The wheelbase of the car is 100 inches, the tread 56 

 inches, and the car weighs a little over 1,200 pounds. 

 Wooden-spoked wheels with 30-by-3-inch clincher tires are 

 used on the front, 30-by-3V2-inch clincher tires on the rear. 

 The touring body is of wood and metal, and is upholstered 

 with tufted black leather. Two doors are provided in the 

 rear, while a single door on the right serves the front seat. 

 A folding windshield and a collapsible top are provided, as 

 are a bulb horn, a John W. Brown kerosene taillight, and 

 a pair of E and J kerosene side lamps. The gasoline tank 

 is beneath the front seat. No spare tire is carried. 



Many accessories were formerly available for the Ford 

 car, and this car is fitted with a Ward-Leonard electric start- 

 ing motor, a Ward-Leonard electric generator, a Stewart 

 and Clark speedometer, a New Haven clock, a foot accel- 

 erator, an Anderson intake manifold, a running-board tool 

 box, a running-board battery box, a special coil box made 

 by the K-W Ignition Co., a Hoyt ammeter, a rear-view mir- 

 ror, a hand-operated windshield wiper, and a pair of elec- 

 tric headlights made by John W. Brown. Antirattling 

 devices are fitted to the brake rods and steering rods. 



In May 1954 four new tires and inner tubes, contributed 

 by Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., were installed on the car, and 

 the old ones that were on the car when it was presented to 

 the Museum were discarded. In March 1956 the car was 

 thoroughly cleaned and refurbished, and the body repainted 

 by the National Auto Top Co. of Washington, D. C, 

 through the courtesy of the Ford Motor Co. 



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