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TRUCK AND TRACTOR CONVERSION SETS

ALSO GENUINE FORD FARM TRACTOR
CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND REPAIR

A COMPLETE PRACTICAL TREATISE

EXPLAINING THE OPERATING PRINCIPLES OF ALL PARTS
OF THE FORD AUTOMOBILE, WITH COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS
FOR DRIVING AND MAINTENANCE

ALSO DESCRIBES FORD TRACTOR

INCLUDES

ILLUSTRATED

THE MOST THOROUGH AND EASILY UNDERSTOOD
INSTRUCTIONS ON FORD REPAIRING EVER PUBLISHED, BASED
ON FIVE YEARS' EXPERIENCE OF A FORD OPERATOR-INVAL-
UABLE TO ALL FORD OWNERS, DEALERS, SALESMEN,
DRIVERS AND REPAIR MEN-EVERY PHASE OF
THE SUBJECT TREATED IN A NON-TECHNICAL
YET COMPREHENSIVE MANNER

BY

VICTOR W. PAGÉ, M.E.

MEMBER SOCIETY AUTOMOTIVE OF ENGINEERS
AUTHOR OF THE MODERN GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE," ETC.

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SCIENCE

ILLUSTRATED BY OVER 100 SPECIALLY MADE DIAGRAMS AND DISTINCTIVE
ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF ACTUAL PARTS, ALL

IN CORRECT PROPORTION

NEW YORK

THE NORMAN W. HENLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY
2 WEST 45TH STREET

ENGIN. LISKARY.

TL
215

F7

813
1919

COPYRIGHTED 1918, 1917, 1916 AND 1915

BY

THE NORMAN W. HENLEY PUBLISHING CO.

ALL ILLUSTRATIONS IN THIS BOOK HAVE BEEN
SPECIALLY MADE BY THE PUBLISHERS, AND THEIR USE
WITHOUT PERMISSION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED

PREFACE

THERE is only one make of motor vehicle in the world that is sold in large enough quantities to warrant the publication of a special treatise on its repair and maintenance and that is the Ford Model T. With the close of the 1919, season's business there will be at least 2,500,000 Ford cars of all types in use, perhaps more. Most of these cars have been sold to and are being operated by persons with but little mechanical knowledge and with no experience with the gas engine as an automobile power plant. The Ford Farm Tractor is just going into production, and thousands will be sold.

The maker's instruction book is excellent but it is necessarily brief as there is no opportunity for an extended exposition of principles involved. Many operators desire to know the first principles before studying the operation and repair. While considerable instruction is given in the writer's large work on motoring, "The Modern Gasoline Automobile," it is not possible to cover any specific make of car completely in a general treatise.

Many requests have been received from motorists for a book on the Ford car that would enter into elementary exposition more than the manufacturer's instruction book does and cover some of the points involved in repair and maintenance more completely.

The writer has operated a Ford car of his own for nearly four years and has had many other cars of the same make under observation. This has made the collec

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