Most roads outside of big cities were still unpaved when that car was new. The 'horse and buggy' suspension is exactly what was needed for such conditions.
Hunh. Didn't Chevrolet and some others have some sort of independent front suspension. Also I thought cars had hydraulic brakes then. Also note that the 1939 Bendix brake lasted until 1962. Then fitted with self adjustment lasted into 2000 on rangers
@@larrycjost9388 I have a 1937 Chevy Coupe. It has factory Hydraulic drum brakes. It also has the Dubonnet Independent front suspension. It's a hydraulic,-spring combination on each wheel. There are no conventional leaf springs. It's a much smoother ride than a straight axel. It comes only with the Master Deluxe Model.
Brings back a lot of good memories, I had a 38 standard which was a 37 without the 'Deluxe" stuff. Before it got around to me someone had removed the 60 flathead and installed a 48 Mercury flathead with finned heads and 2 Stromberg 97. It wasn't the fastest car in town but i surprised a lot of folks. Wish I still had it!
My grandfather had this exact model. He bought it new in '37 kept her until 1950. As much as he liked the '50 Ford (And he was a DIE HARD Ford man..) He missed the '37!
Love the steering column lock. If I remember correctly Ford carried it thru till '48(?), Great ride with the tilt out windscreen. My fathers '36 had a defroster that used the heat from the exhaust header. Narragansett Bay
Auto styling went south with the downsizing trend of the late 1970's and 1980's. Truly wretched cars came about when the Pontiac Aztek showed up. Then it was a competition to see who could insult the auto buyer the most. Scion xB, Honda Element, Kia Soul, and others of that genre.
It looks like you could "roll out" the bottom of the windshield. Yes, at (1:09) he reaches up and cranks the window shut. Fantastic. Wish they still did that with cars. Doctor George Whitehead
I had one of these awesome cars back in the 1960s . Easily the best of the early coupes although the 21 stud motor wasn’t their best. I wish I still owned it
Gorgeous machine... Ad some computer designed suspension, rack and pion steering, disc brakes, updated overhead valve engine, etc... Today's cars need be no more complicated than that...
It always fascinated me watching the old movies from the 30's and 40's with tiny women in a dress driving these old beasts? Manual steering, brakes, 3 on the tree transmission, and they drive them like it's a modern day automobile? Parallel parking, driving at high speeds just effortlessly!😅😂
Nice antique but not a daily driver. I live in WA State. Car has manual transmission. Can't drive those here anymore because of traffic. My understanding is 65 mph too speed. Probably doesn't have enough horsepower and rpm to keep up with freeway traffic which can move as fast as 85 mph for brief periods and 80 for miles. Non power steering. Non power brakes. Learned and used to drive that way can't anymore. Requires too much muscle power. Very Fatigue. 1:54 No pollution controls. Very offensive and state has restrictions on how much you drive which isn't a whole lot. No ABS or TCS. Need both in this day and age. Doesn't connect to Internet. Nobody is doing this yet but there is talk by German insurance company to refuse to provide insurance to cars that don't connect to Internet.Ni air bags and original no seat belts. Might not meet crash or rollover standards which have saved lives in grislet accidents. Simply too far behind the times. Not surprising car is the better part of a century old.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll be sure never to move to WA state. Now wonder it always votes blue. No way in hell would I want to live as you describe here. But I highly doube every part of WA does 85 MPH on all the highways.
I 5 between the Olympia area south of Seattle to Vancouver just north of Portland. I5 north Marysville North id Seattle to Bellingham. Bellingham to the boundary. I 90 east of Snoqualmie Pass to at least as far as Spokane. Those are the places I have personal driven 80 to 85 mph. There may be otherd
Of course you can use it as a daily driver. Traffic here in California is much worse that it is in your state, and I still daily drive my 73 GMC 6 cylinder with a manual transmission, manual steering, manual, (but admittedly hydraulic), brakes, a comfortable cruising speed of 55 - 60. I don't need ABS, as I know how to stop WITHOUT locking the wheels, (what in the world is TCS?), and I don't WANT a car that connects to the internet. There is no law that requires you to add seat belts to pre 1968 cars, and no law that requires you to add air bags to an older car that never had them. No state, as far as I know, limits how many miles you can drive a classic car. It is classic-car INSURANCE that does that, but you can just buy regular auto insurance instead, and drive it as much as you like. A 37 Ford can easily handle freeway driving. You sound like an old nerdy party-pooper .
