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How to Start and Drive a Model T


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If you are ever lucky enough to get the chance to drive a Ford Model T {wiki}, keep in mind that they were a bit different from modern cars. Who knew it had three pedals, none of which was an accelerator? Henry Ford Estate volunteer Ed Hebb takes you through the process. -via Metafilter

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Greenfield Village, AKA The Henry Ford, still offers rides in cars as well as a bus or two. For the car rides there is usually a wait of about 1/2 an hour, depending on the day, month, time you go. If you don't want to wait, the best time to get there and take your ride is when it opens.
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Model T's get about 20 mpg, but the downside is that's at a speed of about 45 mph which is not bad considering.

As i recall, in Greenfield Village which is next to the Henry Ford Museum, they sold rides in Model T cars. You could pay for one of these older drivers to give you a whole tour. (this was back in the early 80's, I don't know if they have them now.)
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You should see some of the strange controls on early cars, though the Model T's controls were partly an artifact of its inexpensive production and design process, not only that but the car was designed to be sold to those who had never driven before. Hence its planetary transmission, standard transmissions of the time had no synchronization and were quite difficult to master. By the time the twenties rolled around though the modern clutch-brake-throttle arrangement had become popular, though many cars still had hand throttles, chokes, and manual advance/retard on the steering wheel.
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A cutter for cutting / dressing the ends of leather belts of different width to a desired rounded shape???

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Its the first version of the modern fingernail clipper. It worked but needed lots of adjustments, but it cut all your fingernails at once. The toenail clipper design never worked well though.

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Instant Xylophone Maker !
You put a wood board with and a coper plate in between the jaws, pour some salt for harmonics, kick the pedal ... et Voila ! Instant Xylophone ! (sticks not included)

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It's a really old-fashioned individual hot-dog cooker. Once the dogs are done, they get cut into bite sized pieces (for maximum deliciousness).

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This is one of the earliest examples of mass production being applied to the Jewish Bris - or ritual male circumcision! Why, with one of these devices you could circumcise up to thirteen lads at one time and save money to boot! Such a deal!

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Keyboard that belonged to Fatso "The Keyboard Cat" great-great-great-great-great-grandpa Chubbo used in his vaudeville act.

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While everyone knows George Washington had wooden false teeth, very few know that this machine was the one he used to actually make them. Teeth could be stamped out in varying sizes ranging from "Polite conversation and cucumber sandwiches" (on the left) to "Gonna have me a 7lb Bison steak" (around the middle) to his political battle-teeth "Let's play a game called "Bite Me"... I'll start!" (on the right). By mixing up a set of completely mis-matched teeth, he was also able to confuse the hell out of the British by shouting out random Austin Powers quotes during battle.

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