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Originally Posted by Flathead Fever
I've never owned a Model T, I worked on the neighbor's for him. The first time I rode in a '26 roadster that belonged to a friend of my dad's we were coming down a steep hill at Model T top speed. There was a traffic light at the bottom of the hill. About a 1/4-mile away that light turned yellow, and the driver looked over at me and says, "were already past the point of no return, then it turned red as we were about 1/8 mile away as watched the cars start crossing the intersection. We sailed right on through that red light. I got the impression from the owner that was just part of excitement of driving a Model T.
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You must have been in a poor running T that did not have rear brakes. I have a 15 touring with a Warford overdrive and rear disk brakes and I drive with my Model A buddies all the time. I know the T is limited in speed but at 45 many Model A guys are running slower than me.