 John Memmelaar reports: "A while back Tom Rootlieb offered to award a Running Chassis to a winner of an essay contest that he was running. He was doing this this in an effort to promote the hobby to a younger generation. A member of my family asked me to enter the contest. Without hesitation I said: “Absolutely!“ A poster board was made, essay written, and videos of her driving in a local church parking lot copied to a memory stick and shipped to California for Tom to enter into the contest. All of these memories happened over the last 11 years, her driving experience is only the last 3 years. And she won! Today the car was delivered to our home, Olivia who turns 11 at the end of the month. She is a proud girl. She and I worked for about three hours to change the oil, rig up a gallon gas can, change the carburetor, adjust the bands and fill the radiator. After a few minutes of messing around we had spark, and a quick tow from her grandfather, we were driving up and down the block. Olivia is now the third generation to own a Model T in our Family. Her Grandfather and Grandmother, Father and Mother and Sister Ava, age 8 are all extremely proud of her achievement." |
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A third generation of Model T owners
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