The Henry Ford featured in St. Louis Post-Dispatch

[DLodge]

The Travel section of today's Sunday Post-Dispatch had a long feature article on the Henry Ford. Despite its distance from St. Louis, the article seems to suggest that an eight-hour drive or a one-hour flight is worth it. That's probably correct. (And yes, I put it here instead of Off-Topic because Model Ts are mentioned several times.)

https://www.stltoday.com/travel/travels ... a3.html#11

[DHort]

That costumed character looks like the Krampus. Stay away!

[George N Lake Ozark]

Thanks for sharing the article Dick.

[Loftfield]

We visited the Henry Ford this summer. It is worth driving far more than eight hours. Over many years the staff has managed to turn an eclectic assortment of things that amused Henry into an excellent display of American ingenuity, invention, and industry. Of especial interest to the Model T folks is an exploded 1923 Model T, hung from the ceiling so you can see all the parts and how they fitted. Immediately next to the exploded T you can enter a "workshop" where you can participate in rebuilding a T (of course they un-rebuild it every night). I installed some firewall brackets on my visit. In Greenfield Village you can get a decent ride in a real Model T. We were driven in a 1914, and despite I own, and have owned, more than a few Model T's myself, it was still lots of fun. The only disappointment, and a big one, is that they no longer run any of the steam machinery. Apparently in the 1980's a docent was polishing brass on a steam engine while it was running (just how stupid was that!). His polishing rag got caught in the works, he was dragged in and killed horribly. Legal considerations caused them to discontinue the running of the steam equipment save for a railroad engine that takes you around the perimeter of Greenfield Village. I remember being fascinated by the operating steam equipment when visiting as a much younger person, likely helped get me into antique cars if truth be told. I strongly suspect that some thought and care could show the way to running the steam equipment again. For those who MUST see steam equipment running, a visit to the museum in Manchester, England, is a good option, but it takes more than eight hours of driving to get there.