The venue for the 31st annual Fabulous Fords Forever show is Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California and there couldn’t be a more appropriate location than Knott’s for a golden state held all Ford mega-spectacle. Right in the middle of the Model T Ford’s multi-year production run, the Knott family bought their farm’s 20-acre plot in 1920. Early photos of Walter and wife Cordelia Knott depict the couple alongside of Walter’s trusty Model T. In 1957 Knott’s Americana farm themed amusement park paid homage to Henry Ford’s Model T, opening Henry’s Livery Ride, the better answer to Disneyland’s Autopia because kids steered the scaled-down 1912 Model T Fords as opposed to Disney’s track-guided Autopia cars.
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