Here's a link to the video I made this week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf8jil_VYqU

All pictures are property of their respective owners.

I really enjoy using Windows Movie Maker and putting photos and videos with music. For those of you that sent me pictures recently, sorry they didn't make it in time. I had this mostly ready yesterday and did the editing today so it would be synched up with the music. If I get enough pictures for another movie I'll definitely do it. I might even do another one using the same photos over again, who knows.

Craig

Craig,

Great, when shall we expect part 2, and 3 and 4.......... .

Rob

Craig,

You did good, the strange thing is the first time I played it "the Big Rock Candy Mountain" was playing like an overlap with 2 tracks started at different times like an echo, 2nd time it was perfect. I've got that 78 around here somewhere.

Alex

Thanks Alex. Sorry I didn't get your pic in time but I just started on it before and didn't stop until it was done. When I opened my email there was your pic.

Rob, part 2 could be new pictures of everyone here and their car(s).

I've been working on the script for a movie using me, my wife, my son, and my dad with my 3 cars that are running, and a local friend and his wife with their 3 cars. It should be hilarious. I wanted to do it when my son was very young (2) but he'll be 4 by the time we film it. A friend who does wedding videos is going to film and edit it with professional equipment. When done it will look as good as any TV show or movie. There won't be any sound like the old films and I'm using rag time jazz for the music. I can't wait!

Craig

One of those pictures reminded me of an uncle born in 1900 telling about driving his T runabout to town in the spring when the roads were muddy. The ruts became so deep that he could take his hands off the steering wheel and the car would follow the ruts like a train on tracks.

Craig,

If you're looking for rags go here

http://www.paragonragtime.com/

Rick Benjamin's a genius, He sometimes does wax cylinder recordings using Edison equipment from the 1890's & (drum roll) he drives a Model T.

Don't know if you've heard this 1914

http://turtleservices.com/littlefrd.htm

Alex

Mr. Jelf, the ruts were exactly like that, you could go a long ways and not touch the steering wheel, the bad news was that after the mud dryed out, you would roll the tire and tube off the rim when you climbed out of the rut, this was a flat that had to be fixed.

Alex, your ragtime post reminds me of something. Maybe you or somebody else here will know about it. About forty years ago my good friend's first wife, an aspiring singer, auditioned for a record producer. She brought home from the audition an LP he had produced. The title was something like "What Ever Happened to 1910?" It was all vaudeville songs and skits from the era, performed by old timers who had been in show business in 1910. It all had the authentic sound of the period, but as if stereo hi-fi had been around in 1910. Unortunately, the LP disappeared during the divorce and neither my friend nor his ex-wife remembers it. Has anybody here ever encountered this recording, or have an idea where to find a copy?

Maybe another version could be old-timey photos of us or our relatives in T's? I think I included Hap's family and at least one other member in the first one but it would be neat to have nothing but that in another video.

I think my grandma has at least one photo of her dad and her granddad's T's parked together back in the late 30s or 40s, and I have a pic of me sitting in their '20 touring in my driveway (same place where I live now) from the '70's when I was a little troublemaker.

Craig

Craig-------These are pretty COOL! Thanks, Paul

Steve,
I remember that record, think I even had it, but can't remember the name. Every year Johnny Carson would have a special "The Sun City Follies" Old Ziegfield Girls, people like Jack Oakie, Billie Gilbert & Benny Ruben.

Alex

That is a really classy presentation, Craig. Thank you for your time and effort, and for starting out my Sunday morning with the right perspective!!!
Jeff

Google is a wonderful thing. For an original LP or a CDR version of "Whatever Happened To 1910" see:

http://www.musicstack.com/album/whatever/various_artists_rpz_

Stan, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. I've been looking for years. The last time I googled it there was nothing, so now I am delighted. I just ordered it.

Craig,
Very nice, perfect the way you choreographed the lyrics with the photographs...well done.
Bob

Craig,

Nice Job!!!!

Great video Craig. I'm curious about one of the pictures that you used. The photo of the 1910 touring with the family, including goat and cart, next to it is of my '10 T when it was nearly new. Did you get it from the T website photo gallery or did you somehow find the same photo elswhere? Either way I was glad to see it. Thanks. Oh, here's a picture of the same car today.
Bryan

Byran (and all), thanks for the compliments. I really enjoy making videos and I guess it shows when I "get into it". It's even better when motion picture can be included but photos do the trick when it's coordinated with the music too.

Most of my photos came from the "old photos" gallery on the MTFCA site, the link posted the other day in my request for old photos, and a few came from other posts on here.

Bryan I didn't exactly understand your question - is the car in the photo with the goat yours? There isn't another '10 pictured before or after that one in the video which is what I thought you meant. I'm sure the goat photo came from the MTFCA site. It sure is neat! What's the story behind your car?

Craig

Bryan (and all), thanks for the compliments. I really enjoy making videos and I guess it shows when I "get into it". It's even better when motion picture can be included but photos do the trick when it's coordinated with the music too.

Most of my photos came from the "old photos" gallery on the MTFCA site, the link posted the other day in my request for old photos, and a few came from other posts on here.

Bryan I didn't exactly understand your question - is the car in the photo with the goat yours? There isn't another '10 pictured before or after that one in the video which is what I thought you meant. I'm sure the goat photo came from the MTFCA site. It sure is neat! What's the story behind your car?

(sorry if this is reposted twice - when I clicked post msg I saw your name was misspelled so I quickly hit back and fixed it then reposted. at least I got it right the second time!)

Craig

Craig,
Sorry not to have been clear. Yes the T in the photo with the family and the goat is my car. The same car that is in the picture posted above. The question was whether you got the photo from the T website photo gallery or if there was a second picture floating around out there somewhere. The T is #21904, built on April 21, 1910. It was purchased in Bluffton, Indiana by a farmer with the last name of Linn. A copy of the title from 1979 shows that it was originally purchased by Mr. Linn on Nov. 19, 1910. I don't know if he bought it new or second hand. Mr. Linn's son Walter kept the car until his death in 1979. He had brought it with him when he moved to California in 1977. It's changed hands several times since then. It still has its original leather and top. It has a brushed on black paint job that was done decades ago. It had been painted a light blue at one time. The original top is on it but it's pretty well shredded now.

Bryan

A great video. I am pleased you used the picture of me and my 1910 taken the day after I purchased it (Sept 29, 1946) I was 14 at the time. I have the 50 year photo with the same T and same people. It is also in the old photo gallery.

Darel

Craig,

Thanks for putting it together! Well done!

Respectfully submitted,

Hap Tucker 1915 Model T Ford touring cut off and made into a pickup truck and 1907 Model S Runabout. Sumter SC.

that was absolutely wonderful! i intend on looking for photos now for your next one!

please keep it up!

bob