Ford Model T Coast To Coast: A Slow Drive Across A Fast Country

Ford Model T Coast To Coast: A Slow Drive Across A Fast Country

Driverless cars are on the horizon, but before the world falls asleep in the driver?s seat, let?s take a look back down the road from whence we have come.?ord Model-T Coast-to-Coast, documents the cross-country adventure of two brave drivers as they pilot a century-old Model-T on a 3,000-mile journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Coast. The book is as much a contemplation of early-20th?entury American life as it is a fond farewell to the automotive age.?Can the car still be the vehicle of freedom and discovery, when we?re no longer in command? Or will we finally be able to fully appreciate the scenery rushing past? Accompanied by Michael Alan Ross? evocative photography, author Tom Cotter stops in small towns, meets local people and hears their stories about cars, travel, and life. Cotter and Ross also explore back roads adjacent to his main route, the Lincoln Highway-the first transcontinental road. Significant cross-country runs, such as those by speed-record setter Cannonball Baker, and literary adventurers such as Jack Kerourac, John Steinbeck and Bill Bryson are considered in light of the driverless future. Cotter also drives some of the same roads that a young Edsel Ford traveled in his father?s Model T upon high school graduation in 1917. In addition to the central road trip, Cotter also visits interesting?utomotive and transport museums?s well as?keepers of the flame? such as Model-T clubs, mechanics, junkyards and collectors across the country. He also records the numerous trials and tribulations in keeping a 100-year-old car operating on a 3,000-mile journey, something the driverless car of the future is unlikely to encounter. Join Cotter on his "slow drive across a fast country." You'll be glad you did. ?bout the AuthorTom Cotter has been involved in nearly every end of the automotive and racing industries over the span of his career. From mechanic and auto salesman?o heading the public relations department at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Cotter formed his own racing and automotive PR and marketing agency, Cotter Group.?he agency represented some of the largest clients in NASCAR, IndyCar/CART, drag racing, and road racing.?e has written biographies of the legendary Holman-Moody race team, Tommy Ivo and Dean Jeffries, but is best known for his series of barn find books, such as Cobra in the Barn, 50 Shades of Rust,?nd Barn Find Road Trip.?otter appears in the Barn Find Hunter video series, which is distributed by Hagerty Insurance.?e teaches public relations at Belmont Abbey College, sits on the advisory board of McPherson College?s Auto Restoration program, and is a member of the Road Racing Driver?s Club (RRDC). He lives in Davidson, North Carolina.