1917 Fiat Botafogo Special - Jay Leno's Garage
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- 1917 Fiat Botafogo Special. 21.7-liter aero-engined behemoth! Check out this amazing car that was lent to Jay Leno.
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1917 Fiat Botafogo Special - Jay Leno's Garage
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As an Argentine I can recognize the ACA badge in the front (Automóvil Club Argentino) this means the car was a historical rally car and show car.
I have a 1958 Ducati 175 sport with that badge , it came from Argentina I'm glad I left it on there now : )
Es de Pur Sang
"The brakes are terrible, but the horn's really loud" is going into my library of favorite phrases.
HaHaaa, that reminds me of the old joke where a mechanic calls the customer and tells him that he couldn't fix the brakes on his car, so he made the horn louder. ;-)
+Stephanie Ann 😂
lol
Jay's got so much great one liners
'accident avoidance technology' comes to mind.
Im going with “Im boiling hot even with this heavy coat on”
@@danielacosta7717 or ''when made of wood and on fire, driving 65 mph becomes interesting''
Man that thing is amazing! I love the aesthetic and the presence it has.
my favorite thing about Jay in some of these videos is that he doesn't act like he knows everything and that's respectable
Yeah, he doesn't look like a TV host but more like a nice guy who really loves cars. Great to watch!
But he DOES know damn-near everything about his cars; You can tell when people ask him questions, and unscripted, he gives all this info about the history, the engineering principles, the applications, etc, for virtually every part, for all this 200+ cars.
Leno's like the opposite of most celebrity "car guys", who act like they know everything, but don't even know the engine size of their own cars.
Everytime I watch one of these older cars on Jay Lenos garage I always hope they will start up the motor and it would be awesome if they actually drove it. Then im always reminded when he says: "Lets take it for a ride" that it is Jay Leno and of course he will drive it :P
Rafael Lecuona there´s anotherone in germay!!!!,,try brutus sinsheim 45ltr bmw-bomber engine
Peter Schmidt wieso bearbeitest du's nicht und nimmst den falschen Link raus?
Mathias Braun sindelfingen war auch falsch.es ging um den bmw bombermotor in dem sinsheimer"brutus"45liter hubraum.der von leno hat knapp die hälfte.habs bearbeitet...ohne link.die"brutus"videos findet jeder in youtube oder google.
yeah tobbie you are right there is an another Canadian collector his name is BAR & he only shows his shiny bike without even knowing how it sounds- thats why we love leno so much everything he has they all run
HEY, JAY??? WHAT KIND OF DEEL HAVE YOU DONE WITH BARACK OBAMA,TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE THIS AUTOMOBILES ON THE ROAD LEGALLY, WITHOUT NUMBER PLATES AND TO STILL BE ABLE TO PASS EMISSION REGULATIONS.....? IN THE UK YOU WOULD GET LIFE IN JAIL, IF YOU TOOK THE BOTAFOGO OUT ON A PUBLIC ROAD, WITH! NUMBER PLATES AND LIGHTS....
That is just incredible to Me for 1917. I mean all those parts had to be cast, fit...No. Cast again, experimented with, hand forged. Overhead cam and 4 valves per cylinder! In 1912! 100 years later and it would still be a marvel to build.
Cool thing of plane engines is that they're always decades ahead of anything meant for road use!
and all hand drawn and hand made, no computer simulators, or CAD.....
I agree. Those guys building things like this were true masters of the craft.
@@Galf506 planes nowadays sometimes use honda K20's, same as in your moms 2018 civic
@@Galf506 Not only were they decades ahead but the quality was much better because if you break down you don't push it to the 7/11 you crash and die in a heap of flaming metal and wood! Large planes really couldn't coast back then with an engine failure.
It was named Botafogo after a legendary argentinean race horse ( you can see a horse picture on the cockpit' s right side .)
Botafogo is a Portuguese word means 'throws fire' and it's also a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro
@@tonycavez Yeah, but in this case it's specifically referred to the name of the horse, nothing to do with bresil
Botafogo means Spit fire
The whole time he went for a drive i was smiling like a kid. This is great.
How does Jay remember how all of his cars work when he goes to drive them? Fascinating!
