The cars were the late 70’s very early 80’s go to band, you couldn’t turn on the radio with out hearing candy o or so many other great songs. I met my wife in 1979 and the first thing I thought was she was the girl from the cover of the cars album, you know the brunette sitting behind the steering wheel
I'm taking a Ford Model-T drivers training at the AACA Classic Car Museum in Hershey, PA, on July 10, 2024. It's a 4 hour course, and I get to drive 4 different models, including a truck. $160 bucks. You can't beat that for such a cool experience. 😊
I can recall a man who owned a grocery store in the small town near where we lived in the late 1950s, and specialized in selling fresh fruit. My father got to know the man who was in his sixties at that time. He told my father about when he had first started the grocery store back about 1920 or shortly before. He said he had to drive to the wholesale fruit market in the nearest big city 50 miles away to get the best deal on fresh fruit, and to be sure it really was fresh, and drive it every business day. The road most of the way was pretty good for the time, and the grocer used Ford trucks exclusively, which of course meant Model T's. He said he wore out 27 Model T trucks doing that.
My Dad acquired a T-model Ford in the 1950s. At some later date, the rear axle gave trouble, so he went to the wreckers (Martins Spare Parts) to get parts and came home with another whole T Ford; “it only needed a battery,” Mr. Martin told him. After a year or so, he returned to Martins to sell this very worn car. "It still needs a battery," he told Mr. Martin.
We have to get more young people involved in the Classic Car hobby that is for sure, to be 100% honest I’ve always been into this stuff I was born in the wrong time.. Happy you dig this channel. It really means a lot. =)
I put a B head on my Model A, then later milled it down 1/8th inch, this really pepped things up, then a 3/4 cam, two carbs, split exhaust (ducl), light flywheel, it was FAST.
The model T, model A, and B engines found even there way into farm tractors, one brand that used them mostly in Switzerland was Buhrer in 1930s and even into the 40s. Fritz Buhrer was a Ford Car and Fordson dealer back in the 1920s. Buhrer was able to get brand new model T engines and transmissions for two of his first tractor models and the larger model had the model A engine later B, the model B engine was used mostly after and because of the war, Buhrer couldn't get new Ford B engines so he made a copy of them till they where avaible again. Even here in the States the Model A engine and trany found there way into tractors like the Sears Roebuck Sears Economy tractor and etc. Awesome video by the way
A local Savings and Loan took a former Model T milk delivery panel truck, restored it and painted the sides of the box portion with their bank logo. It made many appearances in the area and was driven on multiple TV commercials. I had a long conversation with the guy drove and maintained it. It had a Model A engine, w/electric starting, but still used the T's planetary transmission. I'm not sure where the Ford is now, but I'm sure that it is in somebody's collection. As a side note, the man who created the planetary transmission for the "T", had been a Chrysler engineer, but Chrysler didn't see the advantage of a planetary transmission, so the engineer moved onto Ford. The basic principles of the planetary transmission was the forefather of the automatic transmission.
Yeah, I'm a bit late. Fun fact: Model Ts don't have a normal steering box. It has a mini planetary gearset located just under the steering wheel. If you ever get a chance, turn the steering wheel on a T, and watch the steering column. It will try to twist the opposite direction that you turn the wheel.
Great video as always. You mentioned that there was no fuel pump on the Model T and you are quite right. In the early days of motoring it was not unusual for one to back up a steep grade so you could keep the engine from running out of gas. I always loved watching the old comics driving the Model Ts around- the car was laughably funny.
Thank you so much glad you dig this episode =) Wrote script before I went to Lancaster I got home yesterday morning but that’s a story some really cool cars in the pipeline
When i was a kid in the 1970s, there was a model T in a carport on church street in my town...idk how long it was there for, but it looked almost new...it sat there unmoved until about 1980 when it disappared and i never saw it again. Saw a soecial on PBS about Quabbin reservoir and how 3 towns were demolished to make it, divers filmed the remains, and the dump was still there underwater full of tin cans and such, among the debris was a model T engine block, complete with crankshaft...you could tell by the funny angles on the crank throws...
My dad drove a model T in his early youth. He spoke of having to drive up steep hills in reverse, so the gas tank stayed above the carburetor and the engine didn't starve due to the gravity-feed fuel system. The gas tank was (I think) underneath the drivers seat. Talk about safe... I had the pleasure of driving a T once, it was not an easy car to drive due to the unusual pedal controlled gear box.
