The Ford Barn

trulyvintage · 02-08-2026, 12:10 PM

You need a human navigator on board
with a degree in education to figure this out

Jim

GB SISSON · 02-08-2026, 05:55 PM

Jim, Now I've seen Everything. With a few yards of clothesline and a couple of pulleys you could connect this thing to the steering wheel (or tiller) and then you woulda had the precursor to today's holy grail, the 'self driving vehicle'.

cas3 · 02-08-2026, 11:37 PM

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That is quite a gadget, considering the poor maps of the day it must have been quite an undertaking to program the thing.

02-08-2026, 12:10 PM	#1
trulyvintage Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Direct Enclosed Transport Since 2006 Posts: 5,078	Chadwick Safety Automatic Road Guide Circa 1911 You need a human navigator on board with a degree in education to figure this out Jim __________________ Click Here To See Where I Am Today What My Actual Customers Say Click Here Click Here To See Vehicles I Have Hauled

02-08-2026, 05:55 PM	#2
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 6,202	Re: Chadwick Safety Automatic Road Guide Circa 1911 Jim, Now I've seen Everything. With a few yards of clothesline and a couple of pulleys you could connect this thing to the steering wheel (or tiller) and then you woulda had the precursor to today's holy grail, the 'self driving vehicle'. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

02-08-2026, 11:37 PM	#3
cas3 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Beverly Kansas Posts: 5,557	Re: Chadwick Safety Automatic Road Guide Circa 1911 Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) That is quite a gadget, considering the poor maps of the day it must have been quite an undertaking to program the thing.