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Cars  
Breckinridge County KyArchives History Other 
Book Title: A Glimpse Of The Past 
   Metropolitan areas and more accessible locations boasted of a few cars prior 
to 1912. Kentucky roads were rough and narrow.  Before World War I, a few 
Kentucky businessmen and farmers purchased cars, but it was in the mid-twenties 
before the average family owned and enjoyed this luxury. 
   The Tin Lizzie, Henry Ford's famous Model T motor car, was the first mass 
produced vehicle.  It was efficient if inelegant and comparatively cheap, so 
that fifteen million were produced between 1908 and the discontinuation of the 
model in 1927.  These all black cars rattled arond the world, and were sturdy 
and poular. 
   In 1933, a 1929 Model T Ford coupe with rumble seat sold for $150.  It had 
all the modern things on it.  It even had a windshield wiper that you didn't 
have to work by hand; it worked by itself and had an oo-ga horn that was out of 
this world.  The think that was so unbelievable was in the back of the car was 
that another seat known as the Grandma Seat or what some called the rumble seat. 

   The car had slow acceptance by domestic animals and fowls.  Horses, cattle 
and other farm animals and flocks stampeded from panic and fear at the sight of 
the Tin Lizzie.  The oftimes resulted in damages, destruction and even death to 
man and beast.  It took years to orient animals and fowls to the motor age. 
   License plates were put on both the rear and front.  The price range for 
these tags ranged from $10 to $25 dollars depending on the size and use of the 
car.  No driver's license was necessary.  Anyone of any age was permitted to 
drive. 
   Gasoline was clear and only one grade.  It sold from twelve to thirteen 
cents per gallon.  Oil sold from ten to twenty cents per quart. 
   The top speed of a Model T Ford was forty miles per hour on a good road, 
slanting a little downhill.  Chevrolets and larger cars traveled faster under 
similar conditions.  Due to the narrow and rough roads twent to thirty miles 
per hour was considered fast. 
   On steep hills one sometimes had to back up the hill in order for the 
gasoline to reach the enjine, as they had no fuel pumps to pump the gas. 
   Tires were made of solid rubber. 
Submitted by: Dana Brown 
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