You may be right. But I remember pre pollution control smog of 50 years ago. Only 1 grade of pollution less than China and India today. We can't tolerate any more than a small number of classic cars without pollution control and the only reason we do has to do with legal malarkey.
There's no missing the horse & buggy suspension Henry still used in '37 along with mechanical brakes. Nice to see one that isn't rodded.
Most roads outside of big cities were still unpaved when that car was new. The 'horse and buggy' suspension is exactly what was needed for such conditions.
Hunh. Didn't Chevrolet and some others have some sort of independent front suspension. Also I thought cars had hydraulic brakes then. Also note that the 1939 Bendix brake lasted until 1962. Then fitted with self adjustment lasted into 2000 on rangers
Also I have read things that lead me to believe that US 66 was finished in 1938
If what I say is true what kind of antiquated piece of junk car is this even by the standards of 1937
@@larrycjost9388 I have a 1937 Chevy Coupe. It has factory Hydraulic drum brakes. It also has the Dubonnet Independent front suspension. It's a hydraulic,-spring combination on each wheel. There are no conventional leaf springs. It's a much smoother ride than a straight axel. It comes only with the Master Deluxe Model.
Beautiful car!
Yes indeed!
Flathead Fords are legendary! Thanks for posting!
The austerity of Ford design aged well with that one and it’s a nice example.
What a wonderful car....like how the dash is done....very nice
That's one of the most beautiful cars I've ever seen! I've never driven any car with mechanical brakes though.
Brings back a lot of good memories, I had a 38 standard which was a 37 without the 'Deluxe" stuff. Before it got around to me someone had removed the 60 flathead and installed a 48 Mercury flathead with finned heads and 2 Stromberg 97. It wasn't the fastest car in town but i surprised a lot of folks. Wish I still had it!
And that 48 Merc engine was probably a 59 AB, just about the best flathead Ford. The 8BA/9CM might have had better cooling, but it cracked easily.
That’s a keeper
Never saw a clock in the glovebox door! What a neat car, so iconic.
Lots of cars had the clock in the glove compartment door.
This sure is a fine looking car, thanks for posting.
Just drop dead gorgeous!
A few years earlier, in 1934, John Dillinger wrote to Henry Ford, praising the performance of the V-8 Ford!
I heard it was Clyde Barrow, but they both loved fast cars
My grandmother taught me how to drive in a 1935 Ford. I think it had suicide doors if I remember correctly, I was 10 years old.
Great video! Thanks for posting. The '37 coupe is one of my favorite Ford's.
Mine too!
Beautiful machine 👍
Very tight and smooth, Clyde Barrow would be proud!
My dad had the '36 with the "Dicky Boot" (Rumble Seat)
Regards from South Africa
That is one beautiful machine. Love the tilt out front window too.
What a pleasure to see this treasure...!
Beautiful vehicle 👍
My grandfather had this exact model. He bought it new in '37 kept her until 1950. As much as he liked the '50 Ford (And he was a DIE HARD Ford man..) He missed the '37!
That's a beautiful ride .
Sweet ford love the grill and headlights on that year
That thing is beautiful
Sounds good, looks great!
Wow ..tnx for sharing..Nashik..India
Beautiful car.
Man, I love that wind out windscreen😘😘🥰
Love the steering column lock. If I remember correctly Ford carried it thru till '48(?), Great ride with the tilt out windscreen. My fathers '36 had a defroster that used the heat from the exhaust header. Narragansett Bay
When did auto design go south? What an elegant work of art and design.
Auto styling went south with the downsizing trend of the late 1970's and 1980's. Truly wretched cars came about when the Pontiac Aztek showed up. Then it was a competition to see who could insult the auto buyer the most. Scion xB, Honda Element, Kia Soul, and others of that genre.
@@BlackPill-pu4vi ❤️
It looks perfect. I wonder how well it stops with mechanical brakes?
How strong is your leg?
If it's anything like my friend's 35, you have to stand on the brake pedal and still hope. Some cars with mechanical brakes worked very well.
Not that well. Very careful surfacing of the drums, proper springs and modern linings help.
Not good
Awesome
A thing of beauty!!!
It looks like you could "roll out" the bottom of the windshield. Yes, at (1:09) he reaches up and cranks the window shut. Fantastic. Wish they still did that with cars. Doctor George Whitehead
Yes!
Este modelo y el GT 40 lo mejor de Ford !!!
That is one nice car👍
As long as you don't need to use the brakes, lol. Seriously, nice car. Thx.
I'm seriously missing something I've never seen before!
