Nov. 3, 1900: The Grandmother of All Auto Shows

[themechanic]

Interesting article about the first auto show.


https://www.wired.com/2010/11/1103f...-90104913&mc_cid=d0fd3b94b7&mc_eid=88bf96cc7f

 

[slimt]

I dont think living back then would have been fun at all. The world of wood wheels.

 

[themechanic]

I dont think living back then would have been fun at all. The world of wood wheels.

Plus, you had to walk a lot further when you ran out of gas.

 

[slimt]

Plus, you had to walk a lot further when you ran out of gas.

the only car in town. No others cars to syphon fuel out of. 20 miles to the closest pump.

 

[Darter6]

Mud and dirt roads,,,mostly.

 

[themechanic]

Mud and dirt roads,,,mostly.

Yep. My Mom's 83. Her Dad, Grandpa Jackson, and one of his brothers walked several miles into town to buy their first car one morning. They bought a used Ford Model A, if I recall correctly. Mom said it took twice as long to drive home because the country roads were so rutted the car kept getting the tires caught in them making it hard to go around obstacles and even to turn off onto another road. It also didn't help that neither of them knew how to drive.