Before Most of Us Were Born

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4KrIMZpwCY

[terry russell]

Re: Before Most of Us Were Born

good stuff
terry

[DanStokes]

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Hell, when I was a boy......

It wasn't THAT long ago, but it was not too unusual to find a "Barn Find" Model T when I was a kid. I found a TT flatbed truck in Wixom MI but there was no way to get my Dad interested - believe me, I tried. This was around 1962 or so. Of course, long gone.

Dan

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I found that video to be totally fascinating - since there were literally millions of them, where are they now?

[IRONHEAD]

Re: Before Most of Us Were Born

I found that video to be totally fascinating - since there were literally millions of them, where are they now?

one with earth

[DanStokes]

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A LOT of 'em (along with Pierce Arrows, Deusenbergs, Oaklands and the like) were melted down for the war effort. As a nation we did whatever it took - and it took a lot of steel.

Dan

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A LOT of 'em (along with Pierce Arrows, Deusenbergs, Oaklands and the like) were melted down for the war effort. As a nation we did whatever it took - and it took a lot of steel.

Dan

Yeah, I guess so. I was never a student of history. In school in the 60's and 70's it was presented in such a way as to just memorize these dates and events and there will be a test. I intentionally failed because I saw the fallacy of it - what good is THAT?!?!? Yes, I made an F in history and my parents were livid.

But now to see moving pictures like on that Model T video and on the History Channel, now I wish I had it all to do over again (history learnin'). Maybe there were actually real people involved after all. And things really DID happen before we got here.

[pdub]

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A LOT of 'em (along with Pierce Arrows, Deusenbergs, Oaklands and the like) were melted down for the war effort. As a nation we did whatever it took - and it took a lot of steel.

Dan

There are a few here old enough to remember the "Little Rascals" (which is apparently taboo now) and the great steel and rubber scavenger hunts they would conduct.. if Hollywood propped us up now like they did then. (stopping now, it's bordering on politics)

No, I don't think so Beagle. Not politics. Just society. And the change therein. Yeah, the Little Rascals was a great show - "We's FREEWHEELIN' NOW!" It's funny then and it's funny now, no matter who you are.

But again, that's history. Cinematic history in that case. Over but never forgotten by a lot of us all.

[studemax]

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Many of the frames were used as bridge components during the WPA days of the Great Depression.
Bodys were buried along riverbanks to control erosion.
Henry made millions of them, and Americans used them up and wore them out.

[Barry Donovan]

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I found that video to be totally fascinating - since there were literally millions of them, where are they now?

me too.
Before my grandma passed on, her last mate spoke of the model T, he worked on them, and was a machinist. He spoke of leather bearings replaced on the side of the road. Then he went to world war 2...
walking history book.

It seems the genre of model-T is split up between crazy SUV and a tiny ricer. I still seek the rare balanced combo today....there really is not one.

altho, to complain of a ten geared sube would be silly in comparison.

[HEMI]

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Yep,I hear you pee wee.When I was in the 11th grade my history teacher never showed up for the first day of school so we got a new teacher.He gave us a survey to fill out.In it I asked why the lessons always started with Columbus,
as we had been tought that since the 1st grade.Don't remember the reply if any.

[ch1ll]

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ya know i believe the speed of the film was the real pace that those guys worked. Henry Ford busted their asses, and long days if I'm not mistaken. then again they got paid well for the time too!

[milner351]

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Henry started a gold rush with the $5 a day pay scale for factory workers - folks moved up here from all over for that wage. He was a genius in the fact that he knew it was good business and good for all citizens if the person building a product could reasonably afford to buy that product. He also credited many of the evolutions on his cars coming from real world users - and who better than his own employees.

I think the shifts were 10 hours with breaks every 2 hours or so - and maybe a 20 minute lunch.

The old movies always make look the peoples movements appear in fast motion - something about the frames per second during recording... it was slow compared to today - so a good bit of motion was missed between frames.

If you guys want a fascinating history lesson - take the time to visit the Henry Ford museum - and plan on spending at least a whole day there... great stuff.

It's fascinating to hear the conversations of the older guys as they talk about this car or that while looking at them in the museum.

[DanStokes]

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X 100,000 on the Henry Ford (as The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village are now called). I think one day is WAY short. The Village can take at least a day on it's own. I can spend a couple of hours just on the stationary engines. Regardless, just DO IT. You won't be sorry, I guarantee it.

Dan