I remember my grandma saying that they too had to drive in reverse going up hills and mountains. She said that she was so happy when they started manufacturing vehicles with a starter and fuel pump. I use to have a picture of vehicles driving in reverse going over the “Grape Vine” , (highway 99) between Los Angeles and Bakersfield, CA.
Reminds me of grandmas story..she was born 1907, was a bride at 16. Her first hubby had a model T and one day just stopped and said, ok, now youre gonna learn to drive. After she drove off the road and into a cornfield, he got the car stopped and said, you cant drive. She never drove again and passed in 1996
Speaking of parts, my uncle had a victoria model A sedan, it was old and cheap by the early 40s, the roof leaked, and he patched it with toilet paper and tar! He wound up trading it in for something else, a few days later, he realized he missed his old jalopy and went to buy it back, but the shop had already totally dismantled it for parts!
the Cars just what i needed 1978. It was a near perfect Debut album. The song peeked at number 27 on the US billboard 100. The Bands bass player sang the song, Benjamin Orr, but was written by Rick Ocasik.
Old Bill (This story was centered in the Gem Fields of Central Queensland, Australia. Bill Wilson (Mr. Wilson to us) was known far and wide on the field as ‘Old Bill.’ He seemed old to us, in the early 60s, but I was incredulous when he came for dinner when we visited My brother and wife in 1982. He was a real gentleman, always buttoning his shirt to the throat and cuffs. There was a photo in the NSW Mining Museum of ‘Workings in the Retreat Creek’ Q'ld 1930s the men were all dressed like ‘Old Bill’. Bill came to Sapphire in the early 1930s driving a Model A Ford-covered Ute. After working in the gold mines up North, he bought it near New, in Charters Towers. Soon after the purchase, it became clear that it used an unacceptable amount of oil (no 12-12 warranty back in the good old days). On stripping the engine down, he found no oil control rings on the pistons? Questioning the Ford agents in Charters Towers, he was told that oil control rings were an "Optional Extra." He had to send the pistons away for machining to fit the rings. For more than 50 years, he lived in the back of his Ute. Even though the battery was over 30 years old when I knew him, he used to drain and dry the acid. Every 4 or 5 years, he would refill the battery and send it into Crosby’s store to be charged, pump the tires on the old Ford, get it down off the blocks, and go and get himself 5 years' supply of firewood. Then, he meticulously packed it away again up on blocks in the meager shed he built for it; such was his simple life.
In 2000-2001 Ford made 10 brand new model - T's our shop made the patterns for the front axel, cylinder head, engine block, and timing cover. I did the machining on the first of each, I have pics if you're interested.
Cast axle ? Must have been cast steel. I was patternmaker, worked on master patterns for Ford's new Y-block, back in '52. We did not make the head patterns.
awesome vid, thank you. My brother and I were just discussing the model A and B engines, our father had a plane that used one of those, a Funk bros.Model B. I was told it was the 30th plane built and it used the Ford model B engine, installed upside down, and the radiator blocked pretty much all forward vision.
1:13 and it's still the best way to do it, many motorcycle engines have separate cylinders, really failure tolerant and they allow you to change displacement without any alterations to the block.
Henry loved his Model T. So much so, that Edsel had to work very hard to get Henry to develop the Model A. Otherwise, Henry might have built the T until the company went bankrupt. Ford was losing sales fast as competitors built cars with more creature comforts, 4 wheel brakes, etc. Even with the sales figures falling fast, Henry was so stubborn about keeping the T in production. The A was a huge improvement, and Ford was finally making improvements yearly, and, more importantly, *visible* improvements.
Yup, thats how edsel died...they say the constant fighting with his dad gave him eventual stomach cancer. Its a pity as its said edsel knew how a car should look. Ps, did u know henry only installed safety glass after a personal friends face was disfigured by going thru the windshield on his ford? Henry fought the introduction of A arms and stamped metal parts, yet, he championed soy based plastic bodypanels....quite the anachronism!
Well done research on the early Ford engine. 177 Cu in 20 hp on the Ford compared to the 153 cu in Chevy 4 cylinder @ 90 hp in my 1970 Postal Jeep, big contrast in over 50 years. First pick 1930 Ford AA truck, Second Ford A Town car.
