Monday, 8 October 2012

Ford Chassis Innovation from 19th until 20th century


Chassis Innovation

Ford Model T (1911)
Ford Model T Chassis

  Ford Model T design was extremely simple. The solid front and rear axles were lives, each set on a single transverse leaf spring. It use ladder type chassis.




Ford Taunus (Germany) 1950-1951



 Ford Taunus is a family car categories. It has a long chassis and a streamlined body. It use ladder type chassis. It chassis has more details compared to Model T.




Ford Mustang 1970




The platform construction of Ford Mustang chassis is the first is the Ford first in mass market. Ford start to use monocoque chassis type which are the new invented technology created by Ford. It offer a good crash protection and space efficient.



Ford Mustang 1994




  After almost 14 years rolling in the same chassis platform. Ford redesigned and restyle the Mustang for 1994. The chassis are  modernized and more details are added.
  


Ford GT 40







  Ford GT 40 is one of the best sports car develop by Ford. It use the tubular space frame chassis technology. It has a circular section for a maximum strength. It is strong at any direction.


1 comment:

  1. Interesting to see how the design for the T model was so simple. It definitely help to put Ford on the map.

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