You're running around my old stomping grounds...it is definitely possible to drive from west of Berthoud to Brighton on county roads. I've done most of that trip on a tractor!
Seems like an average stealership visit. Barely did any work, didn't do it properly, had someone work on it that didn't know what they were doing and charged you an arm and a leg for the privilege.
If they didn’t have a camera, I’m sure they would’ve pulled it up on the service. They told them to leave and come back tomorrow and meanwhile Ford would’ve either move the vehicle to a different independent shop or brought one of their guys in to actually do it right and then you triple the price for the privilege
Last April Fools I drove my WWII Jeep to the nearest Jeep dealership and asked for a renewal of my warranty. The guy workin' there was surprised, and then said "I think your warranty expired in 1946."
I restored a 1975 Toyota Celica. Just for giggles, I took it to my local Toyota dealership for a service. I looked over to the service bay to see my car up in the air and NINE service techs under the car looking at it. Seven of which were not alive when the car was built.
My late father would have been 101 this year. He could have told you what and how to fix anything on that car. He would have watched your channel with a big smile and shared stories.
No kidding. Ray just plunged right in and smashed his oldest service records and driving records by a country mile, not the least bit afraid of looking like a clumsy teenager figuring things out all over again... and was just like, "well... that was kinda cool." Whatta guy.
i wonder how it would go if they drove to the closest ford dealer to them lol (loveland right up the road left and a right) instead of brighton (45min drive)
Hey Guys, my name is Ann and I'm the secretary of The Model T Ford Club of Victoria in Australia Loved your video You're right, there is nothing like getting out in these beautiful old cars. My partner restores them He also makes the wooden spokes and the wooden wheels He has a 1926 Tourer. Can't wait to see you guys go on your adventures
@@ae3qe27u3 he is amazing He is trying to start up a you tube channel on his latest Model T restoration but unfortunately we have no idea how to edit the videos We are trying to work it out
You can still buy running/driving model-t's for a decent price, 3 of them just went for auction near me, $2000-4000 range, and they also recently sold a model-t sled still working.
Really enjoying this Model T stuff. I saw a sticker on the back of a T at a car show once that said, “If you don’t like the gear I’m driving in, you sure as hell won’t like the other one”.
My 7th grade History/Social Studies teacher, a skinny little balding man with a joyful grin, round spectacles, and a large bushy white curled handlebar mustache, had one of these that he would sometimes drive to school to show off to his students. It was a regular hobby of his, and he had the cabby hat, leather driving gloves, and the whole period getup that suited him SO perfectly. ♥
My Model T is 111 years old this year. 1913. Not the first year they were made, I believe the first year was in 1909? But 1913 it was the first year they used the assembly line to make them.
@@mcrsrm my dad has one but is unsure what year it is he thinks it’s a 1929 model T It’s been a project for 37years having kids will do that lol I thought about asking him I can have it finish it and drive my dads dream and give it back to him to say thanks for your sacrifice dad for raising me and my sister to the adults we are today
Personally, I would have showed up at the dealer unannounced and acted like getting my Model T serviced was something that was perfectly routine. It would have been even more hilarious if they got to the dealership only to find out there were 3 other Model T cars ahead of them waiting to be serviced.
Rolling up in a crisp pinstripe, bowler hat and full length umbrella folded under his arm.. tally-o good chap.. it appears that my automobile is in need of an inspection and fluid change.. pip pip good sir.
Better yet, turn up to the dealership with a 109 year old car and a 109 year old driver behind the wheel! The old man complains "I think there is something wrong with it, because when i was younger, it was slow, but as i get older, it feels like its getting too fast, i just don't know what the problem is"
In 1909 a new Model T cost $850, but by 1924 the price had gone down to only $260. The average assembly line worker could purchase one with four months' pay in 1914. So in 1924 it only costed about 4000$ nowadays. Astonishlingy cheap!
@@antoninfrancisengels5078only a third. Nowadays the cheapest new car is $20'000 ,not including taxes, which will take way more than a year to make on an average salary so yeah it was a good deal overall
@richlevy2450 State of the art tech back in its day, mate. Radios hadn't been developed that could even fit in a car, let alone actually have available electricity for them. Domestic air conditioning didn't exist until 1914, too, so definitely not available for a car.
When my Mom and Dad got married they had a Ford Model T as their main car. This was in 1949. At that time you could buy good running Model T s for a hundred dollars or so. My Mom was a home maker and she kept using that Model T as her going to town car up until 1970. (She broke her foot and could not drive the Ford with a cast) They had a newer car but they usually only drove the "Good" car to church and family trips. Dad drove a 1952 Chev Pickup and Mom drove the Model T. ( Dad drove that 1952 truck until he passed away.) They only owned four vehicles during their entire life.
Thats a very cool story. My dad had and drove a 53 chevy truck since i was a kid. Now my brother has it still runs great. The truck was supposed to go to me but i got one of them brothers that dont care about anyone or anything but himself.
@@richardbaumgart2454my 1981 vw rabbit lived 30+ years in Columbus Ohio. It’s been a daily in the entire west coast. As well as Fargo North Dakotan Over a dozen trips coast to coast and is still my daily. I had to patch the floor after 40 years+ But I made the new floor from thicker metal so it’ll last quite a while now. Most of my life. The idea a person needs a car every 10yr means they don’t take good care of it or they buy bad cars Or both
@@richardbaumgart2454 We live in North-East Iowa. We have salt here. There are several things that made the vehicles last. 1) They never drove vary much. A trip to town was planned to take care of everything they could each trip. 2) Dad washed the vehicles off every time they came home during winter. 3) He also sprayed the entire bottom of the vehicles with used oil every fall right before winter. 4) I will also add that the majority of their driving was on gravel roads. They do not salt the gravel roads here as that will thaw the road out and make a mess. That 52 Chev Pickup only has 54 thousand miles on it. Dad bought it in 55 with around 10K on it.
My local Ford dealership fckd up fixing a nail in my tire I doubt if they could fix a starter on any year car. They had to send my brand new wheel out to get repair after they scraped the coating off the rim plus the tire still leaked.
@@tcg1_qc Taking the tire off the rim I suppose huh?, 18" rim. I dropped it off a week before as it's on the way to work and they never got to it. I stopped twice and they still didn't get to it, finally the third time I stopped for it I waited and they did it in a big hurry and fckd it up, so it basically tooK them a month to fix it after repairing the rim and the tire AGAIN. Szott Ford in Michigan, my car was a month old at the time.
@@richardbaumgart2454 I mean, to be fair, who brings their tires to the dealership for repair? There are so many shops that are dedicated to tire repair around.
@@mitchk7655 They should be able to do it if someone’s willing to waste their money on it. They’re either not too bright with their money or they make more than they know what to do with!
We have a '22 T. For years when I was a kid, my dad and I would "buzz" the local Ford dealer, driving through the lot on occasion while having the car out. Every once in a while we would even go through the service lanes and it would bring smiles to all when we did. Unfortunately, 2008 closed some of these dealers and that came to and end. The car was parked for other reasons and not revived again until I put it back on the road in 2022 for the T club's annual tour in Hamilton OH. I'm glad you guys are enjoying your T. That's what they are for. Keep them alive!
Cool those old cars , many years a friend of a friend showed us an unrestored old farmers model T , basically it had almost no body except the front guards and the windscreen , and it was very much like a beat up poor farmers vehicle might be with the wooden tray( planks ) area and the chair which was almost like some fruit boxes , he then asked us if we wanted to go for a ride on it , which about 4 of us did , it was unroadworthy , unregistered , but just a short trip around the block in suburbia , it was utterly terrifying :) , the old thing accelerated up to i`m guessing about 30 mph surprisingly quickly , , and we where all hanging on for grim death , it was fun though , i dunno where the guy got it from , we are in melbourne australia , maybe it was an old local farmers vehicle .
@@bbrewer5 the model T international club's tour rotates in different cities each year. You can look them up online. Last year was Baraboo WI, this year is Cadillac Michigan. It was fun we had 277 model Ts take over Hamilton that year.
I’m 56 years of age, grew up working on these. I live in Berthoud, CO I’m a disabled retired fire captain/medic…… Love you guys. Followed your channels since TFL started. My bike shop was close to yours.
Worked on a '27 Model T at a private shop as a back-burner project. We were amazed at how readily available parts and fluids were for it having found a supplier that specialized in old Ford. It was a blast to drive once repairs were completed!
@stephanieellison7834Not legally. It's not legal to sell cars as a business that don't have proper safety. You can sell parts, and you can own and drive the cars (within certain limits), but you cannot sell them as a business because of the complete lack of safety.
@@nikkiofthevalleyevery state has vehicle dealer licensing to allow for this exact thing. Technically though you’d just be combining the brokerage aspect of restoration work. As far as safety is concerned, every state has its own “horseless carriage” laws for older vehicles. Don’t think I’ve seen anything remotely close to a ban against the sale of older vehicles, at least not in the localities I’ve lived.
So many of these old cars were scrapped during WW2 for the war effort, that the ones that remain are real treasures to appreciate where we started from.
So you really think all 16mill were perfectly maintained over time and left in original condition even after being scrapped for parts in the war?????????? @@michaelusswisconsin6002
@@OutsiderLabs There are a good number of them listed on Hemmings, right now. At least 20 under 20k, a bunch more in their 20s, and some a bit above that point. So, most of them are relatively cheap. There was one outlier for 85K. So, at least going by prices on that site, it seems their claim is accurate.
I'm so glad you were nice and respectful to everyone there, I know lesser youtubers would be loud and annoying to the staff the whole time but you were very calm and very helpful with the process behind the oil change :D
People complain today about range. When my grandpa moved from Detroit to Indianapolis with a model t it took 3 days and they went through 10 tires on the way.
"if i wouldnt send my wife out in it i would warn my customer." now thats a real mechanic right there... im glad he got the opportunity to drive one of these true classics.
It's great he works at a dealership, but definitely everyone should have a mechanic they trust. I've been going to the same shop for at least 15 years and that's nothing compared to some.
My grandfather and his brothers drove a model T cross country in the 20’s. He said it was actually pretty reliable, the only thing that really went wrong was the tires. They had to patch the tubes so many times that eventually the tires would no longer hold onto the wheels, so they ended up wrapping wire they found along the side of the road around it, to hold the tire to the wheel. He also mentioned back then when you got to the desert, there was no road, you just drove through desert somewhat randomly in the general direction you were heading. They sold the car when they got to California, and came back by train, they accidentally forgot some tools from the tool kit in their luggage, and I still have them.
