Small Home Gazette, Fall 2016

History Brief: Fords Rush in Where Big Cars Fear to Tread

When automobiles were first invented, the spectacle of a be-capped and be-goggled motorist, lying under his machine, furnished a vast amount of amusement for the multitude and wealth of material for the humorists.

But now that the days of “get-out-and-get-under” are practically ended, we have had to find a new outlet for our mirth, and we have fastened upon the Ford Automobile as the most fertile field.

We can joke all we want to about the Ford car, and the Ford owner, being a good fellow, laughs along with us. At the same time, though, he pats his pocketbook, lets in his clutch, and rides serenely on his way, proud of his possession and confident of his own good judgment.