Article: This race is to the sturdiest: Upcoming Antique Car Run offers enthusiasts a test of both road and time.

Byline: Bob Shaw

Aug. 4--The weaknesses make it lovable.

An ordinary bicycle could beat it in a race. It has no brake lights, no speedometer and two forward gears. It has no generator but runs on batteries like a flashlight.

Yet, when Floyd Jaehnert gazes at his 1908 Model S Ford, you can see the love in his eyes. The car, which he named Phoebe, is the great-great-grandmother of the cars that changed America.

He plans to drive it, at a top speed of 25 mph, Aug. 11 in one of the quirkiest car rallies in the Midwest, the 21st annual Antique Car Run.

"People say they don't build cars like they used to," said Jaehnert, 67, of St. ...

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