My dad found a Black and Decker 1/2-inch heavy duty drill in an Illinois snow bank in 1956...the tag says "Model 1" 300rpm.
He never used it, and gave it to me in 1987 with the cord cut off. I took it to a B&D service center, and they put new brushes in it and a new cord.
It's drilled many, many 3/4-inch holes through 6x6 pressure treated timbers with a 12-inch long auger bit. I stack 2 6x6 timbers up and drill through them both, then sink in a length of rebar to hold them together when I'm doing landscape projects.
I can't imagine doing that with a modern drill.
-Brad