Jay draws his magical powers from the denim.
I own a few classic cars plus my daily driver and my wifes, and I can't even keep them straight - where's 1st... where's reverse... which side is the gas cap on... etc.. I don't know how he remembers it all.
Best part about this car is the styling. It just looks so damn cool. Those colors really make it too.
I dont even see any more chrome on modern cars... just plastic
Looked and sounded like a turd back in 1917, STILL looks and sounds like a turd 100 years on.......
It's sheer beautiness.
@@michaelmeliambro5117 And your daily driver is what?
@@UberLummox LOL try a 1970 Torino with a 429 "Cobra Jet".
I love that Jay goes through the startup process, really cool to see what life used to be like. That 22 liter monster purrs like a kitten! Really cool stuff.
Thanks for this great series Jay, good to see these fabulous machines demonstrated. Shame we don't seem to get your shows here in UK. More strength to you, Sir!
100% pure awesome.
It actually looks like what Steampunk tries to look like!
So great of Mr. Leno to keep and maintain these cars, and show them to us. We'd never know they even existed otherwise.
Jay looks like some kind of mad scientist driving that thing :-)
saw you out driving this today Jay, looks great on the road!
Jay I am a huge fan. I appriate that you take the time out and make these videos. Thank you for your work and thank you for sharing your collection with us.
This thing's too beautiful for trashy LA.
And the belly of this car, so sexy! Always makes me think of the WWII Mustang P51 fighter planes. Love it!
Love this car! Looks like an old fighter plane
@@MrBonki123 I don't know WWI planes, but it's coachwork is more like a fuselage than any car I've ever seen. Or can recall at least.
That's not a car, its a work of freaking art , with an aeroplane engine!
I love it on a level words cannot express :)
10-4 to that!!!
Y es otra obra argentina 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
I hope Jay Leno lives to a ripe old age. Seeing this particular car, though, made me think....if his collection is ever broken up, nearly any one of his cars would be "the" prized piece for any automotive museum. Or maybe someday The Jay Leno Motor Museum. His garage has to be unrivalled in the world. I actually met him once, nearly 30 years ago, and he's just as nice and geniune as he is in these videos.
cant get enough of your videos! its so cool how you take these old cars for a ride which other people would put in a museum. and you let us be part of all this, you´re awesome!
I'd like to see a pair of vintage Vickers machine guns on that hood. Jay says "not a good car for LA traffic..." problem solved!
Good one!
bfjb70 Just add a large bore elephant gun armed passenger with a pith helmet. Now that's a fun thought
Amazing how quiet this monster engine works.
I loved the sound
Starting to get addicted to these videos. If i had the dosh i'd invest in old cars love em.
How do you get spare parts for a Fiat?
Just follow another one around.
What's the difference between a Fiat and a Jehovah's Witness?
You can close the door on a Jehovah's Witness.
When should you do the first oil change on a Fiat?
When it gets to 50,000 miles, or in other words, never.
Have you seen the latest Fiat anti-theft device?
They enlarged the logo.
What occupies the last six pages of the Fiat owner's manual?
The bus and train timetables.
How can you get a Fiat to do 60 miles an hour?
Push it over a cliff.
A friend went to a dealer the other day and said, "I'd like a gas cap for my Fiat."
The dealer replied, "Okay. Sounds like a fair trade."
How do you make a Fiat go faster?
Tell the tow truck driver to speed up.
What do you call a Fiat on a hilltop?
A miracle.
Two Fiats on a hilltop?
Science fiction.
Three Fiats on a hilltop?
A funny place to build a Fiat factory.
LMAO!!!..
Hahaha 👍
Hahahahahahahaha! But don't forget when Fiat made racing cars the others was running with horses and carts.
RandallFlaggNY "Funny"
Good job taking Yugo jokes and putting in Fiat.
Jay, I love you! You share this pre WWI beasts, steam cars. You really try to get people interested in mechanics. Love your passion!
This is awesome.Look,sounds,weighs and even have 1 headlight like a locomotive ...
This is by far the scariest car Jay has showed. I wouldn't drive that to work for a paycheck
Would love to have updated video on Jays aero engined fleet! Who’s with me?!
