Re: [Amc-list] old cars suck, but new ones are worse

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

I have to agree -- both with Andrew and Tom. There's not only the "geezer factor", but also the real antiquity of the model T. It's SO old that it only bears a resemblance to more modern iron. Even a Model A is more like a "normal" car, or can easily be made that way. The Model T is really ancient -- to the point that many here would be at a loss as to how to go about fixing some things. Points and distributor? Not on a Model T! I forget what the thing it uses is called... vibrator box seems to come to mind? You have to set the spark advance BY HAND!! Shifting gears is what the pedals on the floor are for, not clutch/brake/gas. No gear shifter! 

If I were to get something resembling a T it would be one of the open roadster conversions -- not much more than a flat floor behind the cowl with a seat and gas tank! 


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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:06:06 -0700
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>

Yar, and what Andrew sez.

I didn't say the thing that surprised me -- price. Apparently a Model T, 
  $5000 is mid priced. I tink the geezer factor is the reason.

(Geezer factor, meaning, each car era seems to have it's nostalgic 
cohort; when they get old enough that they start demographically dying 
off, their toys go on the market. It'll happen to me, so I ain't making 
fun of them!)

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