People of the Car

1981 Camaro "Best Used For Parts"
SimonFordman

This video might best be described as an exercise in futility. The first look under the chassis is pretty dismal - the rot is extensive. I wonder why he bothers with the exhaust pipe, and why the hell is he patching those rotten fuel lines? I suppose he still had some hope that it could be driven, but when he's vacuuming and starts pulling chunks of rust from a hole in the corner of the dashboard under the windshield, I'm thinking there is no hope for this car. Maybe the engine is still good, but alas, that is not the case.

How can people let their cars deteriorate like this? I mean a car is a substantial investment. Well, no it's not. It's something you can buy with a small amount of money that gives you the power to go anywhere and everywhere and do it quickly, and that's what people want. Who are all those people clogging up the roads outside of rush hour? Not people who are working, okay some of them are, but most of them are just operating on whim. 'I'm gonna go see my friends', or 'I'm going shopping' or, most American of all, 'I'm going for a drive'.

Henry Ford realized this and capitalized on it.

1910 Ford Model T

Construction Physics has a fine story about the origins of the assembly line:

Ford and the Birth of the Model T