The Ford Model T is remembered as the car that put the world on wheels, but its actual horsepower figure is far more modest than its legend. On paper, the century‑old four‑cylinder made roughly the ...

Ford introduced the Model T way back in 1908, and production continued for nearly two decades before finally coming to an end in 1927. Engines of this era, even four-cylinder engines like the unit ...

Cast your mind back to a time when the automobile was still considered a novel invention. The Benz Patent Motorwagen debuted in 1886, representing more of a technological curiosity than anything. The ...

In a much simpler time at the turn of the 20th century, America's first hot rodder, Henry Ford, was busily working on machines in his cramped one-room workshop to retire horse-drawn transportation. He ...

Automotive technology has advanced quite a bit since the days of Carl Benz's Patent Motorwagen and the one-cylinder engine. The Ford L-head T-4 that powered the Model T helped that car bring ...

In a high-security room on the third floor of a factory in Detroit’s bustling Milwaukee Junction industrial neighborhood in 1907, six men and a 14-year-old boy changed the world. In less than a year — ...

SPENCER — Did you know there's a legion of men out there driving around in open-air Ford Model T race cars that can go up to 80 mph? It's true. Ronan Young of Spencer is one of them. You might know ...

When Thomas Miller of Livonia retired from Ford Motor Co., he was told to find a good home for the circa 1914 Model T engine block that he sometimes used as a teaching tool. A replica that was cast ...