Now he’s gotta do an episode with the Fiat S76.
The ride and motor is sooo quite. It’s amazing for such a huge displacement
Brakes are for weenies! Hope you show more history on this car sometime. It's truly worthy.
Excuse my french, but that is fucking beautiful.
Merde.
Deathbrewer no no no 😁
Exhaust My French , But I agree
Thanks Jay for saving these amazing cars!!
Hate to tell Mr. Leno that he is wrong, but the last worldspeedrecord that was set on a puplicroad was actually the Mercedes Benz W125 "Rekordwagen" from 1938, witch set its record on January 28th on (where else) the Autobahn between Frankfurt und Darmstadt. And the record that was set by Rudolf Caracciola at 432.7 Km/h (268.87 Mph) is still there to be broken up until today.
Hate to tell that is in 1917 no in 1938 and what was doing in 1917 Mr Mercedes maybe the handjob
Splendid commentary right there.
I just love the engineering, and quality of these beautiful cars. I have watched almost all of these vids, and I think this car is one of my overall favorites... There is a soul in these old cars that seems to come thru the passion of those who build them, quite unlike modern production cars, which are, in a word, disgusting.
+Gabriel Seth exactly how i feel
your'e right, it is. I am all for technological advancement, but the rule of thumb in industry these days is to make something as cheaply as possible, and sell it for as much as possible for maximum profit margin, which leads to the use of inferior parts and materials, foreign labor, etc. there just isn't the same pride of craftsmanship, or attention to detail as there used to be, and the cars they make nowadays don't retain their value. Its not so much the cars that are disgusting as the business practices which produce them.
we need to outlaw the massproduction of things like cars and patents. there would be car builders in every city today like it was back in the day with carriages and ship builders in most harbours. that would be bad for big international businesses but great for everyone else. this would be so good for the economy. the law today is definetly arranged to prevent this.
There are Some good things that come out of mass production, and I don't think outlawing it would necessarily solve the problem, however, being passionate about something other than quarterly gains is a good place to start. An important thing to remember is that every dollar we spend is a vote that we cast in support of the products, and services, methods of production, and distribution that are involved in that purchase, and that those big companies were "bought" into existence by people. That being said, if you value, believe in, or wish to support a more diverse and dynamic economy, the best thing anyone can do is to be conscious of who and what they are really supporting when they spend their money. The carriages and ship builders you mentioned were an important part of establishing local economies, and as long as people understand the value of supporting those kinds of grassroots industries, maintaining a healthy local economy is something we can all be capable of attributing to.
+murpy eddie Sure, go back to the good old days before the Model T when only rich people could afford cars.
No thanks.
13:54 welcome to 'Murica where people first turn then look into their mirrors
People used to say, this is the best car show on the internet and quite honestly I used to be skeptical of that when competing with top gear, motor trend, drive and the sorts. I see the light now, this is THE BEST car show on the internet! Keep doing what you are doing Jay!
Pretty cool J-bird. I was worried you'd have to stop quick on the freeway. Monster 22 Liter engine. Makes you appreciate gas and oil pumps after seeing you work. Thanks.
jay has the coolest collection ever
I want one! I love this era of automobiles.
A 1500 rpm max reading tachometer? Cool!
Airplane engines never rev high. The propeller is linked directly to the crank without any gearing, and a big propeller like they used on this engine would spin around 1000 rpm. Thus they needed high torque at low rpm.
So incredibly beautiful. Thank you for sharing, Jay.
wow 22l for 6 cylinders... its like every cylinder displaces a small moon
21.7L is approximately 220 cid per cylinder. Impressive, but not the 6 small block Chevys he stated.
no not a 350 small block, but I think Olds made a 220 c.i. V8 in the early 60s and put it in the F88 (f80?). So maybe a small block GM would be accurate...
that's not a moon, it's a space station.
I can imagine Fangio seeing this as a child thinking " that's what I wanna do"
just pure Art
Surprisingly smooth engine!
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!
This and the 32 Alfa Romeo are officially my all time favorites of yours
Hey Jay, Really like your way of reviewing cars. At last somebody that knows their stuff and can impart their enthusiasm. Wonderful treasure-trove of reviews of all ages of cars. Thank you so much. PS I have a 1994 Bentley Brooklands as a restoration project. It certainly takes time.