Great choices we are going to cover the early chevy engines one day as well I did not know that the early Chevy four-cylinder made 90 hp that’s insane.. great information
Great video as always! A minor correction- the Ruckstell did not actually increase the speed. Rather, it added a greater gearing range to allow for more ability to climb hills and more torque at the rear.
That’s what I thought too but read the advertisement it actually says that it increases speed they did sell in under drive as well I’ve read mixed things Glad you dig this video
@@What.its.like. Aye, the ad itself is a bit ambiguous. It states- It makes a Ford truck two trucks in one by combining power and speed. Trucks under full load with that engine were not going to spend much time in the original high gear. Any grade of slope and they'd have to down shift and the Model T granny gear topped out at about 15mph. It's the new gear between those gears that made trucks faster, giving them a top speed of closer to 25mph on the hills. And of course, Ruckstell low was good for a walking pace. Fine for pulling stumps but not for going anywhere.
It also states that it’s not an under drive and not to get it confused with that it was interesting I think it depends on what rear end you have for that particular one they made different units I guess I just watch Lenos garage we’re guy had a rockstar in his head he’s claims that he could get his model T to go 60 miles an hour because of it
@@What.its.like. Oh, yeah! Thank you for a lively discussion- it's one of the many things that make What It's Like so awesome! I hope to hear from some T and TT owners to chime in!
It was good to see positive comments. When you cover Model A Fords and make the slightest error the Model A Mafia is quick to correct you Many claim Henry and Edsel were there close friends and have the only right answer. I say this in fun as a Model A owner going through the restoration period
I love model as it is in my opinion the best way to get into a 30s era vehicle because you can get every single part for that car and there is still a very large following with lots of body style still available =) Not sure if you follow him but Paul Shinn has an excellent channel on model A
Uncle Henry built some of the most iconic Hot Rods known to man, staring in 1932, then again in 1940! Then in 1951, through 1956, and so on. I have never had any experience with model T, A, or B bangers. I would like to try, but they are rare. I would love to build the 226-254 inline flathead six, but wish in one hand . . . .
There was one problem with the 226 engine, and maybe the 254 as well-the crankshaft suffers from a harmonic problem at 4500 RPM. STOCK, it won't rev that high, but modified it will
Outstanding! Excellent coverage. Might have been nice to add something on the ignition system (Magneto, Commutator/Distributor, Vibrator Coils) and how that changed in the Model A/B but that would have made the video a bit too lengthy. Keep up the great work on these engines!
I had to add another comment: the splash lubrication of the Model A engine hindered the maximum top speed possible, for excess friction caused by cavitation of the oil would drag down the output of the engine. This drag did not come all at once. So, to pass someone on the road was possible if the passing maneuver was done quickly enough. Maybe an overdrive, often added aftermarket, was a way to keep the revs down enough to solve this issue?
I only rode an A once. HAD a gasoline after market heater south wind think was 70yrs ago caught fire he casually shut off the under dash fuel tank I had to go home change a my u pants . Never had the desire to step in one ever again 😅
Nothing was wrong with that Chevy V8, except that it said "Chevrolet" on the car. It cost as much as a Buick. Chevy went back to nothing but 4 cylinder engines until 1929.
I didn't know they made cars as well as trucks with the model B design, thanks for the info Jay, you're a research guru!. Here the old resort had a model B truck which was full of bees 🐝 🐝🐝! They may have kept making the upgraded model A in other countries, up until the 1960's or 1970's like how the beetle was still being made in Mexico decades after production of it had ceased in Germany. Thanks for the great video Jay, you dive deep into the specs and the vanadium steel! 🧲🎉
I wanted a AA truck with a 11 foot stake bed for the longest time and was going to put a Mitchell overdrive in (truck would be able to run 70 on highway,... i was also going to change rear to try and make it more roadable) but got a 52 Chevy instead.. model BB trucks are rare but out there found out about them when looking fir an AA I love finding things and information but the internet is limited especially topics before WWII and stuff before WWI is even harder like fords engines that pre date these.. one day going to see if I can put an episode together if those tho glad you dig the channel =)
There is a Ford period documentary that presents the RD for the Flat Head V8. It was like the Apollo Moon Mission for the time. I had watch a friend treat down a Flat Head V8 in the 1960s. Amazing number of small bolts it was really locked together.
