Posted on 04/11/2020 5:26:07 PM PDT by NRx
A quick video guide on the basics of starting and driving a 1925 Ford Model T. This is exactly one step up from the horse in low tech transportation.
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My grandfather gave me the highlights. There was a separate pedal for reverse.
My Grandpa was modern. He had a model A.
A Model T takes some practice - three floor pedals and none of them are the accelerator.
They had it easy. I remember having to find directions using nothing but a road map and my basic knowledge of compass directions...
model A is the way to go!
One of our neighbors had a 1923 T touring car. I did quite a bit of work on the car, he was a retired barber with bad arthritis in his hands and couldn’t do some of the work. He gave me instructions on how to do the work, great fun for a 16 year old kid who loved cars. He taught me how to drive it and I had the opportunity to drive it quite often.
Ford invented that car and others because he hated women and didn’t want them to drive; but we showed him!. (/sarc)
And what color would you like your Model T? We suggest black, black or if you would prefer... Black.
You can break your arm starting one of those things if you don’t hold the crank right. That crank can kick like a mule.
Cool!
TRUE & IF you push down ANY 2 pedals the “T” will STOP.
FWIW, in 1927 my Uncle Josh decided that there would NEVER be a better/tougher vehicle for farm & rural use than a Model T or TT Ford & thereafter bought the last 5 new Model T cars & a TT “flat-bed” truck that the Ford dealer in Tyler, TX had. (The first Model A Fords were built in late 1927, as 1928 models.) = In 1963, when he passed away from old age, he had willed me the LAST “new” one that he had “stored away” for the future. - The last time that I saw it, it had FIFTY-SIX miles on it from driving it home from the dealer.
When we got home from his funeral, my father & I found that some CREEP had stolen the Navy Blue (with black fenders) Model T coupe during the funeral and/or graveside service, as well as “cleaning out” most everything “easily salable” from his house & barn.
(We notified the sheriff’s office, the Highway Patrol & our local Texas Ranger, but it was never found, despite the Sheriff’s deputies, THP & Ranger “Red” Arnold’s best efforts.)
Yours, TMN78247
It seems that over 90 percent of cars built in 1928-1931 that are on the road today are Model A’s.
This is so ironic to me that you post this because I just saw this on YouTube a few days ago.
Hah, I’m glad you didn’t post it on here because I didn’t do my “before posting” search.
My dad used to recount how as a kid he had that crank come back around on him and compound fracture his ulna, Doctor set it by pulling on both ends and re-aligning them. No anesthesia.
What did they do then?
Thanks for the post. My late Father’s first car was a used Model T that he bought when he graduated from high school in 1935.
Sounds like it was an “inside” job.
Someone was well aware of the car, valuables, and the timing of the funeral.
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