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26 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday September 17, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Ford Model T Suppliers Still Helping Put the World on Wheel Nearly 20 automotive suppliers who helped Henry Ford build the Model T are still working with Ford Motor Company today They made the carburetors, spark plugs, windshields, sheet metal and bearings for the "car that put the world on wheels." As Henry Ford's Model T reaches its 100th anniversary, Ford is also celebrating the teamwork and ingenuity of the original Model T suppliers that are still part of Ford's extended family. Ford continues to do business with nearly 20 automotive suppliers involved in the Model T, which first rolled off the assembly line at the Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit in 1908. As the auto industry took shape in the early 1900s, the Model T played a pivotal role in how cars were developed and produced. Among its distinctions, the Model T was the first low-priced, automobile with standard, interchangeable parts. The moving assembly line Ford used for assembling the car went on to revolutionize manufacturing. Last month, hundreds of Model Ts and Model T enthusiasts from around the world gathered in Richmond, Ind., for a weeklong celebration honoring the 100th anniversary of the Tin Lizzy. The centennial celebration was the largest gathering of Model T's since the 1908 departure from the Piquette plant. Model T owners from as far away as New Zealand attended the celebrations. For more information regarding scheduled Model T events, go to http://media.ford.com/ and click on Model T/100 Years. Twenty firms that were supply parts for Henry Ford's Model T are still working with Ford today nearly 100 years later. OAKVILLE HONDA 500 Iroquois Shore Rd., Oakville 1-800-915-0430