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Last Model T Ford May 26, 1927.

After nearly 20 years, the last Model T Ford rolled off the assembly lines on May 26, 1927.

32c Model T Ford single Last Model T Ford32c Model T Ford single

Celebrate the Century – 1900’s – Model T Ford
Celebrate the Century Issue
Issued by USPS February 3, 1998
Designer: Carl Herrman
Artist: Richard Waldrep

Production of the Model T began October 1908, and by 1927, 15 million “Tin Lizzies” had been built.  Edsel Ford drove the last Model T off the line and out of the factory, his father Henry sitting at his side. 

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