1922 Ford Model T Coupe

 This Coupe was made by the Ford Motor Company. A 1922 Model T Coupe cost $595 on September 2, 1921. On January 16, 1922, the price dropped to $580; and on October 17, 1922, it dropped again to $530. This particular Coupe's engine is #6304089, built on July 25, 1922.

 The Ford Motor Company was established on June 16, 1903, by Henry Ford and a group of eleven investors. The company's creation was not a foregone conclusion in the years leading up to that day. Ford had driven his first successful homebuilt car about seven years earlier, in June 1896. Despite this relatively early success, Ford got sidetracked by his development of race cars, especially his 999 and Arrow. Ford also co-counded two other companies, the Detroit Automobile Company and the Henry Ford Company, before either leaving or being removed from the firms. It was only after many ups and downs that Henry Ford got into the right manufacturing mindset and found the right investors to get the soon-to-be successful Ford Motor Company going.
 Beginning in 1903, Ford's company made the first Model A – a second Model A, of which three examples are here at Stuhr Museum, was built in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Along with the Model A, the Models C and F became big sellers from 1903 to 1905. All had 2-cylinder engines under the seat. From 1906 to 1908, before the shift to the Model T, Ford's Models N, R, and S became popular cars in America. All of these models had 4-cylinder engines under the hood. When Ford came out with the Model T in 1908, it became perhaps his favorite model. It was the best-selling automobile in America throughout the 1910s and into the 1920s, and it made the Ford Motor Company the largest car manufacturer in the world for a time.
For the 1922 model year, the Ford line included the following style options (and prices):
 Touring – cost $355 beginning on September 2, 1921; $450 with a starter and demountable wheels. It cost $348 beginning on January 16, 1922; $443 with a starter and demountable wheels. And it cost $298 on October 17, 1922; $393 with a starter and demountable wheels.
 Runabout – cost $325 beginning on September 2, 1921; $420 with a starter and demountable wheels. It cost $319 beginning on January 16, 1922; $414 with a starter and demountable wheels. And it cost $269 on October 17, 1922; $364 with a starter and demountable wheels.
 Sedan – cost $660 beginning on September 2, 1921; it cost $645 beginning on January 16, 1922; and it cost $595 on October 17, 1922.
 Fordor – cost $725 on October 17, 1922, having been introduced later in the model year.
 Coupe – cost $595 beginning on September 2, 1921; it cost $580 beginning on January 16, 1922; and it cost $530 on October 17, 1922.
 Chassis – cost $295 beginning on September 2, 1921; $390 with a starter and demountable wheels. It cost $285 beginning on January 16, 1922; $380 with a starter and demountable wheels. And it cost $235 on October 17, 1922; $330 with a starter and demountable wheels..
 Truck – cost $445 beginning on September 2, 1921; $540 with a starter and demountable wheels. It cost $430 beginning on January 16, 1922; $525 with a starter and demountable wheels. And it cost $380 on October 17, 1922; $475 with a starter and demountable wheels.

Notes

A wonderful resource for the Ford Model T is Bruce W. McCalley, Model T Ford: The Car That Changed the World (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1994).
A nice website for information on Ford automobiles is the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village site. It has some great pages geared toward the model T. You can view these by clicking or touching here.

To find out even more about Ford Model Ts, you can search the Model T Ford Club of America's website, which you can access here; or The Model T Ford Club International's website, which you can access here.