July 20 1903. 1,750 cars were made in 1903 and 1904 at the Ford Mack Avenue Plant, a modest rented wood-frame building on Detroit’s East Side, and Ford’s first facility. The Model A was replaced by the Ford Model C during 1904 with some sales overlap.The horizontal-mounted flat-2, situated amidships of the car, produced 8 horsepower (6 kilowatts). A planetary transmission was fitted with two forward speeds and reverse, a Ford signature later seen on the Ford Model T. We celebrate the first Ford car produced and shipped with it’s infamous successor the Ford Model T…
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