Model Teacher: This Alabama Educator Uses a 1923 Model T Ford as a Teaching Tool

Thomas Fischer is guiding the mechanics of the future—with a tool from the past.

The classic 1923 Model T Ford teacher Thomas Fischer uses in his automotive class, taught at the Escambia Career Readiness Center, in Brewton, Ala. Randy Tatano

Most teachers would want the latest technology for their classrooms. Not many can find a special use for a teaching tool that’s 100 years old.

But if you’re heading up an automotive class, a classic 1923 Model T Ford is something invaluable. Because if you’re going to be a car mechanic, you may as well learn the basics, and nothing gets more basic than a vintage car made a century ago.