Production chronology1912
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Cutting1912 Model T-55
Production1912
Recorded originUnited States
ClassBrass Era passenger automobile
Power50 hp
Five-seat high-power flagship. The period-derived T55 record gives a 389.9-cu-in T-head four, 36.1 ALAM rating, force-feed lubrication, dual ignition, water-pump cooling, cellular radiator, multiple-disc clutch, 36x4 tires and $1,850. It also gives a 116-inch wheelbase, retained structurally here because it is tied directly to the January 1912 series record. Later compiled tables instead report 315 or 320 cm; that conflict remains explicit. HCFI catalogs a 1913 T-55 parts list, but publication-year service literature does not by itself prove that T-55 remained a separately marketed 1913 model after the range changed to A-40 and B-40.
Chronology ledger
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Record depth — Documented
How this is measured → This record contains useful sourced evidence, but it does not yet meet the reference-ready standard. Still needed: attributed imagery. Fields we cannot source stay empty rather than guessed.
Research notes
No surviving factory chassis ledger or model allocation has been recovered. Contemporary sales and competition evidence proves manufacture, but neither marque-wide nor model-specific production totals are asserted.