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Ford Model A (–04)
See also: Ford Model A (–)
Motor vehicle
The original Ford Model A is the first car produced by the Ford Motor Company, beginning production in Ernest Pfennig, a Chicago dentist, became the first owner of a Model A on July 23, ;[4] 1, cars were made in and at the Ford Mack Avenue Plant, a modest rented wood-frame building on Detroit's East Side, and Ford's first facility.
Ford invented first automobile made
The Model A was replaced by the Ford Model C during with some sales overlap.
The car came as a two-seater runabout for $ or the $ [5] four-seater tonneau model with an option to add a top.
The horizontal-mounted flat-2, situated amidships of the car, produced 8&#;hp (6&#;kW). A planetary transmission was fitted with two forward speeds and reverse, a Ford signature later seen on the Ford Model T. The car weighed 1,&#;lb (&#;kg) and could reach a top speed of 28&#;mph (45&#;km/h).
It had a inch ( m) wheelbase and sold for a base price of US$ Options included a rear to