Hershey, PA – At the AACA Museum, Inc. you have the opportunity to do something most people have not – drive a Model T! The Model T Driving Experience program gives participants the unique opportunity to get behind the wheel with an experienced instructor to learn the ins and outs of a Model T....
Old Cars Weekly archive – April 24, 2008 issue By Ken Gross Jerry McKenzie’s pert little ’27 T won first place in the hot rod class at the fifth annual Indianapolis Custom Auto Show in June 1954. That same year, it was featured on the September cover of Rod & Custom. In those days,...
Imagine your next car without a gas pedal, fuel gauge or windshield wipers. No, it’s not the latest version of the Google self-driving car nor the newest model Tesla electric car. It’s technology that was introduced by Henry Ford more than 100 years ago on the Ford Model T. And old car buffs can...
The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum has added one of the earliest existing Model T automobiles. The car, vehicle identification number (VIN) 220, is one of the first Model T automobiles assembled at the Piquette Plant in December, 1908. The car was once on display at the Harrah’s Automobile Collection in Nevada. At...
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Joe K. Hesselink, grandfather of Old Cars Weekly reader Paul K., was part owner of a Ford dealership in Cedar Grove, Wis., before the Great Depression. The Depression years were hard, and Hesselink lost the business during the “dirty ’30s,” but his family still has this image from inside that old Ford garage. Hesselink...
The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) selected 10 vehicles it has determined are the most significant automobiles that have influenced American automotive history.
Join the Gilmore Car Museum's Model T Driving School in 2014. Learn the skills required to drive any of the 15 million "Tin Lizzies" built between 1908 and 1927.
150th Anniversary of Henry Ford’s Birth Celebrated Around the World Today, July 30, marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Henry Ford, whose innovative ideas revolutionized transportation and brought mobility to the masses. Henry Ford’s enduring impact is being recognized through events and declarations across the United States and around the world. Celebrations...
Henry Ford introduced us to the Model T, the car that made him famous and for which he is still best-known 110 years after his company began.
