Word: toed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"Look at those doors," he points out. "They're really quite tricky. In order to get into the front, you have to climb in through the back and walk forward between the two front seats before you can sit down."
Little boasts, however, that his car has other less dubious advantages. "I travel about 100 miles a week in it, and make about 25 miles on a gallon. New tires only cost $9 and, except for a few blowouts, I haven't had any trouble to speak of."
Little claims he has always "been crazy about old Fords." This is the third one he has owned since coming to Harvard. He commuted in a 1925 model during his freshman year and last year discovered a '25 touring car going to ruin in the parking lot behind Winthrop House...
"I bought it from a couple of freshmen for $20," he relates. "It crossed the country last summer and went a total of 12,000 miles. And outside of fuel, my car expenses for that distance came to only a little more than $2."
This Ford enthusiast is also a member of the Veteran Motor Car Club of America, which organizes summer meetings in New England to which members drive their old automobiles. This summer, in Teterboro, Vermont, Little won a race at one of these gatherings with his present '21 Model T. To...