The Story of Miss Bessie's Model T and the Featherbed
In this episode , Miss Bessie talks about her 1916 three-door Ford Model T and featherbed. She talks about it's features and it's many uses including pleasure rides, jobs on the farm, carrying vegetables to the market, and hauling dry stove wood . She was driving with a friend in an unfamiliar part of Hurdle Mills. They came upon a creek and could not go back so they attempted to cross it but got very disappointed when the water made the engine die. Miss Bessie went to her friend's son's house, and he helped with the car and they got the car running. He came with them to his house where her friend was going to stay, as she was in a bad condition. He helped her get back across the river and she took him home. This is the story of Miss Bessie's Model T and the featherbed. Listen to Miss Bessie tell the story in her own words here. That was Miss Bessie's first car, so let us know in the comments section what your first car was. It may