John C Goble crank-starting his 1911 Ford Model T Torpedo Runabout in the Burnet, Texas, town square. (He also owns the black 1949 Ford Business Coupe I recently posted.) On a earlier post, a reader informed us that only the black color was available for years 1914-1925. Henry Ford said, “Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it’s black.” That coincided with the advent of the assembly line in 1914. The paint was baked enamel. The Ford Model T, or "Tin Lizzie," wa

Tisas Introduces the 'Tank Commander' Model 1911 Pistol