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On Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:25:52 -1000, Lynn Wheeler wrote:

> Reducing the weight by 2/3rds with two cylinder engine ... made the
> Model T a significantly more attractive vehicle.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_T

There were a series of letter cars before the T. The original 1903 Model A 
was two cylinder, as were a couple of other predecessors to the T. The T 
was four cylinder. 

Supposedly the next design after the T was so revolutionary Ford rebooted 
the alphabet and called it the Model A.

My favorite Ford story is about a vendor who wondered why the shipping 
crates for his parts were specified in such great detail. In those days 
car bodies were sheet metal over wooden frames. The Ford workers would 
carefully disassemble the shipping crates and use the wood for the bosy 
frames.