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Re-creating Edsel Ford’s 1915 road trip

The Model T Touring Car, as it's officially known, is being used to re-create a 1915 journey that Edsel Ford took from Detroit to San Francisco. The road trip began Friday.

The Model T Touring Car, as it’s officially known, is being used to re-create a 1915 journey that Edsel Ford took from Detroit to San Francisco. The road trip began Friday.

  (Tanya Moutzalias / Associated Press)

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The Model T Touring Car, as it’s officially known, is being used to re-create a 1915 journey that Edsel Ford took from Detroit to San Francisco.

Re-creating Edsel Ford's 1915 road trip

Historical Vehicle Assn. President Mark Gessler, right, chats with Randy Book, whose grandfather traveled with Edsel Ford during his famed 1915 cross-country road trip, as they view a Model T on display at Henry Ford’s Fair Lane Estate in Dearborn, Mich., on July 16.

  (Tanya Moutzalias / Associated Press)

Re-creating Edsel Ford's 1915 road trip

A crew helps push a 1915 Model T to get it started in the parking lot of Henry Ford’s Fair Lane Estate in Dearborn, Mich., on July 16.

  (Tanya Moutzalias / Associated Press)

Re-creating Edsel Ford's 1915 road trip

A re-created 1915 road trip in a Model T is stop in Los Angeles in early August before the vehicle heads up the coast to San Francisco. It will celebrate the centennial of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition on Aug. 18.

  (Tanya Moutzalias / Associated Press)

Re-creating Edsel Ford's 1915 road trip

Historical Vehicle Assn. social media coordinator John Paul, left, and heritage specialist Casey Maxon look underneath a 1915 Model T before starting the process of getting the engine running at Henry Ford’s Fair Lane Estate in Dearborn, Mich., on July 16.

  (Tanya Moutzalias / Associated Press)

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