Yet today, these newer vehicles coming off the Detroit assembly lines have these gross looking wagon wheels and thin tires on them these days. I will never understand why people put ugly wagon wheels and thin tires on newer cars and trucks of today.
My grandfather did something similar in the 30’s from Michigan to Florida. I think he and his friends ended up filling the tires with sand when they inevitably broke?
Porsche ran an advertisement for their Classic service where an old farmer brought in his 1960s Porsche tractor for service, and they serviced it just as they would any car to show they are proud of and will maintain all Porsches. I thought it was a pretty good ad. They will even put Carplay and Android Auto into your 1950 356 if you wanted.
You made Ray’s whole life with letting him drive this. This man most likely grew up working on cars for probably 40 years. He rolled out of bed that morning and groaned when his wife said “have a good day” and little did he know he would have a once in a life time experience
Thats definitely the fun part of being a mechanic, every once in awhile you get to drive something awesome. Mine was driving/working a 1969 corvette indy 500 pace car for a customer.
@@arienhaddock8392 I used to work for an auto auction. Usually just dealers selling to other dealers to move inventory around to markets where it'd sell better, but every summer there'd be a big antique sale in July and regular folks would come in to buy and sell old cars. And I got to drive a Model T (in slightly worse condition that this one) that was being used for display. I was the only guy who showed up for work that day that could drive any sort of manual transmission and the owner wanted some good shots of it being driven around the lot before it was put up on the dais in the middle of the auction house. It was THE highlight of working there, and that's saying something given the cool stuff I got to drive.
@@LazyLizzy706Not really. My dad was a diesel mechanic and thats a pretty typical start to a mechanics day. My dad’s favorite job was a 1950s Mac B-30. He still talks about it even after retirement. So I’m sure any car mechanic given the chance to fix and drive a Model T would have their month made.
@@johncandelario294 you have to think of the whole thing as an evolutionary process. brakes, for example, were in existence and so they just moved them from horse waggons on to cars. so were the weels. the first tv had the size of a postcard, because no one thought about how cool a big tv would be.
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These guys are explaining how to do an oil change to ASE certified mechanics...Almost feels like a professor giving a final exam. FUN FACT: The reverse on the Model T was more powerful than the forward.
My dad actually got his dad a Model T back in the 70's and received it back in his fathers will years later. I grew up with it and we'd occasionally go out and about in it on a nice weekend afternoon. Go to several places, my dad would always get a crowd coming to check it out and happily go through the old classic features, show people how to drive it, etc. while my mom and I got the groceries or ran the errands while we were out. One nice thing is that it was always real easy to get some help to push it around a corner if it had a problem because so many guys were interested in it that they'd help push it to a safe spot just to get to talk about it for a bit. Always awesome to see these on the road.
We took my friend's '24 Touring T out one evening and made the rounds of our karaoke clubs. We'd arrive early enough to get a prime parking spot. Everyone who saw it loved it, but they mostly loved that we were actually using it for its intended purpose - to get from here to there!
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 it was a response to someone throwing insults out. They seem to have lost their post. Hope they get whatever help they may need.
@@delix OK, I've had that happen, too. When it does, I delete my response so readers won't be confused or misled by something that seems to make no sense. I hope they get help, too. That's why it's called TH-cam. Take care.
I worked at Midas in the early seventies. At the time they were running a national ad featuring an elderly man named Mr. Creedy who drove an old Model A into Midas for a new muffler. They had one in stock and quickly fixed him up. Midas required all of their franchises to stock the Model A exhaust. We never sold one but I still remember that the part number was 301 after 50 years.
I remember those comercials. Mr Creedy had purchased a muffler from Midas decades earlier and was getting a free replacement. That was the commercial's hook: replace a muffler once and you'll never have to replace it again. The reality is that, back in the 70s, the whole car needed to be replaced after five years or so.
The handle was actually called a crank. You didn't "start" the car, you "cranked" it. "I'll crank up the flivver and we'll go for a Sunday drive," was heard all over America during the Model T's era.
@@neilbaldwin2859no, not for someone working on cars. Guys love this stuff. And THIS? A century old model T? This is a dream come true. Any man whose work in a garage is envious rn. Touching the first mass produced car is precious. There is a reason you got no likes. Because every man here who gets it. Would cherish this memory for the rest of their lives. I’d give anything to drive a model T.
I’m only 40 years old but I spent a decade working on and restoring Model A and Model T Fords and it was always awesome driving around town grinding gears and people always love the horn.
My grandmother drove a Model T as a one room schoolhouse teacher in the 1920s. She died in 2006 at the age of 103. There was a picture of her on the front page of the paper with it 20 years ago.
@@Eric-xh9ee No, she was a schoolteacher who saved up for a few years to buy one. I think she said she paid 1000 Canadian dollars back in about 1926. Granted that was a lot of money back then.
@@Eric-xh9ee60% of households owned cars by the 1920s. That’s the legacy of the Model T. Not sure why your great-grandmother was riding horses in the 50s. Did she grow up in a rural area?
The Ford Motor Company is an iconic American company and this video made me smile the entire time. And I'm just a puck slappin' Canadian across the river from Detroit. We still make Ford engines and transmissions in Windsor Ontario.
I saw an advert recently for a AA Ford truck. The seller mentioned that the brakes had been reconditioned and that the truck "stopped well.... in an old fashioned kind of a way"... I thought that was wonderfully descriptive.
We had several medium duty trucks on the family farm when I was a kid (old Chevy C60s and some Ford F600s) and part of the morning ritual in harvest season was to top off the brake fluid. Dad always said the brakes were more of a suggestion.
when i was a teen in the 90's my grandpa had bought a 1916 Model T i helped him restore it he shipped the motor and trans out to be redone by a pro. the first summer i learned to be a carpenter and helped rebuild the wooden frame all the body panels attach to the second summer i spent filling and sanding body panels getting it ready for paint. i learned alot and was soo much fun to ride in after it was finished.
@@cutehumor no idea , Grandma passed and Grandpa started selling everything off after said he wont let his kids fight over his posession's i think he sold it around 2005 he went into nursing care not to long after and passed in 2012
As a car guy watching the model t near the end drive by all those different years of fords was like seeing the whole family tree in one place pretty much. Such a beautiful moment captured
I used to work at Brighton Ford back in 2016, now I live in Indiana and I work for a Professional IMSA Race Team. It was nice to see the Dealership and how its grown/changed since I was there.
My Great Grandmother Josephine learned to drive on one of these in the 1920s near Flint Michigan. She said that when she got her license, they didn't test her, but only asked if she could drive and then gave her the paper license.
I love your story about your Great Grandmother! It reminded me of my Great Grandma. She bought a new F Model T in Detroit, Michigan when she graduated from high school after she had become an elementary school teacher a few months later that same year. There was no driving test and she had a 'paper' license, too. I have it with all of her things we saved. She loved going for Sunday drives in the 'country' of what then became what is now known as the suburbs of Detroit 😊
Cool stories, thanks for the share. I remember my Pop telling me how he got his license, although not as old as your relatives but nonetheless a decent story. It probably would of been the 50's, and he had to go down to the local police station and get one of the officers to be his passenger for a quick trip around the block to prove he could drive. Simpler times.
My dad grew up on a farm north of Lebanon Indiana and they had a Model T pickup truck. Driving it around the farm it would get stuck, especially in the springtime mud. About 1925 my dad had the idea to put two real wheels side by side to help traction on both sides. Not sure how he fastened them together but he very well have made the very first "Dualie" pickup truck. No way to know if he was the first to have that idea but he recounted the story many times and he was not a liar. He passed in 1991, a good man.
Legit, being a ford dealership technician and then getting to suddenly drive a real Model T woud be such a cool experience. I hope that made Ray's day, he seems like such a cool guy.
"I know that no one's ever made a bulletproof vest out of cotton" Well here's a funny thing, some of the earliest examples of bulletproof armor were actually just multiple layers of compressed textile material; i.e. cotton. In fact, although Kevlar is a synthetic fiber, I think that's actually where it gets its origins.
Quite true. In fact, the earliest bullet proof vests were made of orphans bones and loneliness. They were woven by horses that slept underneath wizards nests in order to dream of good harvests for the American people. The name "Bullet proof vest" comes from the ancient Sumerian language, and originally means "Vaginal jam hand".
Jup. Each layer of fabric that gets destroyed takes away a little bit of the energy of the bullet, and with some luck it'll run out of energy or shatter before it reaches the back end of the bullet proof vest, and even if it does get through, it'll have much less kinetc energy left to harm you with. There's a similar principle used as impact shields against meteorites and other debris on spacecraft, it's called a whipple shield. (You'll find more on it on wikipedia)
My dad has a 1915 Model T touring he restored when I was about 12 years old, so I basically grew up around it, absolutely love that car and never plan on selling it. There’s nothing quite like a Model T 😊
My father used to tell me that all he needed for working on a model T was a monkey wrench, screwdriver and a hammer. We built and repaired many cars growing up. Unfortunately he passed when I was 21. He did pass a lot of knowledge to me. 45 more years would have been a blessing to me.
Well, there's just not much to a model T! I got to work on my teachers model A in high school. Very simple, easy to maintain, and reliable cars. Keep in mind, when that thing was new, you had 2 choices-walk, or a model T!(as it was the cheapest car then)
Yup - 70+ years ago you could pull any car apart with a 1/2" spanner and a few choice expletives. Now it costs $1/2million to equip a VW service centre - telling eh? Great to see the Ford guys playing along with good humour, what a great watch. 🙂
I was enthralled with that pristine blue sky, dotted with clouds, and rolling green hills.... with that car roaming the dirt roads... that was beautiful imagery.
Honestly if you guys haven't already, I'd look into joining the MTFCI, (Model T Ford Club International). The annual tour is in mid July every year and it's in Michigan this year. There is generally about 230-260 cars that show up and we usually run between 600-700 miles during the week. It would make for really cool video. They do other events during the year, but this is the big one. We even had a couple from England last year. There is a wealth of information and plenty people willing to help with anything on the car. Best part is we run the wheels off of them.
A local Ford dealership here is the 4th oldest Ford dealership in the country and they have one sitting in their showroom that they bought back. They originally sold it like a hundred years ago and somehow it survived all these decades and it still runs and drives. It looked mostly all original and complicated to drive.
From what I hear my local ford dealership is the oldest continuously family owned dealership in America not sure if that’s true or not but that’s what I heard
@@CharlieLarkin75 St. Cloud Mn has the oldest continuously family ran ford dealership in the United States and is the second ford franchise Tenvoorde Motor Co, signed one month after the first ford franchise in 1903, I’m also assuming franchise is dealership
These two guys are great. They look like they belong in the 1930's, and I love it! Thank you for caring for this part of automotive history. Beautiful!
Love that you gave the mechanic a drive. The first thing I did when I bought my first car, was let my best friend drive it, and enjoy giving him that experience and being apart of it.
My husband is a Ford senior mechanic and has worked on these cars anytime since he was a kid. He loved this car video. He can work on any age of model T and other old cars.
My grandfather, born in the 1880s, had a 1929 ford Coupe and when I was a young kid we zipped all around in it. His "new" car was a 1937 Ford Coupe. That was his every day driver and this was back in the 1950s when I was a kid in northern Michigan. Thanks for the video.
my dad had a model a coupe when he went to high school. it had been modified during the depression to run on diesel (they lived on a farm and had diesel available) a 30 gallon drum in the rumble seat, copper pipe wrapped around the exhaust system and a set of valves to switch over from gas to diesel AFTER it got warmed up!! :)
The number of these classic old bone-rattlers around me is astounding! Around twenty years ago I happened by an ice cream stand in a sleepy little town in south-east Michigan and saw eight Model-Ts from around 1908 to 1922 sitting in the parking lot. It wasn't a antique car show, it just so happened a couple of drivers stopped in for ice cream at the same time and before anyone knew it, they attracted more Model Ts! I don't know if they started to make it a regular event, but they should have! The oldest functional model I ever saw was a 1905 Ford Model C! The owner had to make an emergency stop in our apartment parking lot to swap out a battery.
Bravo to that Ford dealership for working on your vehicle. I own a 1985 Toyota pickup with an RV on the back, and every dealer I went to blanched when I tried to get it worked on. Searching for parts gets harder every year. You'd think with only 75K miles on it, a brand new crate 22RE from Japan with less than 1K on it, and a 5 speed manual transmission swapped out from the auto that pretended to haul it, that they'd be happy to work on something so simple...but sadly, the youngsters just stared in horror when I pulled in! They admired it, but refused to lift a finger to service it! Nice car boys!
To be fair I'd rather em honestly say they don't have the ability and refuse than lie and screw up your vehicle. That missing knowledge should be on Toyota though.
My roommates dad takes his 1924 to the ford dealership I work at because of me and i love seeing him pull up and people flock to it, as a mechanic and a car enthusiast it brings me joy haha
I have a 1923 model t have had it since 2008. Got it from a family member on my wife’s side they had owned it since 1950 sat in a ford dealership in Maryland before that. My dad and I spent a weekend working on it and had it running. It’s driven almost every weekend. Have no problem taking it in 100 mile cruises. And it’s mostly original. Except for paint and interior and convertible top.
@@Not_interestEd- we had a guy media blast it to bare metal and through many layers of paint. He did old school we used a oil base lacquer paint and of course black.
@@nwofu he enjoyed it a lot! We also watched the WWII Jeep videos together. He was locked in and then he would pause to tell me facts about the different cars and would add on about cars he had driven over the years.
I actually own the first Tire Tool for these type wheels and tires. The old model T is tougher than people give them credit for. My grandfather had one when my dad was a child. They were driving back from Dallas to Joaquin when it started to knock. He said they pulled off at Trinity River, and my grandfather pull the oil pan cut up a Prince Albert can for shims and shim to bearings. The next morning they continued their trip home. It's good to see some young kids learning about these old cars and the old technology
Some many automotive TH-cams have done the, I take in" something crazy" to the dealership for service. At this point it's getting old, until I saw this. This is epic!!
This reminds me of when I took my 78 VW Campmobile van to a Jiffy Lube in Salt Lake City. The young tech asked me 3 times to pop the hood, I kept pointing to the back of the van. Then I got out and walked to the back and opened the door to the engine compartment. By that time the manager had came out of the office and asked me if I wouldn’t mind taking somewhere else, since the people working there didn’t even know which end the engine was on. I found a quiet parking lot and changed the oil myself.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 About 18 years ago, the Jiffylube near me hired a known car thief that had just gotten released from prison. You would think they would screen their employees.
@@pure_leaf7331 There's a lot of reason to hate cars - they molded modern cities around them, making them completely unwalkable, and also creating a lot more social isolation due to the advent of suburban living. They also contribute to a ton of pollution, environmental destruction, bad land-use, and of course, vehicular deaths. There's just so many reasons to not like cars that I wouldn't ever ask people why they hate cars as a concept. It's just... it also gives you so much capability and freedom of movement, haha. That said, a car like this, is less "car" and more "antique," and living, moving history is always better than a showpiece in a museum.
This is great. Years ago I took my '66 Mustang GT Fastback to a Ford dealership here in San Diego for an oil change and inspection and they offered to buy it. Said they wanted it for a showroom display. No dice and still own my car.
@@steveeitelhuber6872 Yes it was. They ended up with a Poppy Red fastback and had it in their showroom for awhile. I think they were asking 10K for it.
As a technician I love when classic cars come in the older more obscure the better always brightens up the shop makes everyone go whaaat this things still road worthy. Love this for ray, and everyone else in that service department
At over a century old, this thing belongs in a museum, and the fact that it is still rolling along on the roads, is a wonderful sight for any motorhead and mechanic to see. Could use some fresh tires though, hah.
Great video! Loved the banter while driving the Model T before deciding to load it on trailer for the remainder of the trip,to the shop. fact, despite Henry Ford being known as the “father of the automobile” for using a moving assembly line for production , German engineer Karl Benz produced the first automobile in 1885. The Benz Patent-Motorwagen became the first commercially available automobile. Benz founded the world's first automobile plant, Benz & Cie., which became the largest car manufacturer in the world by the turn of the century.
I used to work for MAC's Antique Auto Parts here in Lockport NY (2002 - 2011) before they got sold to an investment group. We had catalogs full of stuff for Model T, Model A, 1932-48 Flatheads up to Fords of the early 70's. I met a lot of great people while working there - employees as well as customers. Seeing this old buggy on the road brings back so many memories of the fun times I had. You all might want to get in touch with some Model T Ford clubs that are still around, I"m sure there are members that would love to help you guys out.
A very enjoyable video, thanks!! I purchased a 1968 Mustang last year and did the same thing. Took it to the local dealer for an oil change. The gentleman who did the oil change looked at the new Escape behind it and said, "that can wait!!, this is going to be fun!" Keep up the good work. Cheers
My first job out of high school was at a Ford dealership opened in 1920. They sold model T cars from that location. They still owned and drove a Model T for parades. Before I started there, they did a clean out of old parts. Because the part ordering system was not very smooth in the early days of Ford, they had a bunch of very old parts they wanted to sell. Including a brand new in the wooden crate Model T engine and body parts up to the 1950s. They guy that bought the parts filled a 50 foot trailer to the door for what I'm told was a very low price. Even though they tried to clean out the parts bins, there were still a lot of single digit prefix parts (model T) teen number, a prefix and b prefix part numbers. C was 1960s prefixes.
Just imagine the sensation and empowerment of being able to do this multi-dozen-mile trip so "easily" 100 years ago. Just about one hour "comfortably seated" (maybe more with the roads of 100 years ago) compared with maybe half a day on horseback.
My brother built a model A years ago and would daily drive it for a few years. He kept it pretty original and the thing only had 30 horsepower but he was still able to highway drive it too, it would struggle to get up to 80km/hr but eventually it would. Even went offroading and mudding in it a few times. It would always get looks, waves and smiles no matter where you drove, felt like a death trap while driving it and was pretty damn loud too. Best thing about it was nobody could steal it because no one knows how to start it or drive it. It's currently in pieces awaiting a sport chassis and an engine with a bit more power and it'll probably be that way for some years to come unfortunately.
@@namenotfound614 The original chassis with original wheels makes the car look like a lifted 4x4 haha, they have a lot of ground clearance than I think most people realise. Whenever you see the majority of hot rods they utilise "sports" chassis because they sit lower to the ground, that's all that's "sporty" about them really.
I remember that day in 1908 when I started seeing Ford Model T’s on the road. It was quite the vehicle back then. Now these youngster’s have the “push to start” button and dashboards in their cars. Nice to be reminded of the good old days.
Someone I know owns a 1914 Model T Ford in a quiet little coastal town in Maine, always cool to see him driving it around in the summer over a 100 years later
What a surprisingly wholesome channel to have discovered. Nice to have found. Keep up the good work fellas & I suspect you will find a lot of assistance from smiling business's who will want to work on it for the simple joy of living history.
I work at a dealership in the original building from 1938, the 2nd story has a few more lifts bolted through the original wood floor. The owners have a family car collection with a Model T, 63 T Bird, 2 Ford LTD wagons, 64 1/2 mustang, 69 boss 302, 1950 cadillac, few others all in our showroom
Sounds great to have a family that loves cars! (I could ever be so lucky.) Your Mustang is actually a '65 model with a '65 VIN. Ford only built two "half-year" cars, the 1963 1/2 Galaxie and the 1970 1/2 Falcon. The term "64 1/2" Mustang was coined by the public, since it came out mid-year. All Fords that year were called 1964 except the Mustang, which was referred to in sales literature as simply "New Mustang".
What a wonderful video! There are still lots of Model Ts on the road. I own my dad's 1911 Touring car. He bought it in the 1970's, and it was the first car I ever drove. I live in the San Diego area and have my car on the road at least 3-4 times per month. The Model T Club of San Diego loves to go on tours into our local mountains and over to the desert. BTW - Rocky Mountain Brakes are fantastic and well worth the investment! I also belong to the Model T Ford Club of America, and in June 2024, we hosted their annual national tour with 60+ Model Ts from all over the USA and Canada. Keep driving and working on that T, and if you need any help...just ask!
As a mechanic this would have made my whole year to work on this car man. Hell, let alone drive it. I know that fella was smiling ear to ear after this, and is still probably talking about it. Its nice to see how far we have came since they were designed. Honestly It helps you understand things in some ways because the engineering back then was far simpler. But the fact that only one piece of that car still works the same, tells you how far we have came technologically since then. That was slightly over 100 years ago, i can only imagine what we will have in the next 100 years. However, I will say this, despite what they tell you.....electric cars are not the future. They aren't even feasible enjoy them while they last.
@@samusaran13372 look up what it takes to create an electric car, not just a few things, all the components, the battery, and everything in between. Long story short, it takes you SEVEN whole years before you even make a difference in your carbon footprint. Guess how long a battery lasts? not much longer than that. Now with that being said, think of the resources being mined to create one. You not only have slave labor, but what are the slaves using to mine? Equipment that runs on gas and diesel that does far more damage than me or you in a car ever will. Unless someone creates a battery far superior to what we have now, electric cars are a waste of time. We should be researching and testing, trying to figure out a different fuel source that's RENEWABLE that we can use to possibly replace it with. I truly don't think in our lifetime, quiet possibly even the next, will we ever see a world without fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are the back bone of our world. Without fossil fuels this world would crumble. Almost all of the technology we have designed over the years is built around fossil fuels. Weather it be oil or fuel. Everything runs on it, or depends on it.
As an 18 year veteran as a Ford parts counterman, I can testify in reality they wouldn't even consider talking to you if you took this car in for repairs. I know this because I took my 1997 f350 in a few weeks ago, and I got the cold shoulder. Ford discontinues parts very quickly. If your car is over 5 years old you might as well have a model t. Ford and all other car makers want you to buy their brand new products every year, and they don't want the aftermarket or independent shops competing with them. It's all about money folks. All that said, it was an enjoyable video. Thank guys
@@rudolphna54 It should be 30 years. Well made cars last at least that long if they are well looked after. Why isn't it illegal to sell rubbish cars that are designed to fail in a few years?
That's so weird. Ford Europe have a lot of old parts in stock at all time. Friend of mine was looking for drive shaft for his Ford Cortina and couldn't find one on the market so he gave a call to local Ford dealer here, they said they don't have one in stock but can order one from UK and part be available in a week.
I got a Ford 1927 Diamond TT truck. It originally had a Murray Brothers Body on it. It was just 7 months old when it stopped in the paddock, and in temper the old man sunk his wood splitting axe through the fender and left it there for 70 years out in the elements. When i bought it some 80 years later the vast majority of the wooden body was rotten away, and it was sadly missing many panels. bought it for $800. Still have it today another 30 years on top of that, have done some work on it, but everything is ridiculously expensive here for it.
What a great channel. You guys are making great content. Meeting nice people too
Thanks so much!
you're welcome @@TFLclassics
You're running around my old stomping grounds...it is definitely possible to drive from west of Berthoud to Brighton on county roads. I've done most of that trip on a tractor!
Next time, install an OBD2 port to it and feed it simulated info from a raspberry pi. That way the mechanic can do his work...
@@TFLclassicsTHREE TO ONE COMPRESSION!!????😂😂😂😂😂
Seems like an average stealership visit. Barely did any work, didn't do it properly, had someone work on it that didn't know what they were doing and charged you an arm and a leg for the privilege.
Dude just shut the hell up and enjoy the video. 😑
Yup that's very typical experience
This is why I do all maintenance myself. It's the only way to ensure it gets done properly, or done at all.
If they didn’t have a camera, I’m sure they would’ve pulled it up on the service. They told them to leave and come back tomorrow and meanwhile Ford would’ve either move the vehicle to a different independent shop or brought one of their guys in to actually do it right and then you triple the price for the privilege
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Last April Fools I drove my WWII Jeep to the nearest Jeep dealership and asked for a renewal of my warranty. The guy workin' there was surprised, and then said "I think your warranty expired in 1946."
You went to a dealership… that’s your problem. You should have driven up to the nearest Army base motor pool 😉
@@CFarnwide "Hello gentleman, I am looking for a Mr. Patton. Where can I find him?"
@@TheLordOfNothing on the serious side… do you actually have one of those old Jeeps?
@@CFarnwide Yep. US Navy jeep from WWII. Engine ain't original but the rest is. (Specifically 1949)
@@TheLordOfNothing Fun stuff!!! A neighbor around the block from me has one. He parades it around the streets every so often making me jealous 😂
I restored a 1975 Toyota Celica. Just for giggles, I took it to my local Toyota dealership for a service. I looked over to the service bay to see my car up in the air and NINE service techs under the car looking at it. Seven of which were not alive when the car was built.
And? Never take a real car to a dealership without calling. A dealership won't know how to work on anything older than the 90s lol
That’s funny.. lol I will tell my son to do the same soon lol he drives a yellow 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback lol
we don't see stuff like that often in a dealerships so when old or rare cars come in you're gonna see some people crowd around it lmaoo
@@m42037 That dealership did it without any issue. The service manager gave me 50% off.
That's nice to see there were nine techs there that love cars.
I have not smiled this much in years. At 75, this was pure entertainment. Best wishes for your great channel.
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Im 24 and loved this video, shoutout to different generations enjoying the same things, farewlll
Damn gramps
My late father would have been 101 this year. He could have told you what and how to fix anything on that car. He would have watched your channel with a big smile and shared stories.
My father would have been 109 this year. He always wanted a 1915 'T Touring Car but never did.
My dad would have been 110 he would have loved watching this video
@@Teadrinker-kg4veyou must be a great grammpa or something?!
@DaleGribble-yf4yy sorry I replied to the wrong person. You own amazing cars though 🙏
@@sutapachakraborty9337 not necessarily. Plenty of men become father at older ages.
That guy ray was my mentor. He’s one of the most humble coolest dudes ever. My family eats everyday because what this man taught me.
Hell yeah ray passing down that trade
Now, that's an amazing comment 🤍
*every day
@@jamesloder8652 thanks so much dude i didnt understand
@@cj-we3jf
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That Ford mechanic is so wholesome he seems so excited to be driving it. Thats the best part of the video to me. Big ups to Ray.
that is a man proud of the shirt he wears...
He'll totally never forget that day for sure! That probably was the biggest present he didn't know he'd ever get.
No kidding. Ray just plunged right in and smashed his oldest service records and driving records by a country mile, not the least bit afraid of looking like a clumsy teenager figuring things out all over again... and was just like, "well... that was kinda cool." Whatta guy.
i wonder how it would go if they drove to the closest ford dealer to them lol (loveland right up the road left and a right) instead of brighton (45min drive)
@@nathancriswell9289 Would have been a 25min drive and slightly less than half the distance, but maybe they didn't want to service that gem :D
Hey Guys, my name is Ann and I'm the secretary of The Model T Ford Club of Victoria in Australia Loved your video You're right, there is nothing like getting out in these beautiful old cars. My partner restores them He also makes the wooden spokes and the wooden wheels He has a 1926 Tourer. Can't wait to see you guys go on your adventures
He makes the spokes and wheels? That's super cool!
You sound really cool :D
@@ae3qe27u3 he is amazing He is trying to start up a you tube channel on his latest Model T restoration but unfortunately we have no idea how to edit the videos We are trying to work it out
@@ae3qe27u3 I did reply to you but can't find it Yep he's really cleaver He's currently restoring another one
So, he's the club spokesman?
@@TCHorwood-xq7mw😂 I love it Yeah I guess he is
When driving a car like this, you dont just say "What a great day", you use words like splendid and marvellous, terrific...
gadzooks
Also stupendous. And, given the time period of the vehicle, don't forget "swell", which is a bit underwhelming, but it gets the job done in a pinch.
@@DrForester54 And mighty fine.
People back then didn't misuse word terrific like that, but alright
indubitably
To see working, fully functional model-T in this day and age that isn't in a museum and still driven is amazing.
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You can still buy running/driving model-t's for a decent price, 3 of them just went for auction near me, $2000-4000 range, and they also recently sold a model-t sled still working.
@@cannonmccall4748 Really?
I saw one in April at a car show in Kissimmee, Florida when i was on holiday, 1924 model, pretty cool thing
@@cannonmccall4748 I call bullshit on this, as ,most model T's are usually going for several hundred thousands to million + depending on the year.
Really enjoying this Model T stuff. I saw a sticker on the back of a T at a car show once that said, “If you don’t like the gear I’m driving in, you sure as hell won’t like the other one”.
Lol!!!!
😂 the model t stuff is incredible
I need that sticker for my 2 speed 66 holden
The sticker should of read "More dependable than a new Ford"
I want it for my motorized bicycle @@MaliqueGowley
My 7th grade History/Social Studies teacher, a skinny little balding man with a joyful grin, round spectacles, and a large bushy white curled handlebar mustache, had one of these that he would sometimes drive to school to show off to his students. It was a regular hobby of his, and he had the cabby hat, leather driving gloves, and the whole period getup that suited him SO perfectly. ♥
109 years ago, model T surprised everyone when it shows up in the country. Nowadays, the model T still surprises everyone driving around the country
My dad has one not finished I think his is a 1929 his has the mostly metal cab like a coupe with a wood roof
My Model T is 111 years old this year. 1913. Not the first year they were made, I believe the first year was in 1909? But 1913 it was the first year they used the assembly line to make them.
@@mcrsrm my dad has one but is unsure what year it is he thinks it’s
a 1929 model T
It’s been a project for 37years having kids will do that lol I thought about asking him I can have it finish it and drive my dads dream and give it back to him to say thanks for your sacrifice dad for raising me and my sister to the adults we are today
Yeah, because of its age and history
@@bullets1x99 i have a ss 100 jaguar new engine had to replace the seats 3 times already and like 2 new paint jobs but still the same car
Personally, I would have showed up at the dealer unannounced and acted like getting my Model T serviced was something that was perfectly routine. It would have been even more hilarious if they got to the dealership only to find out there were 3 other Model T cars ahead of them waiting to be serviced.
Definitely a genius scenario !
or a tech looking for an OBDII port...
@@partciudgam8478 I think these are ODB I
Rolling up in a crisp pinstripe, bowler hat and full length umbrella folded under his arm.. tally-o good chap.. it appears that my automobile is in need of an inspection and fluid change.. pip pip good sir.
Better yet, turn up to the dealership with a 109 year old car and a 109 year old driver behind the wheel!
The old man complains "I think there is something wrong with it, because when i was younger, it was slow, but as i get older, it feels like its getting too fast, i just don't know what the problem is"
In 1909 a new Model T cost $850, but by 1924 the price had gone down to only $260. The average assembly line worker could purchase one with four months' pay in 1914. So in 1924 it only costed about 4000$ nowadays. Astonishlingy cheap!
Remember interest rates were insane
Still half of a year of total income for most people
@@antoninfrancisengels5078only a third. Nowadays the cheapest new car is $20'000 ,not including taxes, which will take way more than a year to make on an average salary so yeah it was a good deal overall
Cheap? Two gears, the power of a lawnmower (almost), crap brakes, a ride like a tractor, no heat, no A/C, no radio, leaky top. WhatsApp deal!
@richlevy2450 State of the art tech back in its day, mate. Radios hadn't been developed that could even fit in a car, let alone actually have available electricity for them. Domestic air conditioning didn't exist until 1914, too, so definitely not available for a car.
he said starts better than the cars i work on....not chalantly throwing shade at ford as a ford mechanic. that guys so wholesome its awesome
When my Mom and Dad got married they had a Ford Model T as their main car. This was in 1949. At that time you could buy good running Model T s for a hundred dollars or so. My Mom was a home maker and she kept using that Model T as her going to town car up until 1970. (She broke her foot and could not drive the Ford with a cast) They had a newer car but they usually only drove the "Good" car to church and family trips. Dad drove a 1952 Chev Pickup and Mom drove the Model T. ( Dad drove that 1952 truck until he passed away.) They only owned four vehicles during their entire life.
Thats a very cool story. My dad had and drove a 53 chevy truck since i was a kid. Now my brother has it still runs great. The truck was supposed to go to me but i got one of them brothers that dont care about anyone or anything but himself.
Can't do that in Michigan, you must be from the south huh
@@richardbaumgart2454my 1981 vw rabbit lived 30+ years in Columbus Ohio.
It’s been a daily in the entire west coast.
As well as Fargo North Dakotan
Over a dozen trips coast to coast and is still my daily.
I had to patch the floor after 40 years+
But I made the new floor from thicker metal so it’ll last quite a while now.
Most of my life. The idea a person needs a car every 10yr means they don’t take good care of it or they buy bad cars
Or both
They don't make em like they used to.
@@richardbaumgart2454 We live in North-East Iowa. We have salt here. There are several things that made the vehicles last. 1) They never drove vary much. A trip to town was planned to take care of everything they could each trip. 2) Dad washed the vehicles off every time they came home during winter. 3) He also sprayed the entire bottom of the vehicles with used oil every fall right before winter. 4) I will also add that the majority of their driving was on gravel roads. They do not salt the gravel roads here as that will thaw the road out and make a mess.
That 52 Chev Pickup only has 54 thousand miles on it. Dad bought it in 55 with around 10K on it.
Customer : I am afraid the starter is a bit tired.
Ford technician: I'll bring him some coffee.
My local Ford dealership fckd up fixing a nail in my tire I doubt if they could fix a starter on any year car. They had to send my brand new wheel out to get repair after they scraped the coating off the rim plus the tire still leaked.
@@richardbaumgart2454 how does one scrape the coating off the rim while removing a nail from a tire?
@@tcg1_qc Taking the tire off the rim I suppose huh?, 18" rim. I dropped it off a week before as it's on the way to work and they never got to it. I stopped twice and they still didn't get to it, finally the third time I stopped for it I waited and they did it in a big hurry and fckd it up, so it basically tooK them a month to fix it after repairing the rim and the tire AGAIN. Szott Ford in Michigan, my car was a month old at the time.
@@richardbaumgart2454 I mean, to be fair, who brings their tires to the dealership for repair? There are so many shops that are dedicated to tire repair around.
@@mitchk7655 They should be able to do it if someone’s willing to waste their money on it. They’re either not too bright with their money or they make more than they know what to do with!
We have a '22 T. For years when I was a kid, my dad and I would "buzz" the local Ford dealer, driving through the lot on occasion while having the car out. Every once in a while we would even go through the service lanes and it would bring smiles to all when we did. Unfortunately, 2008 closed some of these dealers and that came to and end. The car was parked for other reasons and not revived again until I put it back on the road in 2022 for the T club's annual tour in Hamilton OH. I'm glad you guys are enjoying your T. That's what they are for. Keep them alive!
Great story. I have always wanted one very neat! I live in morrow county Ohio.
Cool those old cars , many years a friend of a friend showed us an unrestored old farmers model T , basically it had almost no body except the front guards and the windscreen , and it was very much like a beat up poor farmers vehicle might be with the wooden tray( planks ) area and the chair which was almost like some fruit boxes , he then asked us if we wanted to go for a ride on it , which about 4 of us did , it was unroadworthy , unregistered , but just a short trip around the block in suburbia , it was utterly terrifying :) , the old thing accelerated up to i`m guessing about 30 mph surprisingly quickly , , and we where all hanging on for grim death , it was fun though , i dunno where the guy got it from , we are in melbourne australia , maybe it was an old local farmers vehicle .
I have model T and Model A fenders in my garage. Head lights also. Sorry no tires.
HEY when and where do they do that? I'm from/live in Trenton. Hamilton is the next city over. I'd love to check that out.
@@bbrewer5 the model T international club's tour rotates in different cities each year. You can look them up online. Last year was Baraboo WI, this year is Cadillac Michigan. It was fun we had 277 model Ts take over Hamilton that year.
I’m 56 years of age, grew up working on these.
I live in Berthoud, CO
I’m a disabled retired fire captain/medic……
Love you guys.
Followed your channels since TFL started.
My bike shop was close to yours.
if i saw 2 guys in lab coats casually driving a 100 year old car, id immediately think time travel.
Back to The Future
time travel in the middle ''hell''? oke..
And an iWatch at the wrest presents the future!
lol
Those lab coats were called "dusters", to keep your Sunday suit clean while you drove to church.
Worked on a '27 Model T at a private shop as a back-burner project. We were amazed at how readily available parts and fluids were for it having found a supplier that specialized in old Ford. It was a blast to drive once repairs were completed!
There's nothing more fun in the world than to be driving an old Ford!
@stephanieellison7834Not legally. It's not legal to sell cars as a business that don't have proper safety. You can sell parts, and you can own and drive the cars (within certain limits), but you cannot sell them as a business because of the complete lack of safety.
@@nikkiofthevalleyevery state has vehicle dealer licensing to allow for this exact thing. Technically though you’d just be combining the brokerage aspect of restoration work. As far as safety is concerned, every state has its own “horseless carriage” laws for older vehicles. Don’t think I’ve seen anything remotely close to a ban against the sale of older vehicles, at least not in the localities I’ve lived.
We've rebuilt some Willys transmissions and it's not too bad because of the exact same reason.
It's crazy that I thought of 2027 when I saw your comment at first lol
So many of these old cars were scrapped during WW2 for the war effort, that the ones that remain are real treasures to appreciate where we started from.
They made around 16 million Model Ts so you are bound to find one for a cheap price.
@@michaelusswisconsin6002 Post even one example, lol
And for being 109 y/o, it has survived 2 WW's.
So you really think all 16mill were perfectly maintained over time and left in original condition even after being scrapped for parts in the war?????????? @@michaelusswisconsin6002
@@OutsiderLabs There are a good number of them listed on Hemmings, right now. At least 20 under 20k, a bunch more in their 20s, and some a bit above that point. So, most of them are relatively cheap. There was one outlier for 85K. So, at least going by prices on that site, it seems their claim is accurate.
I'm so glad you were nice and respectful to everyone there, I know lesser youtubers would be loud and annoying to the staff the whole time but you were very calm and very helpful with the process behind the oil change :D
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People complain today about range. When my grandpa moved from Detroit to Indianapolis with a model t it took 3 days and they went through 10 tires on the way.
Jesus
If people wouldn't complain then that trip would still take 3 days and use up 10 tires
@@BeeTriggerBee What a peaceful way to say nobody cares
@@BeeTriggerBeeHMMMMMMMMMMM
@DaleGribble-yf4yyNancy is cheating on you with John Redcorn!
"if i wouldnt send my wife out in it i would warn my customer." now thats a real mechanic right there... im glad he got the opportunity to drive one of these true classics.
It's great he works at a dealership, but definitely everyone should have a mechanic they trust. I've been going to the same shop for at least 15 years and that's nothing compared to some.
All depends on if he likes his wife.
And he almost destroyed it with the reverse gear it looked so scary 🤣
@@Henkibojjya know.....that's a valid point!
MAN LOVES HIS WIFE, doesn't he?
My grandfather and his brothers drove a model T cross country in the 20’s. He said it was actually pretty reliable, the only thing that really went wrong was the tires. They had to patch the tubes so many times that eventually the tires would no longer hold onto the wheels, so they ended up wrapping wire they found along the side of the road around it, to hold the tire to the wheel.
He also mentioned back then when you got to the desert, there was no road, you just drove through desert somewhat randomly in the general direction you were heading. They sold the car when they got to California, and came back by train, they accidentally forgot some tools from the tool kit in their luggage, and I still have them.
Yet today, these newer vehicles coming off the Detroit assembly lines have these gross looking wagon wheels and thin tires on them these days. I will never understand why people put ugly wagon wheels and thin tires on newer cars and trucks of today.
@@danbasta3677because they grip better
My grandfather did something similar in the 30’s from Michigan to Florida. I think he and his friends ended up filling the tires with sand when they inevitably broke?
@@danbasta3677 you would hate to see the whistlindiesel hellcat video then...
Don't look up that video, whatever you do. Ill save you the trouble.
Porsche ran an advertisement for their Classic service where an old farmer brought in his 1960s Porsche tractor for service, and they serviced it just as they would any car to show they are proud of and will maintain all Porsches. I thought it was a pretty good ad. They will even put Carplay and Android Auto into your 1950 356 if you wanted.
You made Ray’s whole life with letting him drive this. This man most likely grew up working on cars for probably 40 years. He rolled out of bed that morning and groaned when his wife said “have a good day” and little did he know he would have a once in a life time experience
Thats definitely the fun part of being a mechanic, every once in awhile you get to drive something awesome. Mine was driving/working a 1969 corvette indy 500 pace car for a customer.
@@arienhaddock8392 I used to work for an auto auction. Usually just dealers selling to other dealers to move inventory around to markets where it'd sell better, but every summer there'd be a big antique sale in July and regular folks would come in to buy and sell old cars. And I got to drive a Model T (in slightly worse condition that this one) that was being used for display. I was the only guy who showed up for work that day that could drive any sort of manual transmission and the owner wanted some good shots of it being driven around the lot before it was put up on the dais in the middle of the auction house. It was THE highlight of working there, and that's saying something given the cool stuff I got to drive.
That was strangely specific…
@@LazyLizzy706Not really. My dad was a diesel mechanic and thats a pretty typical start to a mechanics day. My dad’s favorite job was a 1950s Mac B-30. He still talks about it even after retirement. So I’m sure any car mechanic given the chance to fix and drive a Model T would have their month made.
@@arienhaddock8392 The Indy Pace Car for 1969 was a Chevrolet Camaro, not a Corvette. What you saw was someone's home-made replica.
One does not simply pass a model T. You stay back and revel in its presence.
Ya’ll made Ray’s day, he will never forget that
crazy someone thought of this when no cars whatso ever existed ! how do you think this and say o yeah its gonna work no way!!!!!
@@johncandelario294 you have to think of the whole thing as an evolutionary process. brakes, for example, were in existence and so they just moved them from horse waggons on to cars. so were the weels.
the first tv had the size of a postcard, because no one thought about how cool a big tv would be.
Dealership technician “ I know you only came in for an oil change but as a courtesy we performed our 146 point inspection which included a diagnostic scan and it showed that you have 36 trouble codes, some of which are emission related so the vehicle is unsafe to drive.” We can repair it and the estimate will be $23,652 including parts, labor, shop supplies, taxes etc. We can schedule the repair the third Tuesday of next month. When you get your vehicle back and it appears to run a little worse just ignore it. Oh by the way , please be sure to leave a 5 star review on our website.
luckily many states do not have a strict emissions code. THat car is 100% legal in most states as is
EdNichols: Best comment yet.
So glad I am not in a state that makes you do inspections every year. Really Lame and a pain to most only to catch a few.
@@005string005 - "they" can't "make you" do anything. How about resisting the bullshit?
@@bobgomez9481try resisting prison and see how that works out for you bud
These guys are explaining how to do an oil change to ASE certified mechanics...Almost feels like a professor giving a final exam. FUN FACT: The reverse on the Model T was more powerful than the forward.
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So is reverse in my golf carts
@@michaelschmidt4199 Hmmm...I wonder if the governors on golf carts only govern the speed going forward and not in reverse?
My dad actually got his dad a Model T back in the 70's and received it back in his fathers will years later. I grew up with it and we'd occasionally go out and about in it on a nice weekend afternoon. Go to several places, my dad would always get a crowd coming to check it out and happily go through the old classic features, show people how to drive it, etc. while my mom and I got the groceries or ran the errands while we were out.
One nice thing is that it was always real easy to get some help to push it around a corner if it had a problem because so many guys were interested in it that they'd help push it to a safe spot just to get to talk about it for a bit.
Always awesome to see these on the road.
We took my friend's '24 Touring T out one evening and made the rounds of our karaoke clubs. We'd arrive early enough to get a prime parking spot. Everyone who saw it loved it, but they mostly loved that we were actually using it for its intended purpose - to get from here to there!
@@itchiegames Hope you're having fun projecting. Have a blessed day.
@@delix If you're trying to insult someone here, you need to do better.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 it was a response to someone throwing insults out. They seem to have lost their post. Hope they get whatever help they may need.
@@delix OK, I've had that happen, too. When it does, I delete my response so readers won't be confused or misled by something that seems to make no sense.
I hope they get help, too.
That's why it's called TH-cam.
Take care.
I worked at Midas in the early seventies. At the time they were running a national ad featuring an elderly man named Mr. Creedy who drove an old Model A into Midas for a new muffler. They had one in stock and quickly fixed him up. Midas required all of their franchises to stock the Model A exhaust. We never sold one but I still remember that the part number was 301 after 50 years.
lol, a shame it never came in.
I remember those comercials.
Mr Creedy had purchased a muffler from Midas decades earlier and was getting a free replacement. That was the commercial's hook: replace a muffler once and you'll never have to replace it again.
The reality is that, back in the 70s, the whole car needed to be replaced after five years or so.
@@331SVTCobra Hey my '76 Ford Granada was awesome. I think it lasted 10,000 miles🤣
Those commercials were great. "Howdy, boys!"
Midas Rocked, got my old dreamcar last year complete with midas warenty card in glovebox. muffler has Lastest last 15 years
The mechanic's smile when he had a chance to turn the handle and start the car was awesome. You could see it made his day.
The handle was actually called a crank. You didn't "start" the car, you "cranked" it. "I'll crank up the flivver and we'll go for a Sunday drive," was heard all over America during the Model T's era.
or maybe hes forced to smile cuz hes on camera while at work...
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 thank you im going to crank one out for ya
😭@@le3e317
@@neilbaldwin2859no, not for someone working on cars. Guys love this stuff.
And THIS? A century old model T? This is a dream come true. Any man whose work in a garage is envious rn. Touching the first mass produced car is precious.
There is a reason you got no likes. Because every man here who gets it. Would cherish this memory for the rest of their lives. I’d give anything to drive a model T.
Your time on screen with Ray was one of the best things I've ever seen on TH-cam. I think I smiled throughout the whole bit.
I’m only 40 years old but I spent a decade working on and restoring Model A and Model T Fords and it was always awesome driving around town grinding gears and people always love the horn.
Ray was fantastic! So great you let him drive it! . . .undoubtedly a special moment for him,
Yeah he was cool. Not a snob or jaded person, even though he has decades of experience. True car guy and mechanic to test drive it after.
Yeah that was a really cool thing to do. Thank you for doing that.
Now he will get 100$ more each paycheck
@@DG-sf9ei That is the mark of a true professional. A true professional never "looks down" on others and always looks forward to a new experience.
I'm surprised a Ford dealer tech could figure out how to drive it.
My grandmother drove a Model T as a one room schoolhouse teacher in the 1920s. She died in 2006 at the age of 103. There was a picture of her on the front page of the paper with it 20 years ago.
that's really cool holyy
@@erickrodriguez7234 Yeah she was a pioneer, really cool lady.
She must have been a very wealthy lady. My great grandmother rode horses until the 50s.
@@Eric-xh9ee No, she was a schoolteacher who saved up for a few years to buy one. I think she said she paid 1000 Canadian dollars back in about 1926. Granted that was a lot of money back then.
@@Eric-xh9ee60% of households owned cars by the 1920s. That’s the legacy of the Model T. Not sure why your great-grandmother was riding horses in the 50s. Did she grow up in a rural area?
The Ford Motor Company is an iconic American company and this video made me smile the entire time. And I'm just a puck slappin' Canadian across the river from Detroit. We still make Ford engines and transmissions in Windsor Ontario.
I saw an advert recently for a AA Ford truck. The seller mentioned that the brakes had been reconditioned and that the truck "stopped well.... in an old fashioned kind of a way"... I thought that was wonderfully descriptive.
Is it for sale?if so where?
Well they were all mechanical, no hydraulics, just linkage
We had several medium duty trucks on the family farm when I was a kid (old Chevy C60s and some Ford F600s) and part of the morning ritual in harvest season was to top off the brake fluid. Dad always said the brakes were more of a suggestion.
That's kinda funny as I had to sort out braking force and balance on a 1927 Model A just a few weeks ago!
@@oldschool3372 Was in NSW, Australia, but I think it has been sold.
when i was a teen in the 90's my grandpa had bought a 1916 Model T i helped him restore it he shipped the motor and trans out to be redone by a pro. the first summer i learned to be a carpenter and helped rebuild the wooden frame all the body panels attach to the second summer i spent filling and sanding body panels getting it ready for paint. i learned alot and was soo much fun to ride in after it was finished.
Hell yeah, gotta love it when hard work pays off. Nicely done!
who has the model T now?
@@cutehumor no idea , Grandma passed and Grandpa started selling everything off after said he wont let his kids fight over his posession's i think he sold it around 2005 he went into nursing care not to long after and passed in 2012
As a car guy watching the model t near the end drive by all those different years of fords was like seeing the whole family tree in one place pretty much. Such a beautiful moment captured
It's crazy to think there's only 100 years of difference between them
@@OnceUponReddit wdym only? 100 years is a long time
@@trashyspeeds266 In the eyes of history, what was accomplished in 100 years is actually really short time
I used to work at Brighton Ford back in 2016, now I live in Indiana and I work for a Professional IMSA Race Team. It was nice to see the Dealership and how its grown/changed since I was there.
My Great Grandmother Josephine learned to drive on one of these in the 1920s near Flint Michigan. She said that when she got her license, they didn't test her, but only asked if she could drive and then gave her the paper license.
I love your story about your Great Grandmother!
It reminded me of my Great Grandma. She bought a new F Model T in Detroit, Michigan when she graduated from high school after she had become an elementary school teacher a few months later that same year. There was no driving test and she had a 'paper' license, too. I have it with all of her things we saved. She loved going for Sunday drives in the 'country' of what then became what is now known as the suburbs of Detroit 😊
Cool stories, thanks for the share. I remember my Pop telling me how he got his license, although not as old as your relatives but nonetheless a decent story. It probably would of been the 50's, and he had to go down to the local police station and get one of the officers to be his passenger for a quick trip around the block to prove he could drive. Simpler times.
lol
My dad grew up on a farm north of Lebanon Indiana and they had a Model T pickup truck. Driving it around the farm it would get stuck, especially in the springtime mud. About 1925 my dad had the idea to put two real wheels side by side to help traction on both sides. Not sure how he fastened them together but he very well have made the very first "Dualie" pickup truck. No way to know if he was the first to have that idea but he recounted the story many times and he was not a liar. He passed in 1991, a good man.
My grandaddy put small tractor tires on the back of his, and I remember him teaching me how to drive in our orange groves in Marion county, FL!
That’s cool
So you are Lebanese.???
Kind of sureal seeing a 100 yr old Ford next to a 2024 Ford lol
I was about to post the same thing?
Very.
and the 2024 won't last the 10 years
@@Splarkszterliar
And the 2024s still have 4 wheels and 2 headlights.
Legit, being a ford dealership technician and then getting to suddenly drive a real Model T woud be such a cool experience. I hope that made Ray's day, he seems like such a cool guy.
"I know that no one's ever made a bulletproof vest out of cotton"
Well here's a funny thing, some of the earliest examples of bulletproof armor were actually just multiple layers of compressed textile material; i.e. cotton. In fact, although Kevlar is a synthetic fiber, I think that's actually where it gets its origins.
well think about how fluffy cotton can get weaved into tough denim. And how kevlar has trade secret weaves
Early bullet proof fabric was primarily silk
Quite true. In fact, the earliest bullet proof vests were made of orphans bones and loneliness. They were woven by horses that slept underneath wizards nests in order to dream of good harvests for the American people. The name "Bullet proof vest" comes from the ancient Sumerian language, and originally means "Vaginal jam hand".
Jup. Each layer of fabric that gets destroyed takes away a little bit of the energy of the bullet, and with some luck it'll run out of energy or shatter before it reaches the back end of the bullet proof vest, and even if it does get through, it'll have much less kinetc energy left to harm you with. There's a similar principle used as impact shields against meteorites and other debris on spacecraft, it's called a whipple shield. (You'll find more on it on wikipedia)
@@ashtonwestfall4777 came here to make the same correction. It was silk not cotton.
My dad has a 1915 Model T touring he restored when I was about 12 years old, so I basically grew up around it, absolutely love that car and never plan on selling it. There’s nothing quite like a Model T 😊
My father used to tell me that all he needed for working on a model T was a monkey wrench, screwdriver and a hammer. We built and repaired many cars growing up. Unfortunately he passed when I was 21. He did pass a lot of knowledge to me. 45 more years would have been a blessing to me.
Sounds like you had a hell of a dad, it’s unfortunate he passed so early in your life, but it’s obvious he made a positive impression on you.
Well, there's just not much to a model T! I got to work on my teachers model A in high school. Very simple, easy to maintain, and reliable cars. Keep in mind, when that thing was new, you had 2 choices-walk, or a model T!(as it was the cheapest car then)
Yup - 70+ years ago you could pull any car apart with a 1/2" spanner and a few choice expletives. Now it costs $1/2million to equip a VW service centre - telling eh? Great to see the Ford guys playing along with good humour, what a great watch. 🙂
Hope you’ve been that blessing your your kids
I’m lucky enough to still have my dad around. I love your comment.
That car saw the "roaring" 1920's, it's a beautiful machine!
I was enthralled with that pristine blue sky, dotted with clouds, and rolling green hills.... with that car roaming the dirt roads... that was beautiful imagery.
colorado was not chemtrailed that day
It’s like a ghbili movie
@@joesmith9216Chemtrails do not exist. You are referring to contrails.
You could almost believe that it was 1920 and you were off to town
I came to the comments for this. What a picturesque view!
Honestly if you guys haven't already, I'd look into joining the MTFCI, (Model T Ford Club International). The annual tour is in mid July every year and it's in Michigan this year. There is generally about 230-260 cars that show up and we usually run between 600-700 miles during the week. It would make for really cool video. They do other events during the year, but this is the big one. We even had a couple from England last year. There is a wealth of information and plenty people willing to help with anything on the car. Best part is we run the wheels off of them.
A local Ford dealership here is the 4th oldest Ford dealership in the country and they have one sitting in their showroom that they bought back. They originally sold it like a hundred years ago and somehow it survived all these decades and it still runs and drives. It looked mostly all original and complicated to drive.
You have to increase the timing with the throttle to get any speed, what a contraption. I love seeing them drive in talkies it's so outdated 😅
From what I hear my local ford dealership is the oldest continuously family owned dealership in America not sure if that’s true or not but that’s what I heard
Actually sorry it’s the oldest ford deal at 116 years old either ran by a 4 or 5th generation family owner
Where is this? Based on what I just read, sounds a lot like Johnson Ford in Pittsfield, Mass. Same family owners for about 100 years now.
@@CharlieLarkin75 St. Cloud Mn has the oldest continuously family ran ford dealership in the United States and is the second ford franchise Tenvoorde Motor Co, signed one month after the first ford franchise in 1903, I’m also assuming franchise is dealership
That was fun. I bet Ray had a blast talking about it with everyone he knows after work. Probably an unforgettable experience.
These two guys are great. They look like they belong in the 1930's, and I love it! Thank you for caring for this part of automotive history. Beautiful!
Model Ts were discontinued in the 20s.
@@garycamara9955 People still own their cars after thy are out of production.
People drove them till the 50s
Not including the out liars
"next week: we go ballooning..."
Love that you gave the mechanic a drive. The first thing I did when I bought my first car, was let my best friend drive it, and enjoy giving him that experience and being apart of it.
My husband is a Ford senior mechanic and has worked on these cars anytime since he was a kid. He loved this car video. He can work on any age of model T and other old cars.
Your husband is incredibly based. He’s a treasure.
I appreciate an honest mechanic and a great video!
My grandfather, born in the 1880s, had a 1929 ford Coupe and when I was a young kid we zipped all around in it.
His "new" car was a 1937 Ford Coupe. That was his every day driver and this was back in the 1950s when I was
a kid in northern Michigan. Thanks for the video.
my dad had a model a coupe when he went to high school. it had been modified during the depression to run on diesel (they lived on a farm and had diesel available) a 30 gallon drum in the rumble seat, copper pipe wrapped around the exhaust system and a set of valves to switch over from gas to diesel AFTER it got warmed up!! :)
The number of these classic old bone-rattlers around me is astounding! Around twenty years ago I happened by an ice cream stand in a sleepy little town in south-east Michigan and saw eight Model-Ts from around 1908 to 1922 sitting in the parking lot. It wasn't a antique car show, it just so happened a couple of drivers stopped in for ice cream at the same time and before anyone knew it, they attracted more Model Ts! I don't know if they started to make it a regular event, but they should have! The oldest functional model I ever saw was a 1905 Ford Model C! The owner had to make an emergency stop in our apartment parking lot to swap out a battery.
Michigan has a pretty active Model-T club.
Michigan has a lot of classic car love.
I see all sorts of restored relics on the road all the time.
Particularly in cedar springs and grand rapids.
Bravo to that Ford dealership for working on your vehicle. I own a 1985 Toyota pickup with an RV on the back, and every dealer I went to blanched when I tried to get it worked on. Searching for parts gets harder every year. You'd think with only 75K miles on it, a brand new crate 22RE from Japan with less than 1K on it, and a 5 speed manual transmission swapped out from the auto that pretended to haul it, that they'd be happy to work on something so simple...but sadly, the youngsters just stared in horror when I pulled in! They admired it, but refused to lift a finger to service it!
Nice car boys!
To be fair, I would be terrified to work on it too! I qould be too scared if I broke it 😂
To be fair I'd rather em honestly say they don't have the ability and refuse than lie and screw up your vehicle.
That missing knowledge should be on Toyota though.
My roommates dad takes his 1924 to the ford dealership I work at because of me and i love seeing him pull up and people flock to it, as a mechanic and a car enthusiast it brings me joy haha
Surprising an experienced 2024 Ford mechanic with a 100+ year old model T - that's what TH-cam was made for! 🤩
As if surprising mechanic with Porsche cabrio diesel was not enough.
What a gem this Ford ended up being among today's auto mechanics!
Your microphones are AMAZING. Blocking out wind and much of the background noise while driving is very impressive.
I have a 1923 model t have had it since 2008. Got it from a family member on my wife’s side they had owned it since 1950 sat in a ford dealership in Maryland before that. My dad and I spent a weekend working on it and had it running. It’s driven almost every weekend. Have no problem taking it in 100 mile cruises. And it’s mostly original. Except for paint and interior and convertible top.
Paint definitely makes sense. No paint except highly specialized paint will last that long, and even then it might be a stretch.
@@Not_interestEd- we had a guy media blast it to bare metal and through many layers of paint. He did old school we used a oil base lacquer paint and of course black.
I’m so excited to show this channel to my 103 year old granddad, he’s gonna get a kick out of this!
What did he think? Lol
@@nwofu he enjoyed it a lot! We also watched the WWII Jeep videos together. He was locked in and then he would pause to tell me facts about the different cars and would add on about cars he had driven over the years.
My grandparents bought a 1918 Model T from the local Ford/Dodge garage/blacksmith shop. They traded it on a new 1929 Essex, quite an improvement.
I actually own the first Tire Tool for these type wheels and tires. The old model T is tougher than people give them credit for. My grandfather had one when my dad was a child. They were driving back from Dallas to Joaquin when it started to knock. He said they pulled off at Trinity River, and my grandfather pull the oil pan cut up a Prince Albert can for shims and shim to bearings. The next morning they continued their trip home. It's good to see some young kids learning about these old cars and the old technology
I lived by the Trinity river for a while.
Damn i miss it!
that T is though like nails, i am learning, nothing it cant do,
Amazing. A guy like Ray absolutely deserves to drive this thing but is humble enough to provide customer service and not expect it.
Some many automotive TH-cams have done the, I take in" something crazy" to the dealership for service. At this point it's getting old, until I saw this. This is epic!!
This reminds me of when I took my 78 VW Campmobile van to a Jiffy Lube in Salt Lake City. The young tech asked me 3 times to pop the hood, I kept pointing to the back of the van. Then I got out and walked to the back and opened the door to the engine compartment. By that time the manager had came out of the office and asked me if I wouldn’t mind taking somewhere else, since the people working there didn’t even know which end the engine was on. I found a quiet parking lot and changed the oil myself.
Just goes to tell you that they don't know anything at all about cars and to stay away from them.
My VW had an oil mesh screen that just needed to be cleaned off and added the new oil , so easy a caveman could do it
Jiffy Lube...! "When crooked mechanics are needed, Jiffy Lube will supply them!"
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 About 18 years ago, the Jiffylube near me hired a known car thief that had just gotten released from prison. You would think they would screen their employees.
That was your first mistake taking it to Jiffy Lube worse place for service
I'm not even a car enthusiast and I enjoyed the heck outta that. Thanks fellas!
i actively hate cars and still like this
@@zedlyfe why do you hate cars?
@@pure_leaf7331Because he goes on trains to work
@@pure_leaf7331 There's a lot of reason to hate cars - they molded modern cities around them, making them completely unwalkable, and also creating a lot more social isolation due to the advent of suburban living. They also contribute to a ton of pollution, environmental destruction, bad land-use, and of course, vehicular deaths.
There's just so many reasons to not like cars that I wouldn't ever ask people why they hate cars as a concept. It's just... it also gives you so much capability and freedom of movement, haha. That said, a car like this, is less "car" and more "antique," and living, moving history is always better than a showpiece in a museum.
@@matasa7463 name the positives about cars too
What a great day for that Ford dealership to have a classic like that there…that car is awesome
I'll bet those guys at the garage were loving every minute of having a Model T in there. It must be a dream to work on such a classic.
This is great. Years ago I took my '66 Mustang GT Fastback to a Ford dealership here in San Diego for an oil change and inspection and they offered to buy it. Said they wanted it for a showroom display. No dice and still own my car.
The price for the inspection the dealer can't control. But that oil change was probably the most expensive oil change that the car has ever seen.
Was it Drew Ford in LaMesa?
@@steveeitelhuber6872 Yes it was. They ended up with a Poppy Red fastback and had it in their showroom for awhile. I think they were asking 10K for it.
You could rent it to them.
@@jameshendrickson8159 Yes, that was discussed but I decided not to do it.
Nobody deserves to drive that car more than Ray, that was awesome.
Ray deserves to drive nothing but Lincolns
As a technician I love when classic cars come in the older more obscure the better always brightens up the shop makes everyone go whaaat this things still road worthy. Love this for ray, and everyone else in that service department
At over a century old, this thing belongs in a museum, and the fact that it is still rolling along on the roads, is a wonderful sight for any motorhead and mechanic to see.
Could use some fresh tires though, hah.
Great video! Loved the banter while driving the Model T before deciding to load it on trailer for the remainder of the trip,to the shop. fact, despite Henry Ford being known as the “father of the automobile” for using a moving assembly line for production , German engineer Karl Benz produced the first automobile in 1885. The Benz Patent-Motorwagen became the first commercially available automobile. Benz founded the world's first automobile plant, Benz & Cie., which became the largest car manufacturer in the world by the turn of the century.
I used to work for MAC's Antique Auto Parts here in Lockport NY (2002 - 2011) before they got sold to an investment group. We had catalogs full of stuff for Model T, Model A, 1932-48 Flatheads up to Fords of the early 70's. I met a lot of great people while working there - employees as well as customers. Seeing this old buggy on the road brings back so many memories of the fun times I had. You all might want to get in touch with some Model T Ford clubs that are still around, I"m sure there are members that would love to help you guys out.
A very enjoyable video, thanks!! I purchased a 1968 Mustang last year and did the same thing. Took it to the local dealer for an oil change. The gentleman who did the oil change looked at the new Escape behind it and said, "that can wait!!, this is going to be fun!" Keep up the good work. Cheers
My first job out of high school was at a Ford dealership opened in 1920. They sold model T cars from that location. They still owned and drove a Model T for parades. Before I started there, they did a clean out of old parts. Because the part ordering system was not very smooth in the early days of Ford, they had a bunch of very old parts they wanted to sell. Including a brand new in the wooden crate Model T engine and body parts up to the 1950s. They guy that bought the parts filled a 50 foot trailer to the door for what I'm told was a very low price. Even though they tried to clean out the parts bins, there were still a lot of single digit prefix parts (model T) teen number, a prefix and b prefix part numbers. C was 1960s prefixes.
Just imagine the sensation and empowerment of being able to do this multi-dozen-mile trip so "easily" 100 years ago. Just about one hour "comfortably seated" (maybe more with the roads of 100 years ago) compared with maybe half a day on horseback.
You guys are awesome, and Ray was a just one of those classic senior tech's that everyone wants working on their cars! This is what USA is all about.
My brother built a model A years ago and would daily drive it for a few years. He kept it pretty original and the thing only had 30 horsepower but he was still able to highway drive it too, it would struggle to get up to 80km/hr but eventually it would. Even went offroading and mudding in it a few times. It would always get looks, waves and smiles no matter where you drove, felt like a death trap while driving it and was pretty damn loud too. Best thing about it was nobody could steal it because no one knows how to start it or drive it. It's currently in pieces awaiting a sport chassis and an engine with a bit more power and it'll probably be that way for some years to come unfortunately.
sports chassis 💀 take it to a race track
@@namenotfound614 What's wrong with the sports chassis? They were made for the early Ford models.
@@j_edwards6075 never knew that existed, i hope the assembly is swift and well
@@namenotfound614 The original chassis with original wheels makes the car look like a lifted 4x4 haha, they have a lot of ground clearance than I think most people realise. Whenever you see the majority of hot rods they utilise "sports" chassis because they sit lower to the ground, that's all that's "sporty" about them really.
@@namenotfound614 Of course an Anime snob wouldn’t know anything exists😂
Tommys yell when that 18 wheeler passed is pure gold!!!
It scared kase
Cringe
I remember that day in 1908 when I started seeing Ford Model T’s on the road. It was quite the vehicle back then. Now these youngster’s have the “push to start” button and dashboards in their cars. Nice to be reminded of the good old days.
Someone I know owns a 1914 Model T Ford in a quiet little coastal town in Maine, always cool to see him driving it around in the summer over a 100 years later
5:08 "I don't think Andre realizes just how bad the brakes are in this car!" *Andre the cameraman proceeds to gain some distance from the Model T*
What a surprisingly wholesome channel to have discovered. Nice to have found. Keep up the good work fellas & I suspect you will find a lot of assistance from smiling business's who will want to work on it for the simple joy of living history.
You know Ray had a story to tell his friends, family and wife when he got home after that shift. I serviced a 100+ year old car!
I work at a dealership in the original building from 1938, the 2nd story has a few more lifts bolted through the original wood floor. The owners have a family car collection with a Model T, 63 T Bird, 2 Ford LTD wagons, 64 1/2 mustang, 69 boss 302, 1950 cadillac, few others all in our showroom
Sounds great to have a family that loves cars! (I could ever be so lucky.) Your Mustang is actually a '65 model with a '65 VIN. Ford only built two "half-year" cars, the 1963 1/2 Galaxie and the 1970 1/2 Falcon. The term "64 1/2" Mustang was coined by the public, since it came out mid-year. All Fords that year were called 1964 except the Mustang, which was referred to in sales literature as simply "New Mustang".
You made those tech's entire month with this visit. These guys probably geeked out over that car for a long while after the fact. Great video fellas
What a wonderful video! There are still lots of Model Ts on the road. I own my dad's 1911 Touring car. He bought it in the 1970's, and it was the first car I ever drove. I live in the San Diego area and have my car on the road at least 3-4 times per month. The Model T Club of San Diego loves to go on tours into our local mountains and over to the desert. BTW - Rocky Mountain Brakes are fantastic and well worth the investment! I also belong to the Model T Ford Club of America, and in June 2024, we hosted their annual national tour with 60+ Model Ts from all over the USA and Canada. Keep driving and working on that T, and if you need any help...just ask!
As a mechanic this would have made my whole year to work on this car man. Hell, let alone drive it.
I know that fella was smiling ear to ear after this, and is still probably talking about it.
Its nice to see how far we have came since they were designed. Honestly It helps you understand things in some ways because the engineering back then was far simpler. But the fact that only one piece of that car still works the same, tells you how far we have came technologically since then. That was slightly over 100 years ago, i can only imagine what we will have in the next 100 years.
However, I will say this, despite what they tell you.....electric cars are not the future. They aren't even feasible enjoy them while they last.
how are they not feasible?
@@samusaran13372 look up what it takes to create an electric car, not just a few things, all the components, the battery, and everything in between.
Long story short, it takes you SEVEN whole years before you even make a difference in your carbon footprint. Guess how long a battery lasts? not much longer than that.
Now with that being said, think of the resources being mined to create one. You not only have slave labor, but what are the slaves using to mine? Equipment that runs on gas and diesel that does far more damage than me or you in a car ever will. Unless someone creates a battery far superior to what we have now, electric cars are a waste of time. We should be researching and testing, trying to figure out a different fuel source that's RENEWABLE that we can use to possibly replace it with.
I truly don't think in our lifetime, quiet possibly even the next, will we ever see a world without fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are the back bone of our world. Without fossil fuels this world would crumble. Almost all of the technology we have designed over the years is built around fossil fuels. Weather it be oil or fuel. Everything runs on it, or depends on it.
As an 18 year veteran as a Ford parts counterman, I can testify in reality they wouldn't even consider talking to you if you took this car in for repairs. I know this because I took my 1997 f350 in a few weeks ago, and I got the cold shoulder. Ford discontinues parts very quickly. If your car is over 5 years old you might as well have a model t. Ford and all other car makers want you to buy their brand new products every year, and they don't want the aftermarket or independent shops competing with them. It's all about money folks. All that said, it was an enjoyable video. Thank guys
Automakers are legally required to offer spare parts for at least 10 years
@@rudolphna54 It should be 30 years. Well made cars last at least that long if they are well looked after. Why isn't it illegal to sell rubbish cars that are designed to fail in a few years?
I have had no problems getting parts for my 1999 Ford AU Falcon.
That's so weird. Ford Europe have a lot of old parts in stock at all time. Friend of mine was looking for drive shaft for his Ford Cortina and couldn't find one on the market so he gave a call to local Ford dealer here, they said they don't have one in stock but can order one from UK and part be available in a week.
Yes but Ford doesn't make them anymore, it's either old stock from Ford or it's one of 100 aftermarket companies
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My uncle's friend got gonorrhea in a store too! Thank you for bringing awareness to the terrible issue of STDs (Store Transmitted Disease)
Yeah, not sure Tommy knows what it is, since he mentioned it in the same breath with polio. It’s not some extinct 19th century disease
I got a Ford 1927 Diamond TT truck. It originally had a Murray Brothers Body on it.
It was just 7 months old when it stopped in the paddock, and in temper the old man sunk his wood splitting axe through the fender and left it there for 70 years out in the elements.
When i bought it some 80 years later the vast majority of the wooden body was rotten away, and it was sadly missing many panels. bought it for $800. Still have it today another 30 years on top of that, have done some work on it, but everything is ridiculously expensive here for it.