Awesome choices I totally agree the town car looks awesome I got to see one in person last year at the Gilmore auto Museum it looks amazing in person might be one of the classiest model A’s glad you dig this episode
WYR: All of them. They're all cool. NTT: I thought of November Rain by Guns&Roses, but that's not it. If it is, I'll be surprised. The cool thing about this engine series is that the exhaust port spacing is the same across all of them. This means that you can fit A manifolds on a T block. The ports are different sizes, but not by much. A guy in Oregon with a 1927 Ford Model T Roadster has the exhaust manifold from a Model A on his car, aluminum head with 6:1 compression, an electric fan, distributor, fuel pump, Stromberg(Stromburg?) 81 2-barrel carburettors, original 2-speed planetary, Chicago 3-speed range box, Ruckstell 2-speed axle, Buffalo pin-drive wire wheels, 1922/1923 Willys-Knight steering box, wheel, and column, 1913 White hand controls, added gas pedal, 12-volt Klaxon horn, and several other things. The owner bought it from a junkyard without doors, and his neighbor had built one like it into a drag car in the 1980s, and had 2 right and 2 left doors left over. The owner picked 2 doors out of the 4 he had, and noticed 357 painted on the side. At first, he thought "That can't be right", but the other side had the exact same number. He somehow managed to buy back the original doors from his car, AND pick them out of the assortment he had. He drove it all the way to Bonneville. The carburettors were built in Salt Lake City by a man named Max Musgrove.
An episode of "Jay Lenno's Garage" featured this fellow with his hot rod Model T- Jay loved it and drove it at 60 MPH! The fellow did a fabulous job building it and Jay really appreciated his ability as a true American old school Hot Rodder.
Thanks again for another great video, I really look forward to the engine videos. For the wyr this time I’m going to pick the model AA even though the one pictured needs some love and in the lighter segment I’d have to choose the town car as it’s so beautiful
Great choices I totally dig the engine episodes as well =) I love telling the story of where they come from and also the history background of everything that was going on at the time it’s stuff nobody else really talks about but interesting nonetheless
Get out the Earth moving equipment, because that’s how much I dig this episode! You condensed an incredible amount of information into a short period of time, very well done sir. I love the fact that you touched on the fact that when the T engine was released, it was a technical marvel. And of course the Model A - what a car! Would you rather: I would take any of those because they’re all awesome. Thanks as always ~ Chuck
Thank you chuck =) one day we will try and cover the engines that predate these but information on those is hard to find I like a challenge and was able to find some stuff not sure if dimensions survive All those choices were great ones glad you dig this episode I’ll let you in on the one in the pipeline I got to do a 1935 Pierce arrow town car.. that car was wow I can’t get it out of my head how incredible it was and they’re not asking a whole bunch of money for it if I had the money I would totally buy it.. it’s cheaper than a new grand wagoneer..7 passenger bob’s Catalina is going to be next there isn’t going to be a episode today I gotta build a Cabinet..
@@What.its.like. my great grandfather owned a Pierce arrow of that vintage. My grandparents sold it as they felt like great grandfather was getting too old to drive. He wasn’t, but that’s what happened. Good luck on the cabinet! Hope to see some pictures.
Hi Jay!: Thanks for this super cool engine episode!! Really makes clear the differences in the engines, especially the difference between the A, B and C engines. WYR#1 AA all the way!! #2 I'm conflicted, because the A Town car is SO RARE. I would probably pick the 400 B Convertible Sedan, but you showed the picture of a '32 Ford Roadster! The Convertible Sedan is a two door sedan where the top folds back, sort of like the earlier Rambler convertibles. This body style was a carry over from the Model A. I chose a picture of one of the A400's for the wallpaper on my laptop! Really like it that much. As a side note, they made that body style with the V-8 as well in 1932. They are fairly rare, especially in the 4 cylinder B model.
30 AA Model A Town car Those Ford engines from the 30's had their quirks but overall they were good solid engines. They were rugged and had the needed torque. In fact many owners of those "Cars" said they were "Just what I needed"
@@What.its.like. The 1930 AA is cool too I like old trucks Be nice to do a resto mod on one Maybe Hybrid tech Don't need to go really fast just getting there n back is important.
