Ford Model B

Ford Model B was an upscale touring car introduced in 1904. It was Ford's first car to use the front-engine layout, with a large 24 hp 4-cylinder engine positioned at the front behind a conventional radiator. The smaller Model A-derived Model C positioned its flat 2-cylinder motor under the seat.

Model B Ford for 1905 is a touring car of light weight and great power. From our experience in automobile building we are enabled to produce a motor of great power and to build a car of light weight, and at the same time of great strength. The handsome appearance of this car is only one of the notable features you will find herein described. To produce such a car at such a price would a few years ago have been impossible. Today our modern equipment enables us to place before the public in Model B a car which we believe cannot be duplicated.
  The motor is the Ford four-cylinder vertical. Every approved feature known to the art of motor construction has been utilized, and many features unique in this motor, and now of proven value, have been introduced. The cylinders and pistons are of the best quality of cast gray iron, simply made and accurately ground. The crank shaft is a steel drop forging of ample dimensions, with bearing surfaces ground to gauge. The connecting rods are drop steel forgings, provided with bearing surfaces of large area, thoroughly babbitted and provided with the best of oiling facilities. All other shafts and rotating rods are furnished with the best of bronze bearings. The water jackets are of sheet copper so arranged that they may be easily removed and yet remain perfectly water tight; an arrangement which cannot be surpassed.