Jay is amazed to talk of the accident that killed the last owner. its kind of funny.
Wow that's what you got out of that?
Everyone dies and at least he went out the way most enthusiast would
want to go, doing what they love. I lost a friend that way, driving his
Packard, and another scuba diving, pursuing their passions!! Smiling as
you step into the next life. Beats the hell out of cancer or????
I hope people remember me with a laugh, and having something I did deemed worth their consideration and restoration as I conceived it. An honor!
Yooo, im not even a car enthusiast but this shit is fresh as hell
Kept waiting for Jay to get pulled over for not having...well, you name it, this car probably doesn't have it.
It is grandfathered in "as factory built" unless it was a modified "Hot rod " with modern mechanical s.
The only requirements for the state of California are: a muffler, turn signals if it is a right hand vehicle, (hand signals, though most people don't know that you are doing even when properly executed, are still legal), and mudflaps if the body does not cover the rear ( and would throw rocks up).
I got pulled over in my 1925 Autocar truck, the Westminster Ca cop wrote me for 5 things. I added the mudflaps, the other 4 were written off because they GF in, but the Sargent sure did like seeing the restored truck and the opportunity to educate his officers.
I can appreciate the drive it took to order a used engine from a foreign country and hammer a car around it, when horses were the current local technology, ("picked it up with a horse drawn wagon").
I sold Jay the front axle that will eventually be under this heavy beast.
Todd Abraham
id daily it
Yup. Through Maine Winters too I was thinking. Heaven!!! Fenders would be the sole necessity.
That is one heckuva car.
If it is truly 21.7L. And 6 cylinder. Than each cylinder would be 3.6L. 3.6L is not quite the 5.7L or 5.3L of the 350 and 327 chevy. Its still cool, but each cylinder would be like a Nissan V-6.
So awesome, thanks for the tour
One bolt on this car is far more interesting than that white "32 Ford" Boydster-looking eye sore next to it.
A kenetic masterpiece!
ORGULLOSO de ser Argentino, ORGULLOSO de Pur-Sang, Fangio, Berta, Pagani...
If you like this, you would never believe there was a sister car hidden on the John Tyson estate in Limerick Pa in the 1980s when he died. John was a master of mystery. But what do you expect from a man that lands a ww1 airplane and bolts it to the roof of his gas station. He used to own Tryson Cadillac Pontiac in Pottstown during the hay days.
this is a beast, if you make a mistake, you are dead, a true man car.
A dead man.
Crazy that someone died in that car and Jay still drives it like, why not. Wow.
Astounding! Thanks Jay!
-Jay why not take out some of giants out for a spin in the sense to see which one will have the best time in a quarter mile run type thing? The aero engine Hispano-Suiza, the tank car, Fiat Botafogo, or the Bentley 27-litre. To see these large vehicles stretch their legs in a friendly competition. Just food for thought. Plus, why not do a more in-depth analysis on your tank car? You did a piece on it for My Classic Car, but you kind of pointed out to Randy Grubb that you ultimately still had to do a lot work on it for various reasons but you never went into detail about it. Revisit the Tank car and explain how you got it and once you had it; how you and your team had to do improvements.
What do you guys think about autonomous cars we are about to experience in near future?
Tempted to say fall victim to, or develop (like unwanted decease).. Yes, I'm not thrilled about those..
Even now it gets (depending on where do you live, regulations, car you're driving etc) dull driving contemporary cars..
Autonomous cars are crap. Don’t care for them.
I remember my father having one of these when I was a child.
thank you - I like you reviews because of detailed information and detailed views with constructions
Each cylinder is 3.6 litres, which is about 223 cubic inches, not quite as big as a 327 chevy....(still bloody awesome though!!!)
Awesome machine 👍🏻
these old cars ! are awesome and HUGE ! i mean it´s like a TANK !
100 years old!
@jaylenosgarage ever drove a hit rod diesel truck? I've never seen you feature one. You should give them a whirl very impressive.
