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VE3WBZ > CARS 17.06.08 18:55l 50 Lines 1903 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: RE: BOB's Dad's Model T
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DT:Tuesday,June 17th.,2008 @1234hrs EST
Hello BOB ... and lurking somewhere out there is .... ???? mmmm
guess who? <grin >
BOB your posting about the FORD Model T does remind me of what
my Uncle used to tell me about his early driving days in the
State of Indiana, and also sharing fond memorys of actually
travelling down some of these now abandoned roads, such as
old highway 37 between Blommington and Indianapolis.
< Parts of 37 still exist..and one must look for the turns >
He mentioned driving thru creeks and having the wooden floor
boards flosting up, and having to collect them before they got
away down the creek. Another memory for him was at hills
where they had to turn around and back up the hill, I guess
because the engine wasn't strong enough, or they hadn't
enough speed to make it.
Funny thing...just got a picture of what was a combo vacation
on wheels experiment back in the late 1920s. It is called
a "land yacht" ...only seen one of these things, but then
so few were produced. This one was discovered in a barn
in South Western Ontario,Canada.
If I am not wrong the old Ford Model T and engine ended up
as part of a compressor system for my uncle's job at the
time. I am looking thru pictures now trying to see if
it is there...as it seems a lot of the old cars either
went to the wreckers, or a barn, or were turned into
plaforms for compressors or whatever.
Enjoyed reading it Bob ... As for the winter, that was
true in Indiana ... and either during the war years for
my parents in Scotland-England...and driving to either
family they had a Morgan and later an MG, NO heater
as they had a big sheepskin rug-type thing and a
few water bottles and I believe my dad used to heat the
bottles off the motor.
Thanks Bob ...
73 Peter VE3WBZ
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