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Dan Haynes
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Yesterday's trash is today's treasure

Post by Dan Haynes » Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:14 am

How did any of them survive?

https://youtu.be/KBnNgI1Icu4
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Re: Yesterday's trash is today's treasure

Post by John Warren » Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:30 am

They did some crazy things back then. 😳
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Re: Yesterday's trash is today's treasure

Post by tiredfarmer » Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:41 pm

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.

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Re: Yesterday's trash is today's treasure

Post by Rich Eagle » Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:46 pm

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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Re: Yesterday's trash is today's treasure

Post by Dollisdad » Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:58 pm

Great movie.


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Re: Yesterday's trash is today's treasure

Post by Norman Kling » Mon Feb 15, 2021 9:36 pm

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.
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Re: Yesterday's trash is today's treasure

Post by John Warren » Tue Feb 16, 2021 10:10 pm

Making those movies had to be a deadly and maiming experience
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