The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

THERE'S A FORD IN YOUR FUTURE

A PROFESSOR AT MIT (MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)
WENT HOME FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. AFTER HE LEFT,
THREE OF HIS STUDENTS DISASSEMBLED A 1929 FORD COUPE AND
PATIENTLY REASSEMBLED THE CAR IN THE PROFESSOR'S VACANT
APARTMENT. AFTER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, THE PROFESSOR
RETURNED TO HIS APARTMENT AND FOUND THE CAR, FULLY
ASSEMBLED AND WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING, IN HIS LIVING ROOM.

Submitter comment: I FIRST HEARD THIS STORY FROM A FRIEND OF MY BROTHER'S
WHO WAS AT THE TIME A STUDENT AT MIT. A FEW YEARS LATER,
I HEARD THE SAME STORY (THE LOCATION WAS CALIFORNIA)
FROM A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. HE SAID
THAT HE HAD READ IT IN A COLLEGE HUMOR MAGAZINE.

Data entry tech comment: THIS USED TO BE THE SLOGAN OF THE FORD MOTOR CO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Date learned: 00-00-1956