Ford Model T Touring Car Adapted to Carry a Goat, circa 1920

Summary

The Model T's rugged simplicity allowed it to be adapted to any number of uses. One inventive owner customized this Model T touring car, mounting a handmade crate on the sideboard to create a motorized livestock hauler.

The Model T's rugged simplicity allowed it to be adapted to any number of uses. One inventive owner customized this Model T touring car, mounting a handmade crate on the sideboard to create a motorized livestock hauler.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1920

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.O.1262

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5 in

Width: 7.25 in

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