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  • @davidchapman3270
    @davidchapman3270 8 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    40 years from now, my 50 year old autocar will still be on the road.

    • @busterhyman2016
      @busterhyman2016 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      how 'bout getting a '47 autocar. they were 'fun'!!

    • @davidchapman3270
      @davidchapman3270 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      oh the older the better and longer lasting trucks

    • @Willy2000ization
      @Willy2000ization 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Autocar is what my grandfather used to learn how to drive a truck

    • @conantdog
      @conantdog 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Built by hand , beautiful thing .

    • @michaelyoung3175
      @michaelyoung3175 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      40 years from now that truck will be illegal..

  • @glenncollins4778
    @glenncollins4778 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My grandfather maintained a fleet of autocar tractors all though late 40s and 50s. I took a few rides with him. Just like it was yesterday

  • @lowboy1one1
    @lowboy1one1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Back when people actually cared about the product they built!!!

    • @danweiers6950
      @danweiers6950 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You are so 100 percent right low boy

    • @kylekenan2321
      @kylekenan2321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I do, but the boss doesn't.

    • @IronStraw
      @IronStraw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We care, just give us a chance to do so ...

    • @LewdCustomer
      @LewdCustomer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You haven't heard of Tesla it seems.

    • @bladerunner6354
      @bladerunner6354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It alll turned into greed through political bullshit.

  • @the.porter.productions
    @the.porter.productions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’ve never owned or driven an Autocar, but I sure liked the way they’re built. Good stuff! 🇺🇸🥰

  • @TheDustysix
    @TheDustysix 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I was a final assembly chassis line electrician at Mack Trucks in the 80's.

    • @scottbrazinsky615
      @scottbrazinsky615 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      who gives a rats ass about you?

    • @charleshumphreys4082
      @charleshumphreys4082 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Scot faginsky

    • @andrewking9761
      @andrewking9761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Back in the time when they made good trucks not ones that look like crap all painted in appliance colours, fridges ovens etc

    • @robpeters5204
      @robpeters5204 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scottbrazinsky615 play nice!

  • @rodneymiddleton9624
    @rodneymiddleton9624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Amazing craftsmanship and true engineering!!!!

  • @shannonburns6724
    @shannonburns6724 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My Dad and Mom owned a Diamond T and an AwfulCar. The Diamond T had a Buda 290 hp diesel. And the AwfulCar had 250 Cumapart. They both had 5 + 3 tansmissions. Reycos, and SQHD Rockwells, 3.70:1 diffs. 22 inch tube type disc wheels. Nice trucks. Would love to have them back. Autocar made a beautiful tilt hood conventional that was a lot better looking than any pete.

  • @grassman8100
    @grassman8100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    When I was a kid in the 70s my uncle had some Autocar gravel trains. I remember them leaving the pit loaded up the hill out of the pit at over 120,000 pounds the ole trucks would be shifting going up the hill. some of the other trucks would never shift until the crest of the hill. I seen the scales in the winter time the Autocars would be 150,000 plus.Needless to say my uncle Cal was proud of them ole trucks

  • @MsJinkerson
    @MsJinkerson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I loved the Autocar line of trucks

  • @josephromano6825
    @josephromano6825 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is a company that takes pride in handcrafting a quality product!!

  • @banjocantrell838
    @banjocantrell838 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    There is something special when s driver looks out over the "piano hinge " as compared to hoods of fiberglass .
    Autocar first truck in the business.

    • @dalekrueger1175
      @dalekrueger1175 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A real truck, not a cardboard throwaway piece of shit 9400 Navistar

  • @andrewrussell3318
    @andrewrussell3318 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Back when iron workers, and machinists made everything.

  • @samposnikoff6801
    @samposnikoff6801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sounds like music to the ears. Would love to find my old "74 and restore it. Nice, tough ol' trucks.

  • @christinewoodruff4980
    @christinewoodruff4980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    This is why i only buy old stuff, new stuff is junk.

  • @cobra02411
    @cobra02411 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My great grandfather was a machinist for Autocar in the 1910's and 20's in the Ardmore Pa location. That location burned down in 1957.

  • @ckelley63
    @ckelley63 8 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Now those were trucks!!

  • @markdanielczyk944
    @markdanielczyk944 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    To own one of the stainless steel Autocars would be amazing!

    • @carldrexler7883
      @carldrexler7883 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      An old Edgecomb tractor ?

    • @markdanielczyk944
      @markdanielczyk944 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@carldrexler7883 Yes!

