9.3.23 Engine Production

• Engines were manufactured in USA, Canada and Ireland.
  
  
• In addition to being fitted to Model T cars, trucks and other vehicles Model T engines were sold as spares and for other applications.
  
  
• The world’s first ski lift was powered by a Model T engine.
  
  
• A total of 15,176,888 Model T engines were manufactured in the USA from 27 September 1908 to 4 August 1941. Only 7 were built in 1941. www.mtfca.com/encyclo/E.htm            
  
  
• 309 engines were manufactured in 1908.
  
  
• The one millionth US manufactured engine was produced at the end of 1915.
  
  
• Engine serial number 2,815,891 that was produced on 11 December 1919 was the first one to be built with an electric starter.
  
  
• Peak US production was achieved in 1923 when 2,055,300 were built (nearly 40,000/week). By mid 1924 the 10^th million had been built.
  
  
• 169,855 Model T engines were produced in the US between 27 May 1927 and August 1941 to support the Model Ts that remained in use.
  
  
• Note: A 1948 survey indicated that there were 49,869 registered Model T cars in the US.
  
  
• In 1913 Ford Canada began casting their own engine blocks, which were given serial numbers starting with C1.
  
  
• Between 1909 and 1913 at least 22,000 Canadian built Model Ts were fitted with engines produced in the US.
  
  
• From 1 May 1913 to 31 May 1921 a total of 299,500 “C” annotated engines were built in Canada.
  
  
• By the end of July 1927 the number had increased to 748,010 C.  When did engine production cease? How many were built in Canada?
  
  
• Model T engine units were manufactured in Cork, Ireland, between about 1920 and 1927.  The engine’s serial number started with the letter E. How many were built?
  
  
• Engines produced in Cork were supplied to Ford in Manchester, England and to other Europeans countries where the Model T was assembled.