Eastern Shore Cruisers
30500 State hwy 181
Spanish Fort, AL 36527
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1928 Repair Mailer
I don't know where people find this stuff, but it sure is a fun read.
This was only 84-years ago......
1928 CAR REPAIR MAILER
AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR ADVERTISEMENT IN 1928
SENT ON A PENNY POSTCARD! TODAY, POSTCARDS ARE 32-CENTS.....
(Notice the address.... No street, no ZIP, nothing....... Just name & town...)
1914 Model T Ford StationWagon
May 31, 1927, the last Ford Model T rolled off the assembly line. It was the first affordable automobile, due in part to the assembly line process
developed by Henry Ford. It had a 2.9-liter, 20-horsepower engine and could travel at speeds up to 45 miles per hour. It had a 10-gallon fuel tank
and could run on kerosene, petrol, or ethanol, but it couldn't drive uphill if the tank was low, because there was no fuel pump; people got around this
design flaw by driving up hills in reverse. Ford believed that "the man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give
for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed."
The Model T cost $850 in 1909, and as efficiency in production increased, the price dropped. By 1927, you could get a Model T for $290.
"I will build a car for the great multitude," said Ford. "It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to run and care for.
It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be
low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one and enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God's great
open spaces."
30500 State hwy 181
Spanish Fort, AL 36527
ph: 251-709-5900
alt: fredminke@yahoo.com
fredmink
