in 2002 Iola Wis had a car show, (every year) Model t was the feature
marque. they had all the parts layed out , and would time teams to put
one together and drive it off.
Winning time the day I was there was 14 minutes... LOL
I watched it. It was crude and rude, but they did drive it off.
On 5/16/05, Kevin Valentine <kevin@valentinephoto.net> wrote:
> On May 16, 2005, at 9:39 PM, Frank Clarici wrote:
>
> >
> > An older gent (car guy) around here has a 1928 Model A
>
> > And I bet I can restore one of those in a couple days. Wood, real
> > steel, wooden spoke wheels, and everything is huge!
>
> Two of my uncles had a couple of these each. The cars came with a tool
> kit that contained all the tools necessary to completely dismantle the
> entire car.
>
> About once every 2 years they would have a contest (at our family
> picnic on the 4th of july). The contest consisted of 2 teams of 3
> people. The object was to completely dismantle the Model A and put it
> back together using only the factory supplied tools.
>
> At the last contest, I was about 10 years old and they let me be the
> timer ;)
>
> OH, for those who want to know...... The winning team had a time of
> slightly over 4.5 hours. and had consumed 28 bottles of 16 oz Yengling
> Premium Draft Beer ;)
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