c. 1923 Ford Model TT 1-ton Truck

Ford introduced the Model TT truck in 1917, and was originally sold as a chassis with the buyer purchasing the body separately, until 1924 when the truck was available with a factory-built body. The Model TT was a durable truck but was slower than other trucks on the market and was replaced by the Ford Model AA truck in 1928.

This truck was bought new in Eckville, Alberta by an Imperial Oil Agent for delivering barrels of fuel to the farm trade. The box on this truck was built wider and stronger than normal so it could accommodate a load that was 3 fuel barrels wide.The cab on this truck was built by Hay and Harding of Calgary, Alberta and the 2-speed rear axle supplied by Ruckstall Axle Company of Montreal, Quebec. Axle conversion kits, like the Ruckstall, provided more power than the standard factory provided transmission.   

Engine: Inline 4-cylinder, L-valve, water-cooled
Displacement: 2.9L (176.7 ci)
Bore and Stroke: 95.25 X 101.8 mm, (3.75 x 4 in)
Power: 14.914 kW (20 hp)
Transmission: 2-forward,  1-reverse
Weight: 1977 kg (4358 lb)

This truck is an amalgam of parts from 1919-1927 Ford Model Ts, with a 1925 engine.  It was therefore decided to call it a 1923 model, since that was the average age of the parts.

Henry Ford built his first automobile, which he called a quadricycle, in 1896 in Detroit, Michigan. He attempted to break into the automobile manufacturing business by founding the Detroit Automobile Company (later called the Henry Ford Company) in 1899, but a falling out with his financial backers lef Ford to leave the company in 1902. He subsequently partnered with Alexander Y. Malcomson to found another company which, with the backing of John and Horace Dodge and John S. Gray, the president of the German-American Savings Bank, was incorporated as the Ford Motor Company in 1903. The Model A was introduced that same year. In 1908, the Model T was introduced. While earlier Ford automobiles, including Models A, K and S, were produced at a slow rate - only a few a day - over 10,000 Model Ts were manufactured before 1909. As demand for the Model T grew, the company was forced to adapt their manufacturing process. This led to Ford's introduction of the world's first moving assembly line in1909, which reduced chassis assembly time from 12.5 hours to approximately 1.5 hours and boosted the annual output to over 200,000 units. By 1920, production would exceed one million automobiles per year.

Henry Ford is reported to have said, "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black." Before the assembly line, Model Ts were available in a variety of colours. However, the speed of the assembly line meant that the drying time for paint created a production bottleneck; only Japan Black (also called Japan Lacquer or Brunswick Black) dried quickly enough until Duco reintroduced other quick-drying colours in 1926.

Chronology:

1901 - Henry Ford started the Henry Ford Company
1902 - Henry Ford left the company and took the rightsto his name when he left. This company became Cadillac
1903 - Ford Motor Company founded
1903-1908 - Ford Models A, B, C, F, K, N, R and S produced
1908 - Ford introduces the mass-produced Model T
1917 - Model TT truck introduced
1922 - Ford purchases the Lincoln Motor Company to compete with Cadillac and Packard for the luxury market
1927 - Ford replaces the Model T with the Model A - first car with safety glass in the windshield
1929 - Opened factory in Soviet Union
1932 - Ford introduces first low-priced car with V-8 engine
1939 - To compete with General Motors mid-priced Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Buick, Ford created Mercury - a higher-priced companion to Ford
1939-1945 - Ford is picked by the US Department of War to mass-produce the Consolidated B-24 Liberator Bomber. Ford's French and German subsidiaries produce vehicles for Nazi Germany
1955 - Ford establishes the Continental Division as a separate luxury brand
1956 - Ford introduces optional safety features including front and rear seat belts and padded dash
1957 - Ford introduces child-proof door locks and first retractable hard top on a mass produced six-seater car
1964 - Ford Mustang introduced
1970 - Ford introduces the Pinto
1973 - last year Ford makes convertibles until 1983
1977 - 100 millionth car produced in US and worldwide production reached 150 million
1979 - Lee Iacocca leaves Ford and goes on to be president at Chrysler
1981 - Ford Escort introduced and becomes their best selling model immediately
1982 - Escort surpasses Chevrolet Chevette as highest selling model in US
1984 - Lou A. Campbell acquires this Model T and brings it to Alberta.
1987 - Ford introduces the Taurus which became the best-selling American designed car
1989 - This Model T is added to the Reynolds-Alberta Museum Collection.
1990s - Several popular models intrduced during these years
1999-2004 - Financial troubles for US car manufacturers caused by increased health care costs from an aging workforce, higher fuel prices, declining sales and decreased market share
2005 - Ford and General Motors bonds collased
2006 - Ford introduces "The Way Forward" their fiscal recovery plan which included resizing, dropping unprofitable models and consolidating production lnes which led to closing 14 factories and cutting 30,000 jobs
2007 - Introduced new vehicles including Crossover SUVs and hybrid vehicles
2008 - Financial crash in US caused further financial issues for the Big 3 auto manufcturers in US, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. While GM and Chrysler asked for loans to rebound, Ford was solvent enough to ask only for 9 billion dollar line of credit as a safeguard if needed
2012 - Ford's corporate bonds rebounded
2017 - Ford suffers financial troubles again and cuts global workforce
2018 - Ford announces that over next four years, it will discontinue production of passenger cars in North America, except for the Mustang
2020 - Covid-19 Pandemic further affected sales and production of vehicles