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A Sunday Drive

Started by chetbrz, October 19, 2008, 04:59:06 PM

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chetbrz


I took the old girl out for a drive after I finished the yard work.  I stopped at a local park and snapped the picture below.    The sun was setting so it came out a little washed out but just thought I would share it anyway.



When I stopped for gas at the local 7/11, a passerby asked if the car came equipped with air bags I said no.., be it comes standard with two old bags. 

Chet...
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mopardave

Nice pic.  I will be getting my '28 out this week and getting it ready for Winter storage.....I hate this time of year!
All Plymouths: 1928 Q; 1951 P-23; 1966 Sport Fury Convertible; 1975 (Space) Duster; 1999 Prowler

chetbrz

Hay Dave,

I read an article recently which was commemorating the 100th. anniversary of the Model 'T'.  The author brought out a point that none of us truly have experienced first hand.  Sure many of us have lived through the "See the USA in your Chevrolet" generation and paid 17 to 23 cents a gallon but none of us truly understand the real impact of the automobile on daily life in the early 1900's.   The author proposed that the automobile gave people something that they didn't have prior, and that was leisure time.   You might ask, how could this be with all the early maintenance that needed to be done to keep these cars road worthy.   Well when you think about it prior to the automobile you had a horse and possibly a wagon.   If you only used them to go to town once a week you still had to feed and care for your horse daily.  The car on the other hand only needed gas when you used it so thus a whole new era of leisure time was on the verge of creation.

The author proposes "Sadly, as with everything, when something slips from current events into history much of its significance becomes lost.  Since we don't have a direct recollection of the times, we cannot (even with vivid imaginations) appreciate what a difference it made in people's lives."  The author is Jay Klehfoth  CEO of the Model 'T' Ford Club of America.

The article struck a cord with me in that I recall from my summer drives how people would react to my car and probably most would appreciate the age but all would walk away thinking how primitive those early cars were.  The reality is quite the opposite.  Our old cars are marvels of human ingenuity which have survived 80 years of wars, politics, hard economic times, the elements of nature and the rising price of gasoline.   

So Dave don't hate garaging the old girl for the winter appreciate the fact that you don't have to go out to the barn every day to feed and clean up after her.  Well maybe a few drops of oil on the floor but in the great scheme of things not bad at all.  I wonder what people will think of my laptop 80 years from now ?

Chet...
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