[NRx]

I suddenly am having some sympathy for those kids who got videoed trying to dial a rotary telephone.

[Buckeye McFrog]

My grandfather gave me the highlights. There was a separate pedal for reverse.

[yarddog]

My Grandpa was modern. He had a model A.

[dainbramaged]

A Model T takes some practice - three floor pedals and none of them are the accelerator.

[fhayek]

They had it easy. I remember having to find directions using nothing but a road map and my basic knowledge of compass directions...

[mylife]

model A is the way to go!

[wjcsux]

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.

[SkyDancer]

Ford invented that car and others because he hated women and didn’t want them to drive; but we showed him!. (/sarc)

[jerod]

And what color would you like your Model T? We suggest black, black or if you would prefer... Black.

[golux]

Cool!

[Fiji Hill]

It seems that over 90 percent of cars built in 1928-1931 that are on the road today are Model A’s.

[willk]

This is so ironic to me that you post this because I just saw this on YouTube a few days ago.

[Inyo-Mono]

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.

[Bigg Red]

Mark

[bk1000]

I started in a Ford truck with three on the tree. I’ve always wondered how to operate a model T.

[Big Red Badger]

Great Video!
100 yr. Old
American Technology!
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Sweet Ride!

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Went to the Ford Piquette Ave Museum last year about the intersection of I-94/75 in Detroit, got to ride in a model T. Amazing how many variations were made at the plant.

https://www.fordpiquetteplant.org/

[Songcraft]

The old Model F took a lot of energy, and was quite a challenge to drive...

     

[TChad]

Thanks for posting. What a nice little car.

[Fresh Wind]

Operating a Model T is simple compared with a steam car:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQaq2WvNK6I

[Oatka]

A buddy of mine rebuilt a Model T some years ago. He marveled at the simplicity of the thing. Said there was no oil pump, just some scoops riveted to the flywheel which sloshed the lube where it was needed.

Also heard that Ford would send engineers around to the junk yards to check out what broke and what parts showed hardly any wear. Toughened up the parts that broke and cheapened those that outlasted the car. Another tale was that he told the shippers of parts to crate them in a certain size box, which he then used as a truck bed on some models.

Probably lots of tales like that floating around.