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How did any of them survive?

https://youtu.be/KBnNgI1Icu4

They did some crazy things back then.

I know that they was old cars a were a dine a dozen, but it still hurts when I see those old films of our beloved Model T getting wrecked.

Those old movies are a large part of why I became interested in old cars and particularly the Model T. I try to treat them better than shown in those clips but wonder if I would have caught the bug without them.
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Rich

Great movie.

I can remember many old films like that one. By the time I can remember most of the pictures were talkies, but we still saw some of the old ones. Laurel and Hardy were also very popular and also wrecked Model T's. The movie theater was a big part of small town life because we had no TV and so would go to the movies. Some of those old houses and stores shown in the pictures look very much like the ones I can remember and even knew people who lived in houses like that including our family. There were still many Model T's used as daily drivers and occasionally we would even see a horse and wagon. Not many buggies in those days, but people would haul things in their wagons. Most of those things changed very much in the 1950's and later. More money was available and the post war building boom was in full swing.
Norm