Taking a drive in Hugh Hemphill’s “happiness machine” — what he calls his 1925 Ford Model T because of the reaction it gets from pedestrians and other drivers — feels like being a celebrity riding at ...
While it was invented in 1886 when Carl Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the automobile didn't become popular and affordable until the late 1900s. That's when Ford introduced the Model T.