Rolled out of bed and went to breakfast at
Zest with Shootin' Buddy before heading out to
Iggle Crick. Pulling into the parking lot at Zest, we noticed an interesting vehicle...
Yup, the people at the next table over were taking in a cool summer morning in their Model T.
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| Ford's Model T is one of the only cars of this vintage common enough to drive regularly, since the aftermarket spares market is so vast. |
Shootin' Buddy tried a Danny's Throw Down Breakfast and I had a Downhome omelet. The double sausage-sausage gravy was incredible, as always.We split a Bowl Of Beautiful Fruit, too, because... well... do strawberries, pineapples, raspberries, and blueberries really need an excuse? Yum!
Yup, the people at the next table over were taking in a cool summer morning in their Model T.
. . . always wanted a "T". Until I found out just how odd their transmissions are (compared to modern transmissions).
ReplyDeleteNow if you could cobble one up to a standard modern-style transmission and put real brakes on it . . . :-)
We had not been to Zest in a while, need to stop not going there.
ReplyDeleteShootin' Buddy
Hey Tam, here's some bikes to go with the Model T:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.hiwheel.com/antique_replicas/double_eagle.htm
When I was a wee sprog, my Dad owned a "T" it was what he could afford. I don't remember him having any trouble with the transmission or stopping. His "T" was a four door sedan. Lotsa room for a growing family. Then he won a new Oldsmobile in a poker game. Wadda car!!. He gave the "T" to his brother so he'd have a car. I wondered over the years what happened to the guy who lost his Olds in a card game when he got home that night. If he had he guts to go home.
ReplyDeleteGerry N.
Gerry,
ReplyDeleteThe problem with the transmission in a T is how strange it is if you're used to driving a modern automobile. There are three pedals on the floor, yes, but none of them do what you would expect them to do.
Jumping into a T cold, or even using one as the occasional weekend fun toy, is going to make for tricky transitions... (See link below.)
http://twowheeledmadwoman.blogspot.com/2012/04/automotive-enlightenment.html
If I ate that breakfast, it would smell like somebody was shooting a musket before I even got to the range.
ReplyDeleteI think that late night guy... oh bugger what his name is, has a video clip of an experienced operator , explaining,starting and driving a model T on his web-site.
ReplyDeleteTo modern eyes & conventions an airplane is more intuitive, and I suspect I'd have more getting luck one flying then getting a T to go.
The Greenfield Village Museum (now called "The Henry Ford") offered a "Model T Driver's Class" a few years ago. The students learned on one of the 6 reproduction 1914 Model T's Ford made back in 2001. The plan was to make 100 Model T's, but only six were finally made due to costs and the fact that they were new cars and thus couldn't be driven on the roads since they couldn't meet modern safety and emission standards.
ReplyDeleteFour of the six cars now give rides on the musueum grounds.
Here's a good article on the cars
http://www.vmcca.org/bh/T-100%20story.pdf
And, for Bobbi especially, here's a couple interesting forum links since I know she loves that old tech.
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/80257/114921.html?1258979352
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/29/24998.html
Rob (Trebor)
Why are they at a breakfast joint? Don't they have their bolt-on stew and coffee makers?
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