Old cars
Add a guess people in this country have always understood that the automobile is a necessity. Going back a century ago a garage was founded up the road from here to do care for new cars made by Ford. Before my time but I understand that they were brought in by railroad train to a local crossing and lifted off so the new owner could take possession. I can even tell you about a home that was owned by an automobile dealer. The only one in the area. As a child I learned all sorts of interesting facts about cars that turned out later to be myths. One of my father’s friends owned a Studebaker and he explained that the glove compartment was designed to bake bread. I never saw him do it but that was the story. Although it was not the first car in our family I can remember going shopping for a new car. I was about three years old and my father and my uncle took me along holding my hands and lifting me over the wet places on the road. A very specific memory if you will. The car was red and white and we kept it for about 5 years until my father found something better. That was how it works with the car; you own it and then you get something newer and better. Right now we have a vehicle that will probably be considered as a trailbreaker. Or trailblazer. The car is a hybrid with a battery and a motor. Believe me such things were not even dreamed about when I was young. I say all this as I watch a video of some people driving a Model T through rough country in the West. What the narrator claims was the original sort of terrain used by these cars. Designed before the Jeep. I know. This is just a century ago. You can still find them in museums and I think that my old high school music teacher has one. There are old cars and then there are antique cars. Try not to confused too. One cost you a little bit of money and the other cost you a lot.
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