Ford Model R

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Model R
Production period:	1907-1908
Class :	Middle class
Body versions :	Phaeton
Engines:	Petrol engines : 2.4 liters (11-13.3 kW)
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Wheelbase :	2134 mm
Empty weight :	634 kg
Previous model	Model N
successor	Model T

The Ford Model R was a two-seat passenger car built by Ford in the United States. From 1907, the car, powered by a 4-cylinder in-line engine with a displacement of 2397 cm³ and an output of 15 bhp (11 kW), was added to the N model . The wheelbase of the chain drive, front engine and rear wheel drive vehicle was 2134 mm. Like all Fords at the beginning of the last century, the R also had a planetary gearbox for gear selection. Compared to the N model, the R had a central oil supply and running boards.

The end of 1908 and this car was the Model T replaced.

literature

• Kimes, Beverly R. & Clark, Henry A. Jun .: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 , Krause Publications, Iola (1985), ISBN 0-87341-045-9