If I could figure out how to cross-post this on different topics, I would! But I just think this is such a neat thing.
College students today don't come to school with experience working on engines the way they would have in past generations. I work at Johns Hopkins, and while our kids are brilliant, they often haven't had the chance to get their hands dirty working on an engine, or a drivetrain, or a carburetor.
One of our mechanical engineering professors purchased two Ford N-series tractors from 1947 and brought them to campus for students to tinker with. They've already successfully rebuilt one engine, and practice taking it apart and putting it back together so they learn the skills they lack.
I think it's such a cool story, and my dad and brother-in-law LOVE Yesterday's Tractors (they have a Ford and an Allis Chalmers they farm with) so I wanted to share the story here, with folks who get it.
https://hub.jhu.edu/2018/11/28/tractor-class-1947-ford/
College students today don't come to school with experience working on engines the way they would have in past generations. I work at Johns Hopkins, and while our kids are brilliant, they often haven't had the chance to get their hands dirty working on an engine, or a drivetrain, or a carburetor.
One of our mechanical engineering professors purchased two Ford N-series tractors from 1947 and brought them to campus for students to tinker with. They've already successfully rebuilt one engine, and practice taking it apart and putting it back together so they learn the skills they lack.
I think it's such a cool story, and my dad and brother-in-law LOVE Yesterday's Tractors (they have a Ford and an Allis Chalmers they farm with) so I wanted to share the story here, with folks who get it.
https://hub.jhu.edu/2018/11/28/tractor-class-1947-ford/