In Winchendon, Steve Lang test drives the Model T his father Don will drive to retrace the route of the 1909 race from New York to Seattle.
(Joanne Rathe/ Globe Staff)
The little car that could
The Shawmut, made in Stoneham, won the race - but the Model T won America
In Winchendon, Steve Lang test drives the Model T his father Don will drive to retrace the route of the 1909 race from New York to Seattle.
(Joanne Rathe/ Globe Staff)
Like coal miners emerging into the light, the Model T drivers pulled into Seattle with their faces blackened by grime, their car pockmarked and dusty after 4,106 miles across an unpaved and unforgiving continent. Thousands packed downtown, cheering them to the finish. (Full article: 1421 words)
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