All That's Old Is New Again

The Onion reports that Ford Is Reintroducing Model T Line That Made It Great:

DEARBORN, MI--Still reeling from a $12.6 billion loss last year and a steadily declining customer base, the Ford Motor Company announced plans Monday to invest its entire third- and fourth-quarter manufacturing and advertising budgets into reintroducing the Model T, one of history's best known and most innovative car models.


A Ford spokesman poses with the once-revolutionary automobile in a Michigan showroom.



"Today's drivers want to get in touch with the experience of sitting behind the wheel of a finely crafted, planetary-gear vehicle with manual crank shafts," said Ford's president and CEO Alan Mulally, who expects the first line of Model Ts to be available for sale by mid-December and safe for driving as soon as it is neither snowing nor raining. "We're getting back to the basics, bringing the quality and elegance of 1908 into the 21st century. We want to show the country why, at one point, every single car driven in America was a Ford."

Bidness Matters

A couple of items of to note:

1. I sent Danette some money out of the Doughty 500 funds to cover the design and label printing costs for the bottled water she brought this year. She plans on getting some more for next year's 500 and will be taking pre-orders.

2. Brendan and Bernie both have suggested that we use some of the auction proceeds to buy new banners for the cars. I think that's a great idea. Brendan also suggested that we have a poll when we get closer to the aught-eight five-hundred to let people decide what other areas we want to use the money on.

3. I'm going to be making some behind-the-scenes technical changes in the next week so the site may be unavailable for a few days. Don't worry, it is coming back.

4. Does anyone have Doug's e-mail address? If so, please drop me an e-mail with it. He had suggested that we set up an account at a site to store all the photos and I want to get the names of the place he had in mind.