{"671705":{"#nid":"671705","#data":{"type":"news","title":" The Origins of Georgia Tech\u0027s Mechanical Mascot","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESome call it the Wreck. Others say it\u2019s the Reck. Regardless, Georgia Tech\u2019s official mechanical mascot \u2014 a Ford Model A Sport Coupe \u2014 will be 94 years old in 2024. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EISyE student \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news\/omar-khan-mission-spread-smiles-campus\u0022\u003EOmar Khan\u003C\/a\u003E has been responsible for maintaining the Wreck this year as the elected driver.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Ford Model A represents Tech\u2019s reputation of superb engineering because the car was an engineering marvel itself. The vehicle that drives around campus and leads the football team onto the field before every home game initially rolled off Ford\u2019s manufacturing line in 1930. It was one of a staggering 4.9 million Model A\u2019s produced from 1927 to 1932 \u2014 one every two minutes. Unprecedented for its time, that volume was possible because the car was designed from the beginning with manufacturability in mind.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead the full article \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/origins-georgia-techs-mechanical-mascot\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESome call it the Wreck. Others say it\u2019s the Reck. Regardless, Georgia Tech\u2019s official mechanical mascot \u2014 a Ford Model A Sport Coupe \u2014 will be 94 years old in 2024.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"  An elite engineering institution requires a unique mascot and a Ford Model A is the perfect fit for the job. "}],"uid":"36481","created_gmt":"2023-12-21 20:58:06","changed_gmt":"2023-12-21 21:01:52","author":"nesparza7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-12-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-12-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672641":{"id":"672641","type":"image","title":"Omar Khan","body":null,"created":"1703192044","gmt_created":"2023-12-21 20:54:04","changed":"1703192079","gmt_changed":"2023-12-21 20:54:39","alt":"Omar Khan","file":{"fid":"255917","name":"Omar Khan.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/12\/21\/Omar%20Khan.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/12\/21\/Omar%20Khan.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1106827,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/12\/21\/Omar%20Khan.png?itok=FGdPBdWM"}}},"media_ids":["672641"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news\/omar-khan-mission-spread-smiles-campus","title":" Omar Khan is on a Mission to Spread Smiles on Campus"},{"url":"https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/origins-georgia-techs-mechanical-mascot","title":"Full Article"}],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}