Classic Car

The road winds with lazy esses into the slough. Across a rickety old bridge and up the other bank is the big, wide world. Before the introduction of the Model A, that brain child of industrial pioneer Henry Ford it was a long way off. You had to strap on a sturdy pair of shoes for a long walk or get some callouses on the hands from all the hay and manure shoveling to keep the four legged propulsion moving. The novelty of the car for everyman was the shrinking of the world around us. It gave access to what was on the other side, across a continent with a modicum of effort. Turn the key and explore the world. With the implementation of Ford's ideas for mass production assembly lines his startup was able to manufacture more than 4.3 million of the vehicles in a short 4 years. Spreading mobility among the masses of a newly curious country. The example that Meg Hildenberger drives transports her back to those years before the great depression when the eyes of an entire country were opened to the possibilities up the other side.