Marion was wonder-woman before Wonderwoman. Fixing a flat is not trivial. The car has to be safely jacked and stabilized. Getting a tire off the rim is not easy and patching a tube is a skill. The early Model Ts had band breaks in the transmission, 3 bands and therefore 3 brake pedals! No asbestos brake lining, metal on metal with a magnet in the transmission to catch the metal grit. One rear wheel had a parking brake controlled by a lever but was not to be used while the car was in motion. Also starting the car with a crank was not easy, you had to keep your thumb out of the way, otherwise a backfire would have dislocate it. Later ones had drum brakes on both rear wheels. On steep hills it was safer to go up the hill in reverse.
Once again the intrepid Marion proves her ingenuity. How many other people could have done as well?
Marion should have upgraded to a Ford Model A
Marion was wonder-woman before Wonderwoman. Fixing a flat is not trivial. The car has to be safely jacked and stabilized. Getting a tire off the rim is not easy and patching a tube is a skill. The early Model Ts had band breaks in the transmission, 3 bands and therefore 3 brake pedals! No asbestos brake lining, metal on metal with a magnet in the transmission to catch the metal grit. One rear wheel had a parking brake controlled by a lever but was not to be used while the car was in motion. Also starting the car with a crank was not easy, you had to keep your thumb out of the way, otherwise a backfire would have dislocate it. Later ones had drum brakes on both rear wheels. On steep hills it was safer to go up the hill in reverse.