Pic-A-Day (30) Albert Mach Fine Art - 1905 Ford Model C Two

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Pic-A-Day (30) Albert Mach Fine Art.
1905 Ford Model C Two

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This was seen at the AACA Museum in Hershey.
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Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company Dearborn, Michigan
Model: Model C
Base Price: $950
Engine: Two-cylinder, 10 hp

For 1905, Ford offered three vehicles, the B, C and F. With the new offerings and a production increase, came the move to a new plant on Piquette Avenue in Detroit. For the first time, Ford began production of their own engines and planetary running gears. Most historians recognize the 1905 model as a carry-over from 1904 as the move to the new plant brought increased production problems and dramatically increased new-model production time. The C version was available in two models – an open-air runabout and a runabout with a tonneau style covering. An optional windshield was available from the factory. The Canadian built cars included a side-entry door on the tonneau model. This vehicle’s body was painted by Barry and Lindie Eash of B & I Enterprises, Windber, Pennsylvania, as a gift to the AACA Museum.

Museum Collection: Larry Porter Trust – “Alphabet Ford Collection”

 

This below came from the Model T Ford Club of America:

 

THE FORD MODEL C

The Model C Ford combines all the good features of the popular two cylinder car of 1904, known as Model A.  
It is now well proven that the public demand a medium priced, roomy, light car, a simple car and one with ample power and minimum motor vibration. The whirlwind of success brought us by our 1904 Model A is ample proof that it supplied just what is needed. The car of utility is the one which anyone, knowing little of mechanical construction, can count upon every day of the year to take him out and bring him back safely, with no trouble and at low cost. A car that is comfortable for two and ample for four persons.  

That this is to be found in our Model C the hundreds of our 1904 friends will testify.  
The best proof of the success of the 1904 car, is that the most important changes from it in the Model C are an increase of wheel base and a hood in front, thereby greatly increasing the appearance of the car and allowing an increased gasoline capacity. The Model C is in fact a small edition of a touring car with ample power, and greater simplicity and ease of control.  
The reasons for the great popularity of the Ford car may be summed up principally in the following:  
It is powerful, strong and beautiful.  
It is absolutely simple to care for and control.  
It is hard to break and easy to repair.  
It is built of the best of materials and is of the finest workmanship.  
It is easy riding, comfortable and free from vibration.  
It is practically noiseless.  
It is thoroughly tested and sold under guarantee of the most successful motor car builders in the United States.  
It is inexpensive to buy and economical to maintain. 

THE MOTOR

The motor is of the water cooled horizontal two cylinder opposed type, giving a maximum amount of power for its size and weight. The cylinder with its water jacket is cast in one piece, thus obviating packed joints so likely to leak. The crank shaft is a steel drop forging with bearing surfaces ground to gauge. The valve cams are hardened and run in oil. The inlet and exhaust valves are of the same size, both mechanically and separately operated. They are easily removable by taking out the threaded plug in the valve chamber and removing the spring seat pin from the valve.  
The water cooling system consists of a tank near the motor, a pump on the main shaft outside the motor, and a radiating coil of ample and increased capacity placed in front of the hood.