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> it couldn't drive far from gas stations
You could buy gasoline at a pharmacist.
> it needed oil changes at garages that didn't exist yet
You were expected to to it yourself. This 1909 manual describes how for a Model T: https://archive.org/details/ford-price-list-model-t-1909/pag...
I suspect local bike mechanics and blacksmiths could also do this work.
Given your recent drive, you might like to read about the first drive across the US, in 1903 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson_Jackson .
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> it couldn't drive far from gas stations
You could buy gasoline at a pharmacist.
> it needed oil changes at garages that didn't exist yet
You were expected to to it yourself. This 1909 manual describes how for a Model T: https://archive.org/details/ford-price-list-model-t-1909/pag...
I suspect local bike mechanics and blacksmiths could also do this work.
Given your recent drive, you might like to read about the first drive across the US, in 1903 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson_Jackson .