1914 Grant Cyclecar Crankstart and Motoring Around!

In this video, catch us starting and a drive in our 1914 Grant - plus, Intern's first crank start!
The 1914 Grant roadster weighs 930 lbs., could reach a top speed of 50 mph with its little 12 hp engine, and achieved an impressive 30 mpg. One of America's first 'compact' cars, only 3,000 Grants were made in 1914, and very few Grants survive today.
The Grant was made by the Grant Motor Company from 1913 to 1922. They advertised it as the first high-grade motorcar to be sold under $500. The Grant combined the light weight and low cost of cyclecars with the quality, durability, comfort and wide tread of standard automobiles. The bull-nosed radiator was designed to provide additional cooling for the 4-cylinder inline L-head engine (95 cid).
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[@michaelguerin56]

Nice car. Good to see it being preserved, by using it. Thank you. Cheers from NZ🇳🇿. I have visited the Southward Museum but never when they are driving their exhibits.

[@Ogsonofgroo]

It is so wonderful to see these old gems actually being driven/run and not trailer-queened.

[@pskittle488]

Simply amazing to see antique cars like this that actually run and are operable, very impressive. This is definitely on my bucket list of things I would like to do.

[@rondoletti64]

Wonderful to see cars driven with warm oil and water coursing through their veins instead of laying all flat and 2 dimensional like an old cast out refridgerator.

[@Threetails]

Oh cute! It's like a 4/5 scale Bullnose Morris!

[@asd36f]

The Grant was built in Findlay and Cleveland, OH between 1913 and 1922. The 4-cylinder roadster was thought of as a cyclecar by the general public when it was first introduced, but it was more substantial than that. To counter this perception, the 6-cylinder Model S was introduced, and production of the 4-cylinder model was discontinued.

[@davidaustin2172]

My first car was a '38 Ford 8. Like this car, open the bonnet you can see and fix everything. Just a few spanners and a screwdriver, fix anything. Open a modern car bonnet, you can’t see a damn thing thats mechanical, just a huge plastic cover/whatever.. those were the days!

[@terrystokes3577]

Great example, I have a 1913/14 Grant Roadster as well. It is available, saved it from the scrapper, no original engine, great project

[@snoopu2601]

Very cool so people can see the things in the museum, I thought the cycle car was way to clean to have been used that's all I see of that car it has either been redone or never driven.

[@seanschwab9715]

This showed up in a bicycle playlist

[@telmoreginaldosouza6067]

Época dos carros lindos !!

[@davidromero2777]

Verry good fantadty the car

[@XoVoX]

the collection in this museum blow my mind. Leads me to ask, why alaska?

[@kevinchastain727]

the magneto was half the size of the engine

[@dondesnoo1771]

4 cylinder typewriter no newscaster 😁

[@michaeldesilvio221]

I would put a Hayabusa engine in it.

[@siamiam]

:)