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1924 Ford Model T

1924 Ford Model T in Saraba hakobune, Movie, 1984

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

1924 Ford Model T

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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Jale ◊ 2019-11-23 10:04
Gamer ◊ 2019-11-23 10:16	1924 or 1925.
Q-Ball ◊ 2019-11-23 22:36	Could this be a Japanese-assembled version?
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2019-11-23 22:40	Wouldn't they have been right hand drive?
dsl ◊ 2019-11-23 23:08	Can't find any reference to T being built in J. But "Japan Ford Motor Company" was set up in 1925 as an assembly factory to produce unknown models.
s13a ◊ 2019-11-23 23:19	Japan's Model T assembly plant was established in 1925 in Yokohama... Google translated: Quote In February 1925, Ford saw a business opportunity in ordering from Tokyo City and established the Japanese subsidiary “Nippon Ford Motor Co., Ltd.” in Yokohama City as soon as possible. Ford Nippon will manage and supervise contracts for distributors in Japan. At this time, the share of Ford cars out of only 26,000 cars in Japan was more than four times that of Buick (1,938 cars), the second largest passenger car, with 8,141 cars, 44%, and freight cars. It was overwhelming, with 4,750 units and 60% far away from Republic Republic (2nd place) (225 units) and others. [9] Since the manufacturing age, most of them are model T / TT. In the same year, an assembly plant was established in Yokohama, and knockdown production, in which parts produced in the United States were imported and assembled, was started, and finished models and chassis of model T / TT were supplied in large quantities to the Japanese market. Link to "ja.wikipedia.org" So this is likely an import, although according to this source, it's said that these catalogs, which were isseud by Nippon Ford Motor Company, show Model T's (from 1927, so not exactly similar to the subject vehicle) which seem to be left hand drive: , but they could also be just original american brochures which were then reprinted in a japanese language and illustrations. It's worth noting that it was only in 1924 that left-side driving was written as an official law in Japan. -- Last edit: 2019-11-23 23:35:42
dsl ◊ 2019-11-24 00:11	For context, I've a book which briefly describes the early 1920s Japanese car industry as very low volume and fragmented, with most cars imported. The September 1923 earthquake and subsequent tsunami (maybe 140,000 killed?) wiped out most of the existing factories (in the Kanto region), and woke the government up to the importance of motor vehicles as they dealt with the aftermath, with 1000 US buses urgently imported to restore transport to the affected cities (Tokyo, Yokohama, etc). Their other huge need was trucks to help with the massive rebuilding effort, so big numbers of US Ford and GM product were imported, and then the Ford (1925) and GM (1927) factories established. Cars were added in to the mix for both the import surge and then assembly, but the commercial vehicles were prioritised. The industry was heavily government controlled, with emphases in the 1930s on military production and reducing dependence on imports, which seems to have kept car numbers low. New industry ownership laws in 1936 strangled foreign investment and both the Ford and GM plants closed in 1937 (or very soon afterwards). No idea if this book's summary (which I've condensed further) is an accurate picture but it does explain how Ts in J were both imported and then assembled, so a 1924 (as entered) imported T neatly fits into the narrative.

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