t and a generator and new source of power on the farm was quickly invented. It showed that people were ready to accept the automobile and spend time and money on it. The consumers were not the only ones who loved the Model T, Henry Ford and the rest of the company shareholders had lots to celebrate, Model T's were selling like wild fire and before even a year of production half of the cars on the road were Model T's. The reason that the Model T was so popular is a simple question, there were cheaper cars on the market at the time but none offered quite what the Model T did, with its combination of power, innovation, go anywhere capability and its solid reliability. (Lacey 94). Henry Ford knew that the majority of the American public wanted reliable and basic transportation, not always complex and modern mechanics (Robson 101). This theory is not only proved by its sales records but also by the fact that from 1908 to 1927 the Model T stayed mechanically unchanged, only the body style differed. Going back to a four cylinder twenty horsepower engine in the Model T it was less complex and every part on the Model T was mass produced and were interchangeable. For the first time break downs were no longer feared because parts could be easily swapped, and for the first time actually bought off a shelf.The American public was starting to think of the automobile as a necessity and no longer an accessory. Everyone used their Model T's in different ways, some for cruising on a summer night, others to travel and many started to show up in commercial applications from delivery trucks to ice cream vans (Wise 79). Henry Ford was obviously changing the automotive world and how the American public lived their daily lives.Unfortunately behind all of the profit and success lied a problem for Henry, a problem never before thought of had arisen. With the immediate success of the Model T, the cars were selling to fast to keep up with in production, H...
