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LEARNING TO DRIVE THE MODEL T; Tin Lizzie is your teacher, and passing is never on a curve.(Column)
Byline: RICH CEPPOS
Dearborn, Michigan. The year is 1914. You ease your Model T around a corner and down one of the village's main streets. You release the left pedal, and the T's four-cylinder engine lugs down and settles into a rhythmic chucka-chucka-chucka. You're rolling along at 15, maybe 20 mph and life is good. You pass the new electric generating station on your left. There's the bicycle shop on your right; the owner is on the steps, waving. A small factory at the end of the street lays quiet. And here comes another Tin Lizzie. You wave at the driver and he toots his horn.
For a moment you're back in time, experiencing the elemental thrill of ...
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