That's a sweet ride. With that 6 volt battery, if that motor doesn't fire right off you'll learn how to push start a car.
And you will also learn that you can't use skinny 12 volt style battery cables either. You MUST use 1 gauge cables, not 4 gauge or 6 gauge.
@@jamesbosworth4191 🤣🤣
She’s still a beauty
I had one of these awesome cars back in the 1960s . Easily the best of the early coupes although the 21 stud motor wasn’t their best. I wish I still owned it
Muy buena cupe modelo 1937😢soy de buenos aires argentina 👍👍👌
Original is a hundred times cooler than any restomod.
Agreed
The gauges had serious style back then.
Que hermoso auto , una reliquia .
Great: a small V8 car !
That would be a flathead V8. 👍👍👍
Nice car!!!
Just what you need to out run that Revenuer Man on the weekly run down to Knoxville.
Fabulous
Ready to run some 'shine...
Gangsta getaway car
Macchina molto bella 🎉🎉🎉
Gorgeous machine... Ad some computer designed suspension, rack and pion steering, disc brakes, updated overhead valve engine, etc... Today's cars need be no more complicated than that...
Classic cars should be kept STOCK. What you are describing is a modern car with classic styling. And I hate rack & pinion steering. Too twitchy.
Love it
😍😍😍😍
Nice
0:19 That car breaks the soundbarrier even at idle.
It always fascinated me watching the old movies from the 30's and 40's with tiny women in a dress driving these old beasts? Manual steering, brakes, 3 on the tree transmission, and they drive them like it's a modern day automobile? Parallel parking, driving at high speeds just effortlessly!😅😂
🔥👍👌
Gorgeous
Realmente formidável máquina.
Que preciosidad de tablero de madera
my dad had this car. i was born in 1941
Ford ok🎉🎉
Fort
How things change, when I was a youth that was the ugliest car on the road, now it’s spectacular!…60 or 85 ?
85!
Good cause with the 60, you have to shift to low gear to climb a gopher hole 😉
Seasick..
Take off those nub caps. Put mags
😂😂😂😂😂. Muito bonito e antigo,né.
Nice antique but not a daily driver. I live in WA State. Car has manual transmission. Can't drive those here anymore because of traffic. My understanding is 65 mph too speed. Probably doesn't have enough horsepower and rpm to keep up with freeway traffic which can move as fast as 85 mph for brief periods and 80 for miles. Non power steering. Non power brakes. Learned and used to drive that way can't anymore. Requires too much muscle power. Very Fatigue. 1:54 No pollution controls. Very offensive and state has restrictions on how much you drive which isn't a whole lot. No ABS or TCS. Need both in this day and age. Doesn't connect to Internet. Nobody is doing this yet but there is talk by German insurance company to refuse to provide insurance to cars that don't connect to Internet.Ni air bags and original no seat belts. Might not meet crash or rollover standards which have saved lives in grislet accidents. Simply too far behind the times. Not surprising car is the better part of a century old.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll be sure never to move to WA state. Now wonder it always votes blue. No way in hell would I want to live as you describe here. But I highly doube every part of WA does 85 MPH on all the highways.
I 5 between the Olympia area south of Seattle to Vancouver just north of Portland. I5 north Marysville North id Seattle to Bellingham. Bellingham to the boundary. I 90 east of Snoqualmie Pass to at least as far as Spokane. Those are the places I have personal driven 80 to 85 mph. There may be otherd
Of course you can use it as a daily driver. Traffic here in California is much worse that it is in your state, and I still daily drive my 73 GMC 6 cylinder with a manual transmission, manual steering, manual, (but admittedly hydraulic), brakes, a comfortable cruising speed of 55 - 60. I don't need ABS, as I know how to stop WITHOUT locking the wheels, (what in the world is TCS?), and I don't WANT a car that connects to the internet. There is no law that requires you to add seat belts to pre 1968 cars, and no law that requires you to add air bags to an older car that never had them. No state, as far as I know, limits how many miles you can drive a classic car. It is classic-car INSURANCE that does that, but you can just buy regular auto insurance instead, and drive it as much as you like. A 37 Ford can easily handle freeway driving. You sound like an old nerdy party-pooper .
And engines without pollution controls run much better and use less gas as well.
You may be right. But I remember pre pollution control smog of 50 years ago. Only 1 grade of pollution less than China and India today. We can't tolerate any more than a small number of classic cars without pollution control and the only reason we do has to do with legal malarkey.
What no smoke? Something wrong with that Ford!
Isso era carro!
Beautiful car!