1905 Model F Ford Roadster
edited by David Barth, 8 April 2009.
Courtesy The Forney Museum of Transportation at 4303 Brighton Blvd., Denver,
Colorado. Photos were taken in April 2009.
The first car produced by the Ford Motor Company, in 1903, was the Model A, powered by an opposed, two-cylinder engine mounted beneath the body. It had a planetary transmission with two speeds forward and one reverse. The design of this power train was used through the Model F.
In 1904 Ford introduced Models B and C. The Model F replaced the Model C in 1905. The Model F was the last two-cylinder Ford. It was produced during 1905 and 1906.
The 1905 Model F Tourer was priced at $2,000, and the two-seat runabout, of which this car is an example, sold for $1,000. At the time, the Ford Motor Company produced around eight percent of all cars built in the U.S.
In 1906 the Model F was replaced by Models N and K. When Model F production ended in 1906, about 1,000 have been manufactured. 7,000 Ford Model N’s were built between 1906 and 1908, selling for around $600, half the price of the Model F. The overpriced Model K was a poor seller.
The accession number for this Forney car is 6.
