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The Ford Model TT is a truck made by Ford . It was based on the Ford Model T, but with a heavier frame and rear axle, giving it a rating of 1 short ton.
When first produced in 1917, the Model TT was sold as a chassis with the buyer supplying a body. The price was $600. Starting in 1924, the truck was available with a factory-produced body. By 1926 the price had dropped to $325. In 1925, a hand operated windshield wiper was added. |
Model TTOn July 27, 1917, Ford began selling the Model TT with a stretched wheelbase for the commercial market. The Model TT could carry 1 ton of payload and retailed for $600, about $11,500 in today’s dollars when adjusted for inflation. Ford had a hit on its hands and sold 1.3 million of the trucks by 1928.
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EngineFord's 177-cu.in. four-cylinder engine made just 20 horsepower, so TT's were equipped with deep gear ratios to allow them to move heavy loads.
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Drive SetupThe Ford Model TT is a truck made by the Ford Motor Company. It was rated at one ton. It was based on the Ford Model T, but with a heavier frame and rear axle. The rear axle had a worm drive and crown wheel, unlike the Ford Model T's Crown wheel and pinion. The worm was located at the end of the driveshaft and above the crown wheel. The wheelbase of the car was 100 inches (2,500 mm) and the wheelbase of the TT was 125 inches (3,200 mm). It was often equipped with a 'ruckstell axle' or some other accessory gearbox which allowed the truck to have an intermediate gear between low and high, which was useful for hill climbing. It was often sold as a chassis with the buyer supplying the truck body as needed. Mass production with Ford produced bodies ran from 1925 to 1927, but production of the Ford TT had started with the first TT chassis being released in 1917. In 1923, it cost $380. In 1925, a hand operated windshield wiper was added.
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