Jun 02 2010
First Fords - Cool
The following is not a rant, it’s just a bitchin bit of industrial revolution history about one of my favorite car breeds, the Ford. Check out how the wheels were made and also note the last minute where it shows the places these tough guys could go. I cannot even fathom taking my Outback into some of those conditions, and it’s designed to attempt rougher roads.
Wouldn’t it have been fun to pull on your goggles and gloves then careen wildly through the wilderness in one of these? Remember - no seat belts back then, so you’d have been living on the edge. Speed (my favorite thing to do in a car) wasn’t this baby’s big draw, but you gotta figure, people back then were used to one horsepower, so 40 mph. would have felt like 100.
