Anyone know what makes it T related?
Why is this T related?
Forum rules
If you need help logging in, or have question about how something works, use the Support forum located here Support Forum
Complete set of Forum Rules Forum Rules
If you need help logging in, or have question about how something works, use the Support forum located here Support Forum
Complete set of Forum Rules Forum Rules
-
Dan Hatch
Topic author - Posts: 5018
- Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:31 pm
- First Name: Dan
- Last Name: Hatch
- Location: Alabama
Why is this T related?
A good friend came by shop yesterday and gave me this, many thanks to him.
Anyone know what makes it T related?
Anyone know what makes it T related?
-
Don D
- Posts: 288
- Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 4:36 pm
- First Name: Don
- Last Name: Demio
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1919 T
- Location: Tennessee
Re: Why is this T related?
Dan,
Could the publishing date of Octoer 3 ,1908 be a significant clue?
Dom
Could the publishing date of Octoer 3 ,1908 be a significant clue?
Dom
-
Dan Hatch
Topic author - Posts: 5018
- Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:31 pm
- First Name: Dan
- Last Name: Hatch
- Location: Alabama
Re: Why is this T related?
Yes, you are very correct! Any Model T guy should know this issue and the answer.
By the way I have been looking for one of these. Dan
By the way I have been looking for one of these. Dan
Last edited by Dan Hatch on Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
-
TXGOAT2
- Posts: 7391
- Joined: Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:08 pm
- First Name: Pat
- Last Name: McNallen
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926-7 roadster
- Location: Graham, Texas
- Board Member Since: 2021
Re: Why is this T related?
Five cents in 1908 would amount to about a dollar and ten cents today. The magazine would still a a bargain at $1.10, but you can't buy a magazine for that today. What's more, in 1908 there was no income tax or Social Security tax, and to the best of my knowledge, no sales tax. If you earned a nickel, you owned it. If an item was priced at one nickel, that's what you paid for it. Banks aslo paid interest on money on deposit, and interest earned was not taxed. That "dollar a day" would go a long way.
"Corporate taxes", if any existed then, would have further reduced buying power.
"Corporate taxes", if any existed then, would have further reduced buying power.
-
TXGOAT2
- Posts: 7391
- Joined: Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:08 pm
- First Name: Pat
- Last Name: McNallen
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926-7 roadster
- Location: Graham, Texas
- Board Member Since: 2021
Re: Why is this T related?
Ford made great leaps forward in 1908, 1928, 1932, 1949, and 1954. (OHV engines, T Bird) The 1964 1/2 Mustang also changed the automotive landscape.
-
R.V.Anderson
- Posts: 680
- Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2019 6:01 pm
- First Name: R.V.
- Last Name: Anderson
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1914, 1920, 1923, 1923
- Location: Kennedy, NY
Re: Why is this T related?
This was the issue that carried the famous first public announcement of the Model T, and which resulted in the Ford sales office being "well-nigh inundated" within just a few days.
-
ThreePedalTapDancer
- Posts: 1631
- Joined: Sun Nov 24, 2019 2:29 pm
- First Name: Ed
- Last Name: Martin
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1914 Touring, 1909 Touring
- Location: Idaho
-
Dan Hatch
Topic author - Posts: 5018
- Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:31 pm
- First Name: Dan
- Last Name: Hatch
- Location: Alabama
Re: Why is this T related?
Bingo! Thanks RV. Here is the ad on page 29