Ride St. Augustine's Brick Streets in an Electric Model-T Replica
A guide in 1920s-style clothes drives up to four of you through St. Augustine's historic district in an electric Model-T replica.
Pastime Tours shows St. Augustine from a car made to look like an early Ford Model-T. The operator calls it its electric replica Model T, and a July 2026 Spectrum News ride-along described a vintage-style replica. Several travelers call it a vintage or antique car. It is a reproduction, and an electric one.
One booking is one private car for a party of up to four, on a 90-minute drive. The guide drives, dresses in 1920s-style clothes and talks through the ride. Travelers write that other visitors wave and take photos as the car passes, which the listing promises too.
One booking buys the whole car. The listing prices the ride as four seats, and its booking form only takes a party of four. Two travelers pay the same as four. The July 2026 Spectrum News segment described it the same way, one price for up to four people.
Bookings close three hours before the start time and confirm instantly. Cancelling at least 24 hours ahead gets a full refund; later cancellations get nothing back.
Step back in time with Pastime private historical toursPrivate 90-minute guided drive around St. Augustine's historic district in an electric Model-T replica, for one party of up to four, starting and ending on Aviles Street.www.viator.comThe Guide Picks the Streets
The listing does not publish a fixed route. It calls the ride a guided tour of the nation's oldest city and marks it as a drive-by, and the operator describes a tour of both the highlights and the details. A traveler in May 2026 wrote that they stopped at a couple of places and got out to walk around.
The July 2026 Spectrum News segment rode along with guide Reggie Storey past Flagler College, once the Hotel Ponce de Leon built by Henry Flagler, down Aviles Street, and to the site the segment calls the first documented Catholic parish Mass in what is now the United States, with the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche nearby. One traveler in March 2026 wrote that the little car can go places the bigger buses can't reach.
Who Drives, and What They Talk About
Your guide is also your driver, and the person behind the wheel varies. Reviews from 2025 and 2026 name several guides by first name. The operator says its guides dress in 1920s-style apparel and often play big band and ragtime tunes.
Expect a lot of talk. One traveler in March 2026 wrote that the guide talked for the entire 90 minutes. The few critical reviews are mostly about content, with guides drifting from history into personal views.
The operator says the tours run every day. The listing shows eight start times between 10:00 AM and 8:00 PM, including 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM evening rides, and in January 2026 a traveler rode one to see the city's holiday lights.
Getting In, and Riding in the Rain
A traveler with bad knees wrote in September 2026 that getting into the car was hard, and that the guide brought out a small step stool every time they got out. The listing calls the ride suitable for all fitness levels; that traveler still needed a step stool to get in. Another traveler in 2025 wrote that the back seat needed padding.
The Visit St. Augustine directory calls the car an open convertible. A traveler in October 2026 wrote that it poured during most of their ride, and in 2024 a guide had umbrellas and a blanket ready when rain started. The listing says the ride can be cancelled for bad weather, and a traveler whose evening ride was rained out in 2024 was offered a new time and then refunded.
Four Seats, and Who Fills Them
The operator lists the ride for all ages. On this listing, every booking is four tickets of a single type, ages 12 to 99, and the listing also ticks a box saying infants ride on an adult's lap. Children are welcome by the operator's account, though this listing's form only sells the 12-to-99 ticket.
Four adults is a tight fit. The operator says the car seats up to four average-sized adults and points larger groups to its bigger Woody vehicle, which this listing does not sell. Travelers who rode as four adults describe three people squeezed into the back seat. Service animals are allowed.
📍 The listing still says to meet in front of the Gail Nick art gallery, and the operator has also listed its address as the Georgia Nick art gallery at 11 A Aviles Street. Its website now gives 11 B Aviles Street, at the John Bouvier map shop. Head for 11 Aviles Street and look for the map shop. A traveler in September 2025 wrote that the meeting spot needs better definition, and that the car was there on their second pass.
The operator asks riders to arrive ten minutes before departure and notes there is no parking at the pickup spot. Come early from a downtown garage. Then the car does the rest: ninety minutes of the old city from a seat that draws waves.