Friday, October 1, 2010

All about Antique: Antique Cars



Old cars are generally two main categories, antique and classic cars. The antique cars often defined as cars built 25 years ago, and classic cars including newer vehicles. There may also be other categories and divisions such as brass-era veteran, Edwardian and vintage vehicles.


Early cars were individually constructed and it is difficult to determine. It was powered by steam, electricity or gasoline, but cars with internal combustion engines were faster and could travel long distances. In 1908, a major innovation in the automobile case. The Henry Ford produced the Model T, which was cheap and had standardized parts for the construction and repair. Model Ts were extremely popular, far out-selling their opponents. A few years later, in 1913, a moving assembly line for mass production of cars began operating at the Ford Motor Company. This method has changed the structure and was a major event of the Industrial Revolution.







Ford's Tin Lizzie is known, but there were many other cars at the moment, are manufactured by companies still making today's cars. These names, though not as recognizable as the Model T, available at antique car shows. It is the beginning of a long history of automotive industry.Antique Cars by ModelJalopy

    
Model * white stripe Buick 10 was more popular in the early car. Nicknamed the white stripe, was available in many forms and has won many races.
    
* Cadillac V-8 "The Standard of the World." This significant line Cadillac was cooled V-8 engines. In 1912, the first production cars with electric lights and starters were from Cadillac.

    
* Four-Ninety Chevrolet became a major competitor for the Model T with this car. The car was named as the Four Ninety cost $ 490 when originally offered for sale.
    
* Chrysler Six had six cylinders, hydraulic brakes, and was the first of Walter Chrysler's car with his name. The Chrysler Six was one of the fastest cars of the era.
    
* Car Model T was Henry Ford's nickname cheap car Tin Lizzy. It was too late to add extras and new styles so that other carmakers overtook him. "The customer can have any color you want as long as it's black," he said.
    
* Curved Dash Olds Oldsmobile built steam and electric cars and petrol cars. The curved-dash Olds, a very popular early in the car was mass-produced before the Model T Ford



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