Ford Model T Coast to Coast: A Slow Drive across a Fast

Ford Model T Coast to Coast: A Slow Drive across a Fast Country

Driverless cars are on the horizon, but before the world falls asleep in the driverâ€™s seat, letâ€™s take a look back down the road from whence we have come.Â Ford Model-T Coast-to-Coast, documents the cross-country adventure of two brave drivers as they pilot a century-old Model-T on a 3,000-mile journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Coast.

The book is as much a contemplation of early-20thÂ century American life as it is a fond farewell to the automotive age.Â Can the car still be the vehicle of freedom and discovery, when weâ€™re no longer in command? Or will we finally be able to fully appreciate the scenery rushing past?

Accompanied by Michael Alan Rossâ€™ evocative photography, author Tom Cotter stops in small towns, meets local people and hears their stories about cars, travel, and life. Cotter and Ross also explore back roads adjacent to his main route, the Lincoln Highwayâ€”the first transcontinental road.

Significant cross-country runs, such as those by speed-record setter Cannonball Baker, and literary adventurers such as Jack Kerourac, John Steinbeck and Bill Bryson are considered in light of the driverless future. Cotter also drives some of the same roads that a young Edsel Ford traveled in his fatherâ€™s Model T upon high school graduation in 1917.

In addition to the central road trip, Cotter also visits interestingÂ automotive and transport museumsÂ as well asÂ â€œkeepers of the flameâ€ such as Model-T clubs, mechanics, junkyards and collectors across the country.

He also records the numerous trials and tribulations in keeping a 100-year-old car operating on a 3,000-mile journey, something the driverless car of the future is unlikely to encounter.

Join Cotter on his "slow drive across a fast country." You'll be glad you did.
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Country USA
Manufacturer Motorbooks
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-05-15
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Motorbooks
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2018-05-15
Format	Kindle eBook

Ford Model T Coast to Coast: A Slow Drive across a Fast Country

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