An auxiliary transmission called the Mitchell overdrive. It’s pretty expensive transmission unit but when the model is equipped with it, you can go 70 miles an hour with the original powerplant and get about 20 miles to the gallon… or so I’ve read the only issue with it is you still have mechanical brakes so you can’t really stop that quickly and I’m sure 70 miles an hour and a vehicle with motorcycles tires essentially would be pretty terrifying
@@What.its.like. I was thinking more modern six or four like Chevy with timing gears putting power to electric drive. I worked on alot of Mercruiser powered boats . like to mix old with new since seeing Jay Leno with the Owens Magnetic. If u haven't seen it check it out.
Actually yes, the Ford flathead v-8 routed the exhaust around to the outside of the block with the intake ports in the middle of the V as with all V-8's (that I know of). Other flathead V-8's have the exhaust in the middle of the V such as flathead Cadillacs and several others. Not sure if that answers your question though. On the Ford flathead v-8 all of the valves are in the same line, intake and exhaust. Your question may be whether or not the intake valves could be on one side of the cylinder with the exhausts on the opposite side, giving a crossflow effect. The answer is yes. Engines known as T-heads were made this way with an intake cam and valves on one side and an exhaust cam and exhaust valves on the other. Technically speaking though, while they are side valve designs, they are not considered flatheads since they do not have a removeable head (or heads). Access for servicing the valves is through a large plug similar to a pipe plug. In some cases those plugs are drilled and tapped to accept the spark plug. So while all flatheads can be described as side valves, not all side valves are flatheads.
Obviously, the 32 is always the optimum choice If that's whats in front of you !! Definitely not "real world" however as the vast majority of us RARELY get to choose since they don't come along in "batches". ;o)
Excellent tutorial, Jay! Was the 1932 B (or C) model the first low price engine that used crankshaft counterweights? Big difference maker in how smooth engines run, especially on four-cylinder engines. Andy
That’s an interesting question I don’t know the answer to.. That sounds like a video how Ford revolutionized the auto industry by being the first at many things..
@@What.its.like. Plenty of topics in that assertion! But old Henry's most revolutionary idea is still the five-dollar day - turning his employees into consumers and revolutionizing industrial employment in the US.
The 33 Model C engine was officially the first 4 cylinder Ford engine to have a counterweighted crankshaft, but some of the last Model B engines had it as well.
I don't mind you hanging out, and wasting all my time, all this knowledge of ford fours, is bound to crack my mind, yeah. It isn't the splashed oil, or ether in your hair. Cause when the video comes out, you know I'm already there
@@What.its.like.Should be one in my driveway. How do you make money like that. I'm still trying to figure it out. I have been thinking of advertising my TH-cam Channel once again through AdSense through YT's new Promotions feature. I did that before around 2018 on another channel. Maybe advertising is the key since my channel isn't growing at the pace yours is. - but I need to get some disposable income together first.
I was thinking about doing that too but I’ve never done it and I’m afraid if I start doing it and if it ever gets to a point where I can’t do it anymore I don’t know it’s something definitely look into all the big channels do it That’s how they get the traffic they get I’m not even sure how much it would cost to advertise I don’t know if it’s per video or if you can just pay a flat fee My channel is only this big because I try to do five videos a week the more contact you make the bigger of your channel gets faster because not everybody is into all of the videos that you put out but maybe the next live stream we can go into that more I’ll talk about it I’m pretty transparent
I would rather the model BB. Just saying… The 4 cyl engine rated at 177 cu in is the same as a friends ‘27 Chev I think? Impressive performance from the Ford engine tho 👍
@@jamesbosworth4191 are you talking about the 4 cylinder engines? I get confused about them because I don’t know enough about them. All I know is the original 21 stud flat head V8 was 221 cu in producing 80hp, and that’s my knowledge displayed.
@@jamesmcgowen1769 Yes, those are 4 cylinder engines. As for the V8, your's officially produced 85 horsepower, although dyno tests show that it really made over 90 horses. The first-year only made 65 horsepower, as it had much lower compression and a 1 barrel carb.
@@What.its.like. a LOT of work. A lot of the cab had a wood frame with sheet metal surrounding it. I took it to the local high school (when they still had shop class). I bought the oak wood and took in the pieces for them to “reproduce”. I was so thankful for the work they did. Finding a place to make the wooden spokes for the wheels was hard but I found a place in the mid-west that made (rebuilt) them for me. It had a 4cyl engine, but I had a small block 289 Ford V8 retrofitted to fit in the engine bay. I added a 5spd manual transmission from a Ford Mustang and put in Ford rear end from a 3/4 ton F250. I painted it a Hunter Green with Cream fenders and running boards. I went ahead and made it back into the tow truck. I worked on that truck for several years and sold it for $19K way back in the late eighties, as I needed the money to get me the rest of the way through my Masters degree.
