Man Who Learned to Drive With Model T Checks Out Mustang Mach-E at 101
You may remember the 87-year-old man from Nova Scotia who’s been driving is 1927 Ford Model T for 70 years. It’s the kind of stories that inspire us deeply here at The Car Guide.
Well, here’s another one that is both fascinating and heart-warming.
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As you know, Ford has made phenomenal progress going from its first mass-produced car to today’s extremely sophisticated vehicles such as the all-new 2021 Mustang Mach-E. How does the past compare to the present and future? Few people can tell, but one of them is Harold Baggott.
Born in 1920, Baggott had his first taste of getting behind the wheel of the Model T at the age of 10, driving the family’s milkman’s delivery float on a farm. He went on to get his license in 1936 and purchased his first car, a Ford 8 Popular in 1937 for £100, and a Ford Anglia the next year.
Since then his family has owned 20 Fords privately, as well as Ford commercial vehicles in chassis form, converted into coaches for a fleet of 140 run by their travel and coach business.
Today, incredibly, Baggott still drives on a daily basis. Ford U.K. reminded him of his Model T experiences with rides in a 1915 model from the company’s heritage collection before putting him behind the wheel of the all-electric SUV.
Driving 15-year-old Felix, who has ambitions to be a racing driver, and his 12-year-old brother Charlie, Baggott was struck by the quietness of the electric powertrain.
“Since the age of 10, I’ve retained my interest in motoring and today find myself interested in the switch to electrification following the government phasing out the traditional combustion engines I’m used to,” he said. “I have reminisced about my driving history with the Model T and seen what the future has in store. It was exciting to get behind the wheel of what I expect to see my great grandchildren will be driving.”