@16:09 Hey Jay, you drove by my old office
Great car Jay! What though is up with the wheel in the wheel? Did I miss the explaination! Thanks
its beautiful...state of the art monster from back in the day! sounds like a rusty bucket of bolts
The cat jumped when you started it.
How many gallons to the mile? It is an astounding vehicle.
Great to watch this video again. A great car and Jay is such a gas too. We have a barn full of old aero-engines and are seriously thinking about creating something for the occasional run to the boozer. This thing really just sounds so MAGIC....... :-) Thanks Jay...!
Jay is at his best soon as that engine is fired up you can hear the Torque little rpm required the whine of the trans the miss fire on the open road when more fuel pressure is required this is the first time have felt like i was along for the ride the production cameras documenting tin work movement at certain frequency top work, Jay 10/10
Se lo armo un constructor en Argentina , el mismo que hace las réplicas de las bugatti modelo 30
Si, lo dijo
Thank you Mr. Leno for you time to show us your wonderful collection, I recently watched a lecture from The Brookland Museum UK about Duncan Pittaway's S76 Fiat the beast of Turin, extremely interesting and Mr Pittaway is utterly bonkers as he regularly takes it for a spin down the British highways and byways.
It would be a wonderful thing if you could bring over your Fiat to the Goodwood festival of speed along side the other Edwardian vehicles.
Many thanks again.
Rgds, Peter.
I am proud that Pur Sang is an argentine company.
Me too m8
Yeh but like 75% of argentinians have italian descent so is it really?!
@@m4ttyofficialchannel 75%???????? lol...
Yes, is a state called Entre Rios
@@deltabluesful no la cazaste
9:45 apparently making your hair nice is a part of the pre flight ritual ahah
Thanks, Jay! Living vicariously through your car collection!
Tuned exhaust was not really the idea in 1908, I'm guessing. I was just curious, but did a cameraman actually catch fire?
The fact that you take the time to share your oh so fortunate life and hobby with everyone makes me wish there were more Jay Leno's in the world. Watching and listening to the great stories you tell about these awesome vehicles is truly a pleasure. Having a museum is one fortune and a great kindness for you to share but to learn every detail about the history of each work of art and at your own cost of time and money, then, share this is an amazing gift to the world, present and time eternal. A hell of a legacy Mr. Leno.....
Love this thing!
What an absolutely incredible machine. Thanks for taking the time to share this with everybody Jay, you are an idol amongst car people :)
El motor ingeniería y belleza
Anybody else notice that in every video of Jay driving a car when he makes the left turn from Clybourne onto San Fernando he always crosses over the white line from the outside lane to the inside lane and back again? I'd hate to be next to him making that turn when he's driving something like this! You'd just bounce right off of it.
800 RPM@ 70 MPH? They could use that kind of "technology" today :)
I'm 34, and the only vehicle I've ever driven with that kind of torque is a semi. Without a trailer, I only used 3 or 4 gears, as I had 500hp, and 2350ft-lb. It weighed 17,000 lbs, and pulled so hard. After seeing THIS car several years ago on a classic car tv show, I began designing my own car which is a cross between this, and the tank car.
I'm using a Cummins QSK 23 liter 6 cylinder, which I am having custom low-compression pistons made for, and drilling/tapping the injector holes for spark plugs. I really want to use an updraft carburetor (which I may have to fabricate myself, from old prints) and it is going to use truck suspension and a truck transmission.
A monster from the past with a name good for a Spanish galleon will haunt LA streets this time.And your wildest dreams forever.
Jay Leno must have the best life ever
The day Jay can no longer climb into this car will be a very sad day.
3... my lucky number 😎
Fiat were and are the BEST engines in the world. Period!
that's the blastolene special, it has a tank engine, literally. 1200 hp
If the car had a pipe with a flame filter from the exhaust to the fuel tank there would be pressure in the fuel tank and there would be no need for continuous pumping.
Absolutely incredible. I have such a love for these early 1900's era of what I consider the "giant" cars. These machines had incredible craftsmanship. And it WAS craftsmanship. It wasn't like today's cars being a giant hunk of plastic with 30 mini computers throughout the entire car controlling everything. This was a true MACHINE. It would be an all time dream to find a "barn find" of something like this and restore it back to it's former glory and drive it around. PERFECTION.