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A Tractor?
Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 9:30 pm
by Jerry VanOoteghem
A friend of mine very often picks his daughter up from school with his T Coupe. His daughter mentioned one day that one of her classmates asked her why her dad picks her up with a tractor.
Re: A Tractor?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 9:18 am
by TWrenn
Looks like THAT school needs a Model T lesson!
We gave one to a private faith based school a few years ago and the kids loved it.
Re: A Tractor?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 10:36 am
by Norman Kling
Every year our club presents a lesson to at least one school. Our president is a retired teacher so knows the staff at the schools. We present a story about the development of the Ford cars and then the kids come out to the parking lot and look at the cars. Each one gets to honk the horn once. A few years ago the kids even got to ride around the parking lot in a T but haven't driven them for at least 10 years. Last year the presentation was just before Halloween, so I had the skeleton of the "original owner" in my car.
Norm
Re: A Tractor?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 11:08 am
by 1925 Touring
My family has a 25 touring and I had the joy of getting picked up from school a couple of times a few years ago. One kid just looked at it one day and said, "is that a tractor?"
How, may i ask, does a touring car look anything like a tractor?...
And we're all worried about having the correct hardware and parts...
Re: A Tractor?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 11:34 am
by Jerry VanOoteghem
1925 Touring wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 11:08 am
My family has a 25 touring and I had the joy of getting picked up from school a couple of times a few years ago. One kid just looked at it one day and said, "is that a tractor?"
How, may i ask, does a touring car look anything like a tractor?...
And we're all worried about having the correct hardware and parts...
This also suggests the issue of kids not knowing what a tractor looks like
Re: A Tractor?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 11:35 am
by Jerry VanOoteghem
Norman Kling wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 10:36 am
Every year our club presents a lesson to at least one school. Our president is a retired teacher so knows the staff at the schools. We present a story about the development of the Ford cars and then the kids come out to the parking lot and look at the cars. Each one gets to honk the horn once. A few years ago the kids even got to ride around the parking lot in a T but haven't driven them for at least 10 years. Last year the presentation was just before Halloween, so I had the skeleton of the "original owner" in my car.
Norm
Our chapter does the exact same thing. They need to get to my friend's daughter's school!
Re: A Tractor?
Posted: Fri May 31, 2024 8:12 am
by paul hoogendoorn
Here in Port Elizabeth, South Africa I do the rounds at various primary schools at this time of the year. The grade 4 pupils have transport as a topic as part of their social awareness syllabus where they also learn about Henry and his fabulous T without ever having seen one. I do a 30 minute pitch on the subject and it always gives me a great kick to see how the kids react when they set eyes on the real thing.....and a lucky few get a ride!