From: kludge@panix.com   
      
     wrote:   
   >The 1889-90 flu pandemic was the first pandemic to spread around the world,   
   thanks to railway and steamships. Were automobiles just for the rich elite way   
   >back then?   
      
   Most cars were built as one-offs either by hobbyists or by companies that   
   specialized in making custom vehicles for the rich elite.   
      
   There are some videos on Youtube of the Morgan automobile plant today.  Morgan   
   is pretty much the only company making cars the way they were made before the   
   Model T, and they aren't making the drive train themselves so the most   
   expensive and problematic part is not their problem.   
      
   It's kind of like owning a computer in 1975, but even more expensive.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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