@@What.its.like. No, I actually didn’t keep track of it. It was an older man who bought it and wanted to take it to car shows. It was a great looking truck. I did send a picture of it to the man that I bought it from. I bought it from the original owner. Sadly he had died before I got it finished, but his grandson sent me a Thank You letter. The truck was originally black and the original owner had a towing company in Pagosa Springs, CO where I bought it from. It was loaded onto a trailer and towed back to southern CA where I was living. While driving the motor home to CO, I was getting 8mpg and towing it to my house, I was only getting 3mpg. That old International was HEAVY.
there was another engine made 4 the model T car it wasn't made by Ford/ it would run 8O MPH 😊😊 that fast 4 back when they had no roads the flat head Ford V8S the cylinder heads would they never did go back and remake the cylinder heads so they stayed like they were most likely the cast iron cast 2 thin and they did stand the heat of the engine over time 😮😮 OMG 11 11 2O23
Model t was engine a pos only lasted less than 30,000 miles. Terrible inefficient engine ' as an engineer' the engine would never never run on kerosine. Kerosine back then until the 70s was poorly refined. You could've just dumped kerosine into tank and drove away. The engine was only designed for gasoline. The flash point # the temperature of a fuel will ignite# for kerosine is 90 to 149 degrees, and gasoline is -40 degrees. Unless the outside temperature is 100 to 149 degrees and engine temp over 250 to 300 degrees no flash point. Even todays engines have high compression, and powerful spark plugs won't run on it.
Yes you can run a gasoline engines on kero. You will have to start and warm it up on gasoline, once fully warm, dump the kero in. When I got my first place at 18, I had to use my mother's old Buick Roadmaster. It was close to empty and I had no gas money, but we had lots of kerosene. Used that as fuel. Car ran well enough for me to move all my junk into my new apartment.
cars -Just what I needed
Yeah buddy I guess I made that one too easy but congratulations nonetheless =D
The synthesizer gave it away @@What.its.like.
Good job!
The Cars' debut album was its own "greatest hits" album. It is deservedly a much beloved album by mainstream rock and new wave fans.
The cars were the late 70’s very early 80’s go to band, you couldn’t turn on the radio with out hearing candy o or so many other great songs. I met my wife in 1979 and the first thing I thought was she was the girl from the cover of the cars album, you know the brunette sitting behind the steering wheel
I'm taking a Ford Model-T drivers training at the AACA Classic Car Museum in Hershey, PA, on July 10, 2024. It's a 4 hour course, and I get to drive 4 different models, including a truck. $160 bucks. You can't beat that for such a cool experience. 😊
Awesome have fun =)
It would be cool if you follow up and tell us more about your experience
I can recall a man who owned a grocery store in the small town near where we lived in the late 1950s, and specialized in selling fresh fruit. My father got to know the man who was in his sixties at that time. He told my father about when he had first started the grocery store back about 1920 or shortly before. He said he had to drive to the wholesale fruit market in the nearest big city 50 miles away to get the best deal on fresh fruit, and to be sure it really was fresh, and drive it every business day. The road most of the way was pretty good for the time, and the grocer used Ford trucks exclusively, which of course meant Model T's. He said he wore out 27 Model T trucks doing that.
My Dad acquired a T-model Ford in the 1950s. At some later date, the rear axle gave trouble, so he went to the wreckers (Martins Spare Parts) to get parts and came home with another whole T Ford; “it only needed a battery,” Mr. Martin told him. After a year or so, he returned to Martins to sell this very worn car. "It still needs a battery," he told Mr. Martin.
The trucks that were actually built as trucks were the Ford model TT (as were the Ford AA also built in the Soviet Union).
Bb here👍
How was that profitable 😭 27 cars for some fresh fruit is crazy
@@tylerfrankel5374 T's were cheap.
The old car craze gets passed on to a new generation. Love this guys stuff
We have to get more young people involved in the Classic Car hobby that is for sure, to be 100% honest I’ve always been into this stuff I was born in the wrong time..
Happy you dig this channel. It really means a lot. =)
@@What.its.like. Thