Power brakes didn't exist back then. It was leg muscles and weight. The model T was maxed out at 45 miles an hour and the engine would need new crankshaft bearings much sooner driving at 45 mph. The cars didn't have oil pumps. The connecting rods dipped in oil at the bottom of the stroke. When it was time for new bearings which were called babbits, the mechanic would have to make the the babbit/bearings and file them until the connecting rods fit. They were made of tin, copper and antimony.
I've never seen or driven one, but I would imagine that even with full leg muscles and weight you still wouldn't have much braking power from 45 MPH in one of these. Not like what people would expect today, at least.
Just imagine what people back in the day thought the 1st time riding in one, went from a horse that can run around 40+ mph "short distances" to a machine that could do it as long as it had gas. It didn't get tired, it didn't get thirsty, & for the most part it didn't get sick. "Break downs would be equivalent to being sick" One of the best inventions ever.
@@FlexedNoose Plenty of people drove them, if not gasoline vehicles never would've caught on. I'm sure not the ones that couldn't afford them but the ones that could did. And that's why Henry Ford invented the assembly line to make them more affordable for everyone.
Adoption was slow because a lot of people got car sick. They weren't raised in something that would go that fast but didn't move like a horse. Plus, there weren't a lot of gas stations around, so "range anxiety" was real.
The Ford Model T came with a tool kit with which you could disassemble the entire car with. Back then do-it- yourself was a necessary not just an option.😊
Theyre very simple with enough knowledge. It doesnt take much to understand them, and that was the birth of the mechanic. Anyone who could do the work and understand it better than their naighbor. Became the man to go to for repairs. And he became the machanic. Ty ford.
VW beetles were simple and easy to work on. If they still made them I would buy one over any newer cars. I can live without AC because I grew up without it.( The original. Not those things they made a few years ago.)
@TrashcanTroubadour certain brands have always been more labor intensive than others. The 3 VWs I owned almost never gave me trouble. Once a fuel pump quit. It's right on top of the motor, so I just took it off, walked a mile to a parts store and got another. Back on the road in less than an hour.
to be fair, high and low gear is all anyone really needs...even as late as the 1950s some cars had 2 speed push button (although automatic) transmissions, but 1st gear would get you to 55, and 2nd was good up to 110mph.
The Henry Ford Museum gives rides, and they're all different colors, too. Red, green, blue, and black, if I remember right. If you go, look for the section called "Greenwich Village". Happy travels!🙂
My cousin has one. I had just been watching a channel that's all about these cars when we went for a visit and I to see one up close. He bet me $100 that I wouldn't be able to get it started up (I'm a good mechanic with lots of experience with older cars but had never touched a model T). It had never been converted to an electric starter, but having just seen a video showing the process a few weeks earlier, I walked away proud with a crisp Benjamin! Had I not come across that channel, I don't think I could have done it. There's a lever on the steering wheel to slow and advance the timing that's critical to have just right for cold starts beside the standard choke and throttle. And obviously it had to be hand cranked which I've only ever done on a tractor I have even though I have a few cars with the option to. They're neat cars and I appreciate those who have kept them around for us to see, but I'd never want to own one!
Electric start came on most later versions of the model T. Not sure if it was made standard or if it was just an option but there was also two types of ignition coils too. I drove a later pickup version, 1927 from TN to NJ about 25 years ago. The truck had been sitting for 20+ years but a relative had pumped up the tires, got the motor running and told me to come get it if I wanted it. He actually drove it about 100 miles to meet me near the TN state line and I drove it home avoiding major highways the rest of the way. Surprisingly the thing did just fine, it was slow, and I regularly had to keep topping off the coolant and oil but nothing extreme. The brakes were weak but sufficient until I got into the hills with it. I still have it but haven't driven it in quite a while. It sits in the back of the garage. Since it was bought my new by my grandfather, I'll likely die with it. Comfort wise, its a tight fit for a big man, but not as bad as a model A for some reason. I drove a model A sedan from VA to NJ once and it was the most miserable uncomfortable drive I ever did. At 6ft3in tall there was no room for me to both shif and work the pedals, and I had to open the door to use the clutch pedal. If I had known how tight they were I'd have had it brought up by flatbed truck. Mechanically the model A is superior but size wise I suppose they didn't have tall guys in mind when they designed it.
Good job! My buddy made me start his once or twice and it's kind of scary. Most people probably don't know that it's a good way to get your thumb or elbow dislocated if you do it wrong.
A few years back a friend owned a '25 T roadster. We were at a cruise in show. He bet me I couldn't start the T and drive it away. Little did he know I drove a Model T before that belonged to a relative. Started it and drove it away much to his surprise. He paid for lunch that day. Yes, call your stops with T models. Mechanical rear brakes only.
Remember that the Model T was essentially an off road vehicle. In the 1910s, there were no such things as 'roads' as you think of them. A better comparo would be to take a Model T through a muddy rutted field and through a stream. Then try the same thing with any modern family sedan.
The Citroen CV2 was designed for the same purpose, more or less. It had to be able to carry a basket of eggs across a rough or muddy field without any of the eggs breaking.
@@merleshand2442 SUVs just take up space. For this reason, they are growing increasingly unwelcome in European streets. Legislation is being enacted to make them very expensive to run in cities.
US sedan, asian sedan or european? Because i am pretty sure an Audi quattro or Mercedes 4matic has no problem with that as long as you dont flood the engine.
Poorly; every car behind you is expecting the same brake performance as those without modern brakes, so adding them means either only using them when no one is behind you, or getting rear-ended constantly.
The Model T does have brakes, just not implemented the same way modern cars do: that pedal under your right foot is the Transmission brake and the parking brake lever can be utilized as an emergency brake.
Many accidents happened from people trying to stop their machine by pulling the steering wheel and hollering woah! Operating a machine instead of a horse drawn wagon took some getting used to.
@@mowlessbeemore2107The gearbox works by having belt connected to the pedals. The belts gets tightened by the push of the pedals, onto different drums which do different things, like 1st gear and reverse. One of these drums is the braking drum, so when you push the brake pedal, the friction created on the belt when it tightens around the brake drum will slow the car down. Imagine you would tighten a lever against the driveshaft of your car to slow it down, that's essentially what this is doing.
It's legal today because it was legal in 1915. You can't retroactively create laws that make it no longer legal. When operated as it was designed to be operated, it will serve for another hundred years.
@@KB10GLthe entirety of the 2A community (and a sizeable portion of the 1A community) would like a word with you on that, but 8 get what you're saying.
Now I want to test that so bad. I drive a newish Challenger and it does not like the snow 😂 I’ve learned to control it enough to drift through corners since basically anything over 10mph makes it start going sideways. But to experience minimal to no sliding while in traffic in deep snow sounds wonderful on so many levels
Out there living the dream, I have a 1929 model pick up that is in repair right now getting a new driveshaft, but I grew up around these cars and I’m happy to see someone taking care of them and using them
My grandfather has a 1927 model T, but with disk brakes and aluminium wheels, and drives it everywhere. Some of my favourite details are that the gas tank is below the front seat, and that the floor boards are made out of broken down shipping crates.
No oil, fuel or water pumps to break either. Although a bit tricky to drive (at first), it is mechanically very easy and simple to work on. This is by design because way back when it was released there were very few repair shops, so it had to be something that the average person could repair with common tools.
My dream is to have a model a pick up truck that would be so awesome. I would totally drive it. They’re all out of my price range, but I would like to have one.
My parent's first car was a Ford A farm truck. It had wooden floorboards and you could see the road passing by underneath you, through the holes in the floorboards that connected the pedals to the engine! They lived in rural West Australia and Dad bought the truck so that he could get his tomatoes to market (he was a market gardener).
For the time; the model T was one of the first vehicles meant for traveling through the wilderness. It has literally the same amount of suspension as a jeep.
Did the Model T's have rear differentials, so they could drive both rear wheels? Or did they just have one wheel drive? One wheel drive would be terrible for off-roading.
45mph in any Edwardian era car is terrifying. And a T is barely a step above a horseless carriage. In the same time period, a few people/companies built a few cars that would sustain over 100 mph (for breaking speed records), but were no safer than the T..
The reason they had poor brakes is because the braking system was in the transmission and therefore only applied stopping power to the rear wheels. 90% of a car's braking power comes from the front.
There's a guy in my town who drives a similar vintage car around once in a while. Sometimes when I'm driving through town, I'll see it parked outside one of the taverns or some other popular local spot. Neat car though.
My grandfather moved his mother brother and sister to the Texas panhandle around 1923 when he was about 15 from Cottondale Texas. They used his uncle’s model T. He had made the trip once before so he moved the family on the second trip. He said he got tickled when his mother kept noticing people waving at him and he waved back. She told him he sure met a lot of people on the first trip.
My grandmother talked about the Model A car! She used to carry water baskets on top of her head to have water at home in Spain 🇪🇸. Then they moved to California and they had a model A! ❤ what a shift.
We have a model T. It's a blast. We still have the wooden wheels. Mostly driving on dirt roads. Ours overheats quickly though. We never really go fast...
@@coltringcoltring7448 not sure, he passed away in 2020 (not directly VID related), and sold it shortly before he passed. If i had the money at the time i wouldve bought that shit just for the memories of him ;(
@@zombl337og I had to think about what it was called myself for a couple minutes. I just heard grandma on The Waltons asking John Boy if she could be the first to ride in the rumble seat of his car when he was working to get it.
My Papaw (born 1918) told me a story. One of his dad's acquaintances owned a model T. Papaw, his dad, and several local men were riding with him into town. They came to a steep hill, and the owner made everyone get out and walk to the top because the car couldn't handle the extra weight. Maybe that's why whenever Papaw test drove a car, he'd always test it on a hill. 😂
I feel like a valuable piece of context is the wonderful smooth new road this is currently driving on. Yea it rides like a dream because infrastructure has updated past cobblestone and brick streets
My auntie recked our model T. 1935 downtown Fort Garland Colorado. A carage pulled in front of her, and she crashed into the back. Her chest hit that steering wheel, and she broke a bunch of ribs. She passed in 2004. At 94 or so...
@@Isaac-ho8gh Tesla Is way more Dangerous too lithium battery can spotaneously combust explode and burn 4 days (it actually happened it's not made up) also software updates can lock you in the model T shouldn't be treated like a car but a tractor
Same. Unless it's to be my only car... Sometimes I need to drive on the Interstate, and I'd rather deal with a stupid Tesla than try to use a T in 75 mph traffic!
My dad and his step-dad would use a Model T off-road in Kansas. They'd drive down to the river and fill a tub with water. Then one guy would walk down the river catching fish, while the other guy drove on down a ways and got out to start fishing on down. The first guy would spot the car, put his fish in the tub, drive it along past the other guy ...
My uncle has a 1922 in his garage that he inherited from my grand father that recently passed way. I’ve had the pleasure of riding in it at car shows as a youngster. Great memories
My grandfather is a antique car enthusiast and he said the model T is what happens when you take a lawn mower engine and put it in a scaled up little tykes car.
the very first vehicle my dad sort of let me drive, was his Model A pickup. ( I can't remember whar year the truck was) but i was about 12 .He was always with me,, and never let me drive on a street or road.. There was an old barbed wire fence that ran for about a 1/4 mile..time after time he would make me back up along that fence,, using mirror or just looking outside. Years later he told me the reason, ""IF YOU CAN'T BACK UP POROPER.,, YOU HAVE NO BUISNESS GOING FORWARD.""..Later in life, that made backing trailers a snap 😢😢
I got my dream car. A 1964 Chevy impala convertible. The car is no power steering, no power brakes, and it drives so odd. Do not take for granted the luxuries are most modern cars. Older cars are nice, but you can definitely tell that they’re old.
Cut through the muck and the mud pretty well too. That was before twin I beam, which gave you traction and steering in the pasture or ruts. This thing, im told you sat on the gas tank.
Remembering a book on the Model T. You don't need a speedometer. At 25 mph, the fender shakes. At 35 mph, something else that I can't remember shakes. At 45 mph, you shake.
Holly crap. My dirt bike has 25hp. What a crazy time to travel in. Trying to take one from New York to Texas. Obviously trains still were used at the time but imagine that one guy going “screw it im gonna drive it.”
A real good childhood friend growing up, his grandpa used to make these things or replicas or whatever you call. It put together a few of them. I remember it's Grandpa used to give us a ride in the model t's They lived outside the small village in Northern Wisconsin So he could just take us on the Old country roads by the house so it wasn't a problem but man that thing was fun back then.
The Ford Model T along with the VW Beetle were amazing cars, and they were mass produced and affordable. The Model T cost around $300 100 years ago, which is about $5500 in today's money. The Beetle was just over a $1200 in the late 1940s, which is around $15K in today's money
One day Dad found a big stump in the paddock he was ploughing. Some jelly to get it out the ground, then he drove a T (we had two) up to it across the ploughed ground, tied a rope to this stump about a foot thick and 6 feet long, and pulled it out the paddock with the T.
Whoa, it literally has the same throttle mechanism as old Ford tractors too, I drove a 1970s Ford tractor a few years ago and other than the speed difference, the actual “driving” experience seems remarkably similar to this car! (The tractor did have a gear stick though, but it was really weird, it had two sets of gears if I remember right and you used a pedal to switch between the two sets of gears, I _think,_ the memory is hazy. Anyone familiar with ~50 yr old Ford tractors can maybe correct me! But there was some weird quirk about the gears on it I know that for sure
All reasons I like the model a more. It also looks cooler and I used to ride in a model a with my grandfather all of the time. Hopefully that will happen again sometime in the future.
I wish you had tested the brakes. And maybe shown how it steers and goes threw corners. Uphill. Thats better way of showing how it drives. But its a very enjoyable video. Excellent video a beautiful sight to see it looks so elegant
A friend of mine has one. He got pulled over for not wearing his seatbelt. He explained that the car was built before seatbelts. Cop said then you can’t drive it. He gave him a ticket. Cop was made to feel very stupid when the judge yelled at him in court.
I had a chance to drive one of those about thirty years ago. Felt really weird, slow, rickety, barely any braking power. But it was still super fun. The one I drove was a '23 model with the canvas top on it.
I saw the full episode this taken from and what got me was even though the driver made so many comments about the sloppy steering but he kept turning loose of the wheel all together!
Growing up we had a neighbor that would fix up old cars like model ts and you could hear him coming down the road
Coming
Never coming up the road.
Why?
Did he have a loud voice? 🤔
@@CarlSab9088 one time he did, he rolled coal and sparks flew. looked like fireworks down at the old mill
@@trueaussie9230Bs story, that's why 😂😂
Power brakes didn't exist back then. It was leg muscles and weight.
The model T was maxed out at 45 miles an hour and the engine would need new crankshaft bearings much sooner driving at 45 mph.
The cars didn't have oil pumps. The connecting rods dipped in oil at the bottom of the stroke.
When it was time for new bearings which were called babbits, the mechanic would have to make the the babbit/bearings and file them until the connecting rods fit. They were made of tin, copper and antimony.
Heck yeah! Awesome historical trivia rewind 🎉 incredible how far the engineering has went by 2024
Time to give it a built engine with Clevite bearings and proper oil galleries.
I've never seen or driven one, but I would imagine that even with full leg muscles and weight you still wouldn't have much braking power from 45 MPH in one of these. Not like what people would expect today, at least.
Isnt that what engine bearings are made of today ?
@@peterruiz6117 High-end aftermarket ones are clevite, yeah. IDK about normal ones. Probably just steel.
Just imagine what people back in the day thought the 1st time riding in one, went from a horse that can run around 40+ mph "short distances" to a machine that could do it as long as it had gas. It didn't get tired, it didn't get thirsty, & for the most part it didn't get sick. "Break downs would be equivalent to being sick"
One of the best inventions ever.
No one drove these first time round because they either were afraid of them, were poor, or didn’t like them enough to buy.
@@FlexedNoose
Plenty of people drove them, if not gasoline vehicles never would've caught on. I'm sure not the ones that couldn't afford them but the ones that could did.
And that's why Henry Ford invented the assembly line to make them more affordable for everyone.
Adoption was slow because a lot of people got car sick. They weren't raised in something that would go that fast but didn't move like a horse. Plus, there weren't a lot of gas stations around, so "range anxiety" was real.
Don't forget Harley Davidson's...
They didn’t have many suitable roads back in the day
The Ford Model T came with a tool kit with which you could disassemble the entire car with. Back then do-it- yourself was a necessary not just an option.😊
Theyre very simple with enough knowledge.
It doesnt take much to understand them, and that was the birth of the mechanic.
Anyone who could do the work and understand it better than their naighbor. Became the man to go to for repairs. And he became the machanic.
Ty ford.
VW beetles were simple and easy to work on. If they still made them I would buy one over any newer cars. I can live without AC because I grew up without it.( The original. Not those things they made a few years ago.)
@TrashcanTroubadour certain brands have always been more labor intensive than others. The 3 VWs I owned almost never gave me trouble. Once a fuel pump quit. It's right on top of the motor, so I just took it off, walked a mile to a parts store and got another. Back on the road in less than an hour.
@CitizenDirt tell that to the Germans
@viperpit-lr2rp. Found On Road Dead.
😂 “theres only two of them “ 😂
Banging through gears on the twisties.... Not in this thing!
I mean you could bang through gear
@@TFLcar I gather that’s not the best idea, though
@@TFLcarnot making of u bro just funny sounded to me at least keep the good work up do I’m rooting for ya🙏🔥
to be fair, high and low gear is all anyone really needs...even as late as the 1950s some cars had 2 speed push button (although automatic) transmissions, but 1st gear would get you to 55, and 2nd was good up to 110mph.
The little sputter it gives off is so old movies classic. I would LOVE TO RIDE IN ONE!
The Henry Ford Museum gives rides, and they're all different colors, too. Red, green, blue, and black, if I remember right. If you go, look for the section called "Greenwich Village". Happy travels!🙂
Me TOO
The engine had a very unique 25HP sound!
My cousin has one. I had just been watching a channel that's all about these cars when we went for a visit and I to see one up close. He bet me $100 that I wouldn't be able to get it started up (I'm a good mechanic with lots of experience with older cars but had never touched a model T). It had never been converted to an electric starter, but having just seen a video showing the process a few weeks earlier, I walked away proud with a crisp Benjamin! Had I not come across that channel, I don't think I could have done it. There's a lever on the steering wheel to slow and advance the timing that's critical to have just right for cold starts beside the standard choke and throttle. And obviously it had to be hand cranked which I've only ever done on a tractor I have even though I have a few cars with the option to. They're neat cars and I appreciate those who have kept them around for us to see, but I'd never want to own one!
Pretty cool! Yeah my uncle has a store of them....👀 haven't gotten to ride in one of those yet. Soon enough. They are rad.
Electric start came on most later versions of the model T. Not sure if it was made standard or if it was just an option but there was also two types of ignition coils too.
I drove a later pickup version, 1927 from TN to NJ about 25 years ago. The truck had been sitting for 20+ years but a relative had pumped up the tires, got the motor running and told me to come get it if I wanted it. He actually drove it about 100 miles to meet me near the TN state line and I drove it home avoiding major highways the rest of the way. Surprisingly the thing did just fine, it was slow, and I regularly had to keep topping off the coolant and oil but nothing extreme. The brakes were weak but sufficient until I got into the hills with it. I still have it but haven't driven it in quite a while. It sits in the back of the garage. Since it was bought my new by my grandfather, I'll likely die with it.
Comfort wise, its a tight fit for a big man, but not as bad as a model A for some reason. I drove a model A sedan from VA to NJ once and it was the most miserable uncomfortable drive I ever did. At 6ft3in tall there was no room for me to both shif and work the pedals, and I had to open the door to use the clutch pedal. If I had known how tight they were I'd have had it brought up by flatbed truck. Mechanically the model A is superior but size wise I suppose they didn't have tall guys in mind when they designed it.
Good job! My buddy made me start his once or twice and it's kind of scary. Most people probably don't know that it's a good way to get your thumb or elbow dislocated if you do it wrong.
A few years back a friend owned a '25 T roadster. We were at a cruise in show. He bet me I couldn't start the T and drive it away. Little did he know I drove a Model T before that belonged to a relative. Started it and drove it away much to his surprise. He paid for lunch that day. Yes, call your stops with T models. Mechanical rear brakes only.
Remember that the Model T was essentially an off road vehicle. In the 1910s, there were no such things as 'roads' as you think of them. A better comparo would be to take a Model T through a muddy rutted field and through a stream. Then try the same thing with any modern family sedan.
The Citroen CV2 was designed for the same purpose, more or less. It had to be able to carry a basket of eggs across a rough or muddy field without any of the eggs breaking.
Most modern "SUVs" can't go where these can
Yep. 😂
We had fun on our trailbikes 40 years ago.
There were still dirt roads and tracks.
@@merleshand2442
SUVs just take up space. For this reason, they are growing increasingly unwelcome in European streets. Legislation is being enacted to make them very expensive to run in cities.
US sedan, asian sedan or european? Because i am pretty sure an Audi quattro or Mercedes 4matic has no problem with that as long as you dont flood the engine.
I wonder how well an entrepreneur could do in those years, selling an aftermarket brake kit that was up to today's standards.
Poorly; every car behind you is expecting the same brake performance as those without modern brakes, so adding them means either only using them when no one is behind you, or getting rear-ended constantly.
@Cloud30000 a worthy point,
But it could still save a pedestrians life, just as a for instance
Back then you probably saw a car every 40 minutes on most streets
You’d literally fly through the front windshield 😂😂😂😂😂
@@Nationof300 Excellent point.
Superior stopping force calls for superior restraint
The Model T does have brakes, just not implemented the same way modern cars do: that pedal under your right foot is the Transmission brake and the parking brake lever can be utilized as an emergency brake.
Yup, it's drum brakes are mostly at the rear end,
Many accidents happened from people trying to stop their machine by pulling the steering wheel and hollering woah! Operating a machine instead of a horse drawn wagon took some getting used to.
You down shifted to brake?
@@mowlessbeemore2107The gearbox works by having belt connected to the pedals. The belts gets tightened by the push of the pedals, onto different drums which do different things, like 1st gear and reverse. One of these drums is the braking drum, so when you push the brake pedal, the friction created on the belt when it tightens around the brake drum will slow the car down. Imagine you would tighten a lever against the driveshaft of your car to slow it down, that's essentially what this is doing.
@@MultiMediaXL thank you for that visual description, I didn't understand it till I read that
this is street legal, but a 1990’s japanese kei mini truck isnt?
Road laws are wacky like that
It's legal today because it was legal in 1915. You can't retroactively create laws that make it no longer legal.
When operated as it was designed to be operated, it will serve for another hundred years.
@@KB10GL kei trucks were legal before
@@KB10GLwhat are you talking about ? They change laws all the time 😂
@@KB10GLthe entirety of the 2A community (and a sizeable portion of the 1A community) would like a word with you on that, but 8 get what you're saying.
My grandfather drove one from NY to California through route 66 in the summer.
I don’t believe you
@@fahid3342They don't need you to believe them. If that's what they said their grandfather said he did, then he did it. Bye.
Well at least you can go faster than the Amish!!
There is no telling how many of those my Papaw junked in his day!
You must've not seen that one Amish dude drift his horse and carriage....sparks and all..
Yeah most likely. But probably not their horses,
@goodguy...badrep. oh yea I remember that. Crazy sh*t.
Funniest part is the Chevy camera car lol
“Chevy camera”
@@randomtransitadventures did bro forget how to read
@@WheaggWhat’s a “to read”?
LOL
I guess it is to showing that this video is NOT sponsored by Ford
And it almost got overtaken by a Ford😂
I love how the quick solution when the wood spokes of the wheels would shrink was to park the car in a creek overnight to expand the wood.
It was basically a horseless carriage!!!🐎
Built by Dodge Brothrtd to Henry's idea. Their transmission made it successful
Ironically today's dodge transmissions suck
@@tonygriffin8007 not the RWD ones made by ZF
Best vehicle for getting through mud and snow. Tyres cut right down to the hard surface, and pretty good ground clearance.
Now I want to test that so bad. I drive a newish Challenger and it does not like the snow 😂 I’ve learned to control it enough to drift through corners since basically anything over 10mph makes it start going sideways. But to experience minimal to no sliding while in traffic in deep snow sounds wonderful on so many levels
Narrower tires are still recommended for winter sets
Out there living the dream, I have a 1929 model pick up that is in repair right now getting a new driveshaft, but I grew up around these cars and I’m happy to see someone taking care of them and using them
Love the bumper shot - so dynamic!
I've driven one, it was a blast. My grandfather restored it, and would bring Santa to the neighborhood sitting in the rumble seat. Wonderful.
You say its not usable in modern traffic when people are out here driving nissan altimas held together with duct tape and hope lmao
Lol why is it always an Altima
I have a model T and no its not that bad, smooth ride and lots of looks!
Driving that car must have been awesome.
So long as you don’t pump it all the way up to 45, then I imagine it becomes close to horrifying
It is when it first came out
Done so for years, it's great. Most people don't 'get it' though
Got to drive one down a dirt road near Yosemite. It's a pretty capable off-road vehicle. There's lots of clearance and low-end torque.
My grandfather has a 1927 model T, but with disk brakes and aluminium wheels, and drives it everywhere. Some of my favourite details are that the gas tank is below the front seat, and that the floor boards are made out of broken down shipping crates.
man i love 1977 Ford f 150 super cab ac cold breaks are good 64k miles daily diver
piss on the floor
pickup trucks suck
@@randomtransitadventuresolder ones are pretty nice tho
@@randomtransitadventuresfound the car guy
I prefer Toyota pickups and SUVs, mainly ones between the 90s and 00s, very reliable mfs
No oil, fuel or water pumps to break either. Although a bit tricky to drive (at first), it is mechanically very easy and simple to work on. This is by design because way back when it was released there were very few repair shops, so it had to be something that the average person could repair with common tools.
The hand throttle is a feature present on tractors from this era, and even ones made way after.
My dream is to have a model a pick up truck that would be so awesome. I would totally drive it. They’re all out of my price range, but I would like to have one.
My parent's first car was a Ford A farm truck. It had wooden floorboards and you could see the road passing by underneath you, through the holes in the floorboards that connected the pedals to the engine! They lived in rural West Australia and Dad bought the truck so that he could get his tomatoes to market (he was a market gardener).
For the time; the model T was one of the first vehicles meant for traveling through the wilderness. It has literally the same amount of suspension as a jeep.
Did the Model T's have rear differentials, so they could drive both rear wheels? Or did they just have one wheel drive?
One wheel drive would be terrible for off-roading.
@@carultch Look it up.
But trust me, 45 in a Ford model T is absolutely terrifying🤣
Great video! I love to see old things still going😃
45mph in any Edwardian era car is terrifying. And a T is barely a step above a horseless carriage. In the same time period, a few people/companies built a few cars that would sustain over 100 mph (for breaking speed records), but were no safer than the T..
I can guarantee you that a model T was most definitely a step up from a carriage.
Driving one of them has to be an experience in itself! The oldest I've driven, was a 1930 Model A.
At first I thought some guy was recording you while you just drove at him
The reason they had poor brakes is because the braking system was in the transmission and therefore only applied stopping power to the rear wheels.
90% of a car's braking power comes from the front.
There's a guy in my town who drives a similar vintage car around once in a while. Sometimes when I'm driving through town, I'll see it parked outside one of the taverns or some other popular local spot. Neat car though.
My grandfather moved his mother brother and sister to the Texas panhandle around 1923 when he was about 15 from Cottondale Texas. They used his uncle’s model T. He had made the trip once before so he moved the family on the second trip. He said he got tickled when his mother kept noticing people waving at him and he waved back. She told him he sure met a lot of people on the first trip.
rumor has it, he's still rolling down that road.
My grandmother talked about the Model A car! She used to carry water baskets on top of her head to have water at home in Spain 🇪🇸. Then they moved to California and they had a model A! ❤ what a shift.
Love the videos of them driving this.
Growing up in Maine, my dad used to collect model T’s and restore them
I bet that was awesome to experience.
"James, we're going to be killed!"
My Mother drove a Model T when she was young. Mom was born in 1916 and died in 2004. Love you Mom.
“Gotta brake fast! Quick throw out the anchor”
We have a model T. It's a blast. We still have the wooden wheels. Mostly driving on dirt roads. Ours overheats quickly though. We never really go fast...
my grandpas has a modtel t with the bumper seat in the back
Is it the Doctor Coupe ?
What, like a rumble seat?
@@julienielsen3746 thats what i meant, just used the wrong word lol
@@coltringcoltring7448 not sure, he passed away in 2020 (not directly VID related), and sold it shortly before he passed. If i had the money at the time i wouldve bought that shit just for the memories of him ;(
@@zombl337og I had to think about what it was called myself for a couple minutes. I just heard grandma on The Waltons asking John Boy if she could be the first to ride in the rumble seat of his car when he was working to get it.
My Papaw (born 1918) told me a story. One of his dad's acquaintances owned a model T. Papaw, his dad, and several local men were riding with him into town. They came to a steep hill, and the owner made everyone get out and walk to the top because the car couldn't handle the extra weight.
Maybe that's why whenever Papaw test drove a car, he'd always test it on a hill. 😂
For a second, I thought it had been retrofit withbsome kind of disc break at the front wheels.
I feel like a valuable piece of context is the wonderful smooth new road this is currently driving on. Yea it rides like a dream because infrastructure has updated past cobblestone and brick streets
How do you stop if there is no brakes?
Stop giving it gas
Foot break and yelling Yabadabadoo !!
Find a hill
Downshift
Jump out of the seat into a tuck and roll
I had the joy of riding in one often as a child. Great cars!
that voice you're doing should be considered a war crime
It's Blippi
That's his normal voice 😂
My auntie recked our model T. 1935 downtown Fort Garland Colorado. A carage pulled in front of her, and she crashed into the back. Her chest hit that steering wheel, and she broke a bunch of ribs. She passed in 2004. At 94 or so...
No brakes ? 😯
Yeah who needs them anyway 🤷🏽♂️😊
brakes are for quitters 😂
no no there's a brake mechanism in the transmission , it just isn't very strong... it has a brake pedal
I had a friend who owned one in Los Angeles. Late 80's early 90's and we would cruise around in it. Hope Lewis is going great. It's been many years.
You should try an engine swap or so it’s got a v8
No
Yeah
Everytime I'm in my Dad's model T's I can't help but smile from ear to ear!
I would too.
So how do you break?
I think he means that there are breaks but they are very weak
Brake and brakes!
Use the Flintstone method. Fred can give you some pointers.
@@nickpalance3622Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet ...
@@michaelt.anderson4430 until it breaks
My grandad restored a 1925 Model T from the floor boards up and I remember riding in it
i would take this over any Tesla
Despite Model Ts also being rather dangerous, fair enough lol
@@Isaac-ho8gh Tesla Is way more Dangerous too lithium battery can spotaneously combust explode and burn 4 days (it actually happened it's not made up) also software updates can lock you in
the model T shouldn't be treated like a car but a tractor
Idiot 😂
Same.
Unless it's to be my only car... Sometimes I need to drive on the Interstate, and I'd rather deal with a stupid Tesla than try to use a T in 75 mph traffic!
@@Steve1766 BRAINDEAD BOOMER HAHHAHAHAH
A guy I reenact with has a Ford model t ambulance from ww1, coolest thing I've seen brought to reenactments in a while
We went 30-35mph in home made gocarts in the 80s.
Grow some sack.
My old man use to have an old model T. Great stories
Jew flattening machine 😅
Best comment ever!❤❤❤
My dad and his step-dad would use a Model T off-road in Kansas. They'd drive down to the river and fill a tub with water. Then one guy would walk down the river catching fish, while the other guy drove on down a ways and got out to start fishing on down. The first guy would spot the car, put his fish in the tub, drive it along past the other guy ...
That's cool! I've seen a bunch of these but never actually seen anybody driving one. Lol👍🏼
hard to imagine we only had automobiles 100 years ago against our civilization of thousands of years old...
My uncle had an operational Model T when I was a kid-it was fun to ride in. You didn’t mention the crank starter, though
You got to love the driving experience with push and pray brakes
My Grandfather had a 1914 T. he would drive it on weekends. My brother has it now.
Dude , that must be so awesome , a feeling to drive one of them
My uncle has a 1922 in his garage that he inherited from my grand father that recently passed way. I’ve had the pleasure of riding in it at car shows as a youngster. Great memories
My grandfather is a antique car enthusiast and he said the model T is what happens when you take a lawn mower engine and put it in a scaled up little tykes car.
the very first vehicle my dad sort of let me drive, was his Model A pickup.
( I can't remember whar year the truck was) but i was about 12 .He was always with me,, and never let me drive on a street or road.. There was an old barbed wire fence that ran for about a 1/4 mile..time after time he would make me back up along that fence,, using mirror or just looking outside. Years later he told me the reason, ""IF YOU CAN'T BACK UP POROPER.,, YOU HAVE NO BUISNESS GOING FORWARD.""..Later in life, that made backing trailers a snap 😢😢
My great uncle had 2 of these. And a M-38 Jeep. And a Piper Cub.
Soy de Posadas Misiones Argentina supimos tener un Ford t de 1926 era una hermosura.
I got my dream car. A 1964 Chevy impala convertible. The car is no power steering, no power brakes, and it drives so odd. Do not take for granted the luxuries are most modern cars. Older cars are nice, but you can definitely tell that they’re old.
20 horses!!! In one buggie? Amazing new fangled machinery
Cut through the muck and the mud pretty well too.
That was before twin I beam, which gave you traction and steering in the pasture or ruts.
This thing, im told you sat on the gas tank.
I drove through south central LA in one of these with my grandfather. Man we got so many looks.
Remembering a book on the Model T. You don't need a speedometer. At 25 mph, the fender shakes. At 35 mph, something else that I can't remember shakes. At 45 mph, you shake.
Holly crap. My dirt bike has 25hp. What a crazy time to travel in. Trying to take one from New York to Texas. Obviously trains still were used at the time but imagine that one guy going “screw it im gonna drive it.”
Good spooky car still in working condition 😀 like it.
No air bags?
No stereo/radio?
No windows?
Henry Ford left a lot of work to do and made a mint!!!😮
I mean, it was to assume the role a horse-driven buggy had. That probably didn't have those things either.
When I was in high school a classmate drove a Model A. My only complaint was no air-conditioning. This is Texas!
A real good childhood friend growing up, his grandpa used to make these things or replicas or whatever you call. It put together a few of them. I remember it's Grandpa used to give us a ride in the model t's They lived outside the small village in Northern Wisconsin So he could just take us on the Old country roads by the house so it wasn't a problem but man that thing was fun back then.
Damned things will run for ever as long as you maintain them right.😊
Some say they never stopped.
Hit the switch for the FLUBBER to kick in😊
The Ford Model T along with the VW Beetle were amazing cars, and they were mass produced and affordable. The Model T cost around $300 100 years ago, which is about $5500 in today's money. The Beetle was just over a $1200 in the late 1940s, which is around $15K in today's money
Man those thin wheels are terrifying
One day Dad found a big stump in the paddock he was ploughing. Some jelly to get it out the ground, then he drove a T (we had two) up to it across the ploughed ground, tied a rope to this stump about a foot thick and 6 feet long, and pulled it out the paddock with the T.
Whoa, it literally has the same throttle mechanism as old Ford tractors too, I drove a 1970s Ford tractor a few years ago and other than the speed difference, the actual “driving” experience seems remarkably similar to this car! (The tractor did have a gear stick though, but it was really weird, it had two sets of gears if I remember right and you used a pedal to switch between the two sets of gears, I _think,_ the memory is hazy. Anyone familiar with ~50 yr old Ford tractors can maybe correct me! But there was some weird quirk about the gears on it I know that for sure
All reasons I like the model a more. It also looks cooler and I used to ride in a model a with my grandfather all of the time. Hopefully that will happen again sometime in the future.
I wish you had tested the brakes. And maybe shown how it steers and goes threw corners. Uphill. Thats better way of showing how it drives.
But its a very enjoyable video. Excellent video a beautiful sight to see it looks so elegant
A friend of mine has one.
He got pulled over for not wearing his seatbelt. He explained that the car was built before seatbelts. Cop said then you can’t drive it.
He gave him a ticket.
Cop was made to feel very stupid when the judge yelled at him in court.
It's good to see the younger generation driving and explaining how to drive one!
Instead of an old timer!
Hearing that car reminds me of when I was a kid watching the Waltons
I had a chance to drive one of those about thirty years ago. Felt really weird, slow, rickety, barely any braking power. But it was still super fun. The one I drove was a '23 model with the canvas top on it.
"So much for this automobile of your's. If this is the future; god help us all!"
John Marston~
I saw the full episode this taken from and what got me was even though the driver made so many comments about the sloppy steering but he kept turning loose of the wheel all together!