David Swift has the time of his life driving the 1925 Ford Model T but realizes that he would be in trouble if he panicked ...

Planetary transmission: It made the car easier to drive. The planetary transmission gets its name from the fact that it had two small gears — one for first, the other for second gear — inside ...

The Model T also used a planetary transmission, which proved to be simple, reliable, and easy to operate compared to the more complex manual transmission used by other automakers.