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The Model B was a new Ford automobile produced in model year 1932. It was a much updated version of the Model A and was replaced by the 1935 Ford Model 48. Strictly speaking the Model B was a four-cylinder car with an "Improved Four-Cylinder Engine", but it was at this time that Ford began producing a very similar car with Ford's new Flathead V8 engine. The V8 car was marketed as a Model 18, though it is commonly called the Ford V-8 today, and was virtually indistinguishable from the Model B. Until this time, Ford had always produced only one basic car at a time.
There were two versions of the ’32 Ford – a four-cylinder and the V8 flathead. They came in a variety of body styles, the 2 door roadster, 2 door cabriolet, 4 door phaeton, two and four door sedans, four door 'Woodie" station wagon, two door Victoria, two door Convertible Sedan, Panel and Sedan Deliveries, 5-window coupe (two door windows, two quarter panel windows and the rear window), and the 3-window Deluxe Coupe that featured front opening doors, also known as Suicide Doors. The Deuce was called Model 18, the “1” standing for “first” and the “8” for V-8. The four-cylinder model was the less popular Model B, a refined version of the four-cylinder Model A, the most significant differences being a larger counter balanced crankshaft and pressurized camshaft and main bearings, an improved water pump, and a boss for a fuel pump, since the gas tank had been relocated from the cowl to the rear of the car and could no longer rely upon gravity feed.
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Thursday, August 6, 2009
1930s Ford Model B
Promotional film showing new 1932 Fords.
60's Trabant Car
Originally planned as a three-wheeled motorcycle, the decision to build a four-wheeled car came late in the planning process. The name Trabant, Latin for "traveler" or "companion", was chosen in an internal contest in 1957, the year of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite. Previous motorcycle production at Sachsenring had been under the aegis of AWZ (Auto-Werke Zwickau).wiki
The Trabant was a relatively advanced car when it was launched in 1958; with front wheel drive, a unitary construction, composite bodywork and independent suspension all around. The main letdown was the engine: by the late 1950s small cars in western countries mainly used cleaner and more efficient four-stroke engines, as employed in the Volkswagen, whereas the Zwickauans were budgetarily forced to use two-strokes. When released the Trabant was technically equivalent to the West German Lloyd automobile, which had an air cooled two cylinder four-stroke engine in the same size vehicle.
1960's East German Trabant Car Commercial
This is a vintage commercial from the 1960s for the famous car from the former East Germany, the Trabant. The commercial is for the Trabant 601.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Car Manufacturing by the Japanese - Toyota Automobile Museum
Introduction of the automobile currently exhibited in the Toyota Automobile Museum.
Car Manufacturing by the Japanese 30s-50s
Toyota Automobile Museum - Official Site
Toyota Auto Museum virtual tour
Car Manufacturing by the Japanese 30s-50s
Toyota Automobile Museum - Official Site
The Toyota Automobile Museum is a large museum showcasing Toyota's storied past. It is a large complex located in Nagakute city, a city close to Nagoya, Japan. Unlike the Toyota USA Automobile Museum, however, the museum in Nagoya also features many cars from other manufacturers -such as Alfa Romeo and DeLorean Motor Company- as well as artwork.wiki
Toyota Auto Museum virtual tour
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