  • @carldrexler7883
    @carldrexler7883 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There used to be an Autocar plant in Exton Pa

  • @texasgarbagetrucks6206
    @texasgarbagetrucks6206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mack, Autocar and Pete are the best. Mack LR, Autocar ACX and Pete 520 are some of the best cabs in my opinion. Others may like different cabs but I like those

  • @joecummings1260
    @joecummings1260 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I worked for McHugh Brother's Crane Rentals in Penndel Pa. Red frames and wheels green cabs, 318 Detroit's 13 speed double overdrives with 2 speed tandems. Hendrickson RS suspension (no springs, just rubber mounting blocks). They rode rough as hell, and were noisy, but they would pull anything and were tough trucks

  • @cdnpont
    @cdnpont 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dominion Foundries and Steel Company Limited in Hamilton Ontario had a good size fleet of Red painted, short wheelbase, large HD axle units. 1952? - 73?. They plied the mill roads of the East end mill town hauling specially designed, brick lined clam shell ingot carriers - melt shop to soaking pits. They moved very slowly, and probably were pulling around 100, 000...at least. I think the trailers may have been Autocar as well, as I've seen photos of complete numbered units taken before use. ArcelorMitttal Dofasco might actually still have just one single late 60's unit still in limited use. I love those 60's handbuilt Autocar's, thanks so much for the vid.

  • @ticker511
    @ticker511 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I had a 63 in the 70's, it had a aluminum frame, 250 Cummings, with a double stick 4x4 tran. I hauled a lot of pulpwood and logs with the ole girl

    • @TheCalgarydoug
      @TheCalgarydoug 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hauled a lot of steel with one like that. The only bad thing was the aux box used to lock up going from 2 to 3 and I'd have to stop and stick a bar in the linkage to make it right again. The guy that drove it before me was pretty hard on it.

    • @ticker511
      @ticker511 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mine did the same thing when i bought the truck. I took the cover off on the floor boards that covers the shifting linkage. One of the mounting brackets had a crack in it. I welded it, and it worked like new. I had a lot of fun with it hauling wood. The truck was red with black trim, and i kept it polished, she was my baby.

    • @TheCalgarydoug
      @TheCalgarydoug 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If I had owned the truck I'd have done the same but the company said only the company mechanic was allowed to do any work on the trucks. We had some drivers that were less than smart so the policy made sense.

    • @rcaircraftnut
      @rcaircraftnut 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Duane Nelson Not to be mean, but it's Cummins, I imagine that you were hosed by the auto correct it happens to me a lot, lol.

    • @patb9375
      @patb9375 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rcaircraftnut big difference between Cummins and Cummings,

  • @gkachcivileng9234
    @gkachcivileng9234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very nice truck industry back in the 40s 50s and 60s. When trucks had personality.

  • @jimbrod9696
    @jimbrod9696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is exactly how we still build these to this day, upside down to start, and only built to customer order.

  • @gmartin8043
    @gmartin8043 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember in 1979 when I got my commercial license the company I started for were phasing them out, 1 Left and nobody wanted to drive it. The tractors today are a dream to drive compared to that. Back then with the length requirement cabovers were pretty much all that were our there that I remember.

  • @bill_nye_the_russianspy_9642
    @bill_nye_the_russianspy_9642 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video! Imagine if they inspected vehicles like that today. We would have half the vehicles we have on the road lol. Back then they actually cared now its about quantity then quality

  • @12121149
    @12121149 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Autocars,a fantastic Truck a lot of them are still driving today,in one shape or form.just sayin'

  • @Colt-tf6xf
    @Colt-tf6xf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    These are the trucks Peterbilt tried to be back in the day. Overall, they weren't far off, but Autocar was the gold standard until White Motor Company took over, which began the downward spiral. Truly a shame, White ruined everything they acquired.

    • @rickhaar7556
      @rickhaar7556 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Donald Mccauley m

    • @Townshipfarmer
      @Townshipfarmer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They really did ruin every brand they bought.

    • @shannonburns6724
      @shannonburns6724 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​​​@@Townshipfarmer, Minniapolis-Moline, Diamond T, Reo, Oliver, Autocar, White Motor Trucks, Freightliner, Hercules Engines, Hupp Engines, Cockshutt of Canada, and Western Star. They ruined and cheapened every brand they touched. Way to go and so many great brands.

  • @natsarimmgtow2157
    @natsarimmgtow2157 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1st. truck i drove for money, a 1954 Autocar.
    Shalum in Yahuwah from Saskatchewan .

  • @proline1240
    @proline1240 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting to see how some things haven't changed and some things changed completely.

  • @sgtwardaddy9889
    @sgtwardaddy9889 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    When rigs were built to last

  • @rippasnortus
    @rippasnortus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I always liked the sturdy look of these trucks. Sadly, they lost their way over the years and the new ones are not so well built anymore.

  • @petebachelder1131
    @petebachelder1131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent video, don't make quality like that anymore, so sad... junk today.

  • @KohalaIronWorksCase
    @KohalaIronWorksCase 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Autocar was popular on the Sugar Plantations here in Hawai`i...especially here on the Island of Hawai`i. Kohala Sugar & Hamakua Sugar used them to bring in the cut cane from the fields. Yamada Transfer had 2 running raw sugar to Kawaihae Elevator fo shipping...

    • @markwilliams4525
      @markwilliams4525 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are there any still left over there? I've seen pictures of them over there on Google images on old autocar ads

  • @daveycollins8523
    @daveycollins8523 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    mine a 53 with 4×3×2split rearend with a 260 cummings we put a turbo on it turned to a 280

  • @mattberg6785
    @mattberg6785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Tough damn trucks.

  • @59plexi
    @59plexi ปีที่แล้ว

    those poor workers....old school intense labor....cnc lazers and modern equipt blows this stuff away...sorry guys, you did a hella good job back in the day!!!

    • @Papa-vq3fv
      @Papa-vq3fv ปีที่แล้ว

      Some f UN people today are 2 good to work worthless b@$+∆ds!!!

  • @Satchmoeddie
    @Satchmoeddie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Autocar was the only truck big and powerful enough to run a snowplow AND a sand & cinder spreader off of the same truck, in the mountains where the trucks had to pull up to 11% grades.

  • @danielt.8573
    @danielt.8573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some people like their Mercedes and Ferraris. I like my Autocars and Saabs.

  • @ignaciotravieso7484
    @ignaciotravieso7484 ปีที่แล้ว

    My father drove in Cuba Autocar semitruck , he said that is the best , with Cummins 's motor .

  • @carlnapp8673
    @carlnapp8673 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    at 9:30
    I was afraid it would be Harry S. Truman on the right side.

  • @hectorscarpetta8802
    @hectorscarpetta8802 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Over the top truck assembly line

  • @kimmorrison9169
    @kimmorrison9169 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this video seems to be from the 1940’s or early ‘50’s from the grill assemblies shown. Old Autocars never died. They were built like tanks and all steel. No fiberglass front ends.
    There is Autocar dump truck now working road constr in my neighborhood. Its at least 50 yrs old and runs like a clock.

  • @apaulothegreat1581
    @apaulothegreat1581 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That was a great video for did that bring back memories made in America by an American when times were great in this country everything we've made from dirt to the atmosphere made in America I know this country dear trouble when them Toyota in Honda motorcycle started showing up God Bless America support Trump each person that is an American they should do his part or her part to make America great God bless the United States of America and the great Americans that make it happen register to vote and vote take pride in what you do

    • @MrShobar
      @MrShobar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Breaking News". tRump lost. Then proceeded to act like the child he is.

  • @1966human
    @1966human 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 9:05 is it a good idea to bake all those parts at that heat

  • @michaeldesilvio2060
    @michaeldesilvio2060 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They were built tough but you needed a kidney belt to drive one.

  • @lawrencebelz9412
    @lawrencebelz9412 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    a long time ago, Autocar trucks were made in Ardmore Penna [1930's?] - used for coal delivery, and similar - the engine?? - it was under seat, I think --- different exhaust sound - we kids called them "min-min" trucks, due to this different exhaust sound - I suspect a 2 cycle , or similar engine -- I cannot find any info or clue --- can you help? - it was really a different sound!

    • @dogphlap6749
      @dogphlap6749 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Lawrence Belz Have you seen this Jay Leno AutoCar truck ?:
      th-cam.com/video/qccV1_uky4o/w-d-xo.html

    • @francoisroussel4107
      @francoisroussel4107 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      P

  • @brads4625
    @brads4625 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The plant was in Exton Pa. I used to pass it all the time. I think Volvo bought them out and no more Autocar.

    • @davecorcoran3874
      @davecorcoran3874 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Building is still there,I work at a local quarry the owner worked in the engine shop in the 60s.We have a A-Car at the quarry, my father drove for Trans Materials in an Autocar.

  • @chadsimmons6347
    @chadsimmons6347 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i thought AutoCar was European..glad i was wrong becuase i want to buy one someday..and i dont buy foreign made trucks

  • @johncline8416
    @johncline8416 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Autocar trucks where the toughest I have ever drove. Before Volvo took over them then they where junk.

    • @Romans--bo7br
      @Romans--bo7br 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      john cline.... actually, Volvo has not had anything to do with A-car since 2001. GVW group LLC. (Grand Vehicle Works holdings from Ill.) bought out A-car from Volvo and has returned it to being a solely independent company, once again.

  • @Bitterrootbackroads
    @Bitterrootbackroads 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:00 better than rivets--- ??? Nuts & Bolts stay tight? With a lock washer that is already half broken? When that lock washer breaks the rest of the way you have a loose bolt rattling around. Lock washers may be ok for assembling soft steel grain bins or something that doesn't move but a flexing truck frame?

    • @snoebay88
      @snoebay88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lock washers look like that. The split in the washer bites into the metal as you tighten down on it and locks everything into place. Now if you don't know what a lock washer looks like,then maybe you don't know which end of the hammer does the work!

    • @erica8664
      @erica8664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree I have had many 1915 cars with riveted frames that were still tight as hell.

    • @davecorcoran3874
      @davecorcoran3874 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can show you a bunch of 67 Autocars at a used parts company bet you can't break one of those bolts loose with a air gun.

    • @LuminousBlueVariable
      @LuminousBlueVariable 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You obviously don't know how nut-and-bolt fastening systems work.

    • @markwilliams4525
      @markwilliams4525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@snoebay88 i think he's talking about when the other side of the washer breaks! I have seen them break also not to mention bolts do loosen even with a lock washer. Huck bolts are far superior.

  • @rayrussell6258
    @rayrussell6258 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    why is there 4 minutes of black blank images at the end of this video?
    you should fix that.

  • @wi11y1960
    @wi11y1960 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Labor intensive. cant streamline the manufacturing. Great for the model T ford. The deathnell for todays industry.

  • @lonnyjaw
    @lonnyjaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Back in the day with no safety glasses, ear plugs, or stupid MASKS. Back in the day when there was work ethic, integrity, and a sense of accomplishment.

  • @sebastianpuka555
    @sebastianpuka555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Imagine anything built from absolute scratch in the USA these days.And i mean anything

  • @learnerm3120
    @learnerm3120 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Which era is this from? 50s. 40s, or 30s?

    • @erica8664
      @erica8664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      looked like a 1962 chevy nova at 11.31 in to it.

  • @gerardocastillogarcia2870
    @gerardocastillogarcia2870 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Autocar porque ya no armo tractocamiones es buena marca

  • @mcozpda3392
    @mcozpda3392 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    and what Happened with this company .......

    • @jhomrich89
      @jhomrich89 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they're still around although today they only manufacture cab over design trucks

    • @mcozpda3392
      @mcozpda3392 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jon Homrich
      sad ..was a great company ..and great tractors ... cheers ...

    • @proline1240
      @proline1240 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @G Ross yeeaahh... that's not true, they are still hand built on an assembly line.

    • @rich52569
      @rich52569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gone. Today's "Autocar" are a European made garbage truck with an Auotcar badge glued to the front. My dad owned a late 60s model (the one with the square fenders) dual axle dump body in the early 70's. He said the reason he bought the Autocar was they were the toughest over the road trucks you could buy. But sadly they are a memory.

    • @markwilliams4525
      @markwilliams4525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They've started building the conventional autocar again. They're built in Birmingham al.

  • @michaelbaumgardner2530
    @michaelbaumgardner2530 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The photo of the bare cab looks just like a Diamond Reo of witch I have driven many miles...just saying.

    • @keithking1484
      @keithking1484 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Auto Car , Diamond Reo, and White used the same cabs in the 60s and 70s

    • @dalekrueger1175
      @dalekrueger1175 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@keithking1484 the cab was introduced in 1950

  • @scdevon
    @scdevon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Peak America. What happened?
    (Rhetorical question. We all know what happened).

    • @MrShobar
      @MrShobar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      World commerce is what happened. This kind of "boutique" production could not remain profitable in view of other U.S. and foreign manufacturers in the market. Hell, Autocar was probably already on life support when this film was made.

  • @volvotruck01
    @volvotruck01 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    So where is the autocar now

    • @MrShobar
      @MrShobar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Out of business, for the reasons they describe here.

  • @IntoAllTruth.
    @IntoAllTruth. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No wonder they went out of business. All that excess inventory and intensive labor are expensive and I efficient.

  • @roberthutchings2539
    @roberthutchings2539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My father drove an autocar 6-wheel Drive 6 by 6 called it back then maybe it's still today that's how I learned to drive on that truck in the bush holding pulpwood abitibi price owned the trucks there was three of them that I know for on this island I think only one remains the one my father drove belong to George freak a contractor would abitibi got sold in an auction don't know where it ended up the other was owned buy FC budgull Limited I think it got scrapped and there's one remaining owned by Glen Peterson still running today not used in the bush but perked in his yard but still runs and drives oh and the island that I was speaking off is Newfoundland

    • @markwilliams4525
      @markwilliams4525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have a 6x6 autocar. Its a dc66 model.

  • @dalp6657
    @dalp6657 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That time quality matters. Men power, no robots. Today we have just junk…..and stupid people approving those junks.

  • @TheJoscastillo
    @TheJoscastillo หลายเดือนก่อน

    🎉🎉🎉

  • @svs8909
    @svs8909 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    now Hecho en china