Museum Brings Model T Driving to the Masses

Описание: (29 Sep 2017) IT DOESN'T START …
RUN …
OR OPERATE LIKE THE CARS OF TODAY.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE MODEL T SO MUCH FUN TO DRIVE.
SOUNDBITE: (English) Keith Maes, Model T Student Driver:
"Absolutely recommend this for everybody to do. It is just a ball."
KEITH MAES RECENTLY LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE HENRY FORD'S HISTORIC CREATION THAT ESTABLISHED A MASS MARKET FOR AUTOMOBILES.
SOUNDBITE: (English) Keith Maes, Model T Student Driver:
"First, I was terrified. Absolutely terrified that I was going to break something, but then you realize that these things were built bulletproof."
THE GILMORE CAR MUSEUM NEAR KALAMAZOO OFFERS THE ONE DAY, FOUR-HOUR CLASS FOR A HUNDRED-AND-FIVE DOLLARS.
THE CHANCE TO SIT BEHIND AN AUTHENTIC MODEL T FORD BUILT BETWEEN 1908 AND 1927.
12-YEAR-OLD ALAN BENNETT IS THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO COMPLETE THE COURSE.
SOUNDBITE: (English) Alan Bennett, Model T Student Driver:
"It was fun, really, because I only did go-carts before, which are little."
BY THEIR SIDE, 92-YEAR-OLD INSTRUCTOR JIM BRAND ...
SOUNDBITE: (English) Jim Brand, Model T Driving Instructor:
"They're old _ like me."
WHO FONDLY RECALLS OWNING THREE MODEL TS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SOUNDBITE: (English) Jim Brand, Model T Driving Instructor:
"They were cheap. High school kids look for cheap cars."
BENNETT AND HIS CLASSMATES SUCCESSFULLY OPERATED THE "TIN LIZZIES."
THREE FOOT PEDALS, ONE HAND LEVER AND TWO HAND CONTROLS ON THE STEERING WHEEL …
AND NEGOTIATED THE MUSEUM'S TWO-AND-A-HALF MILES OF PAVED ROADS.
THEIR REWARD?
A PIECE OF PAPER …
AND THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME.
MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, ASSOCIATED PRESS, HICKORY CORNERS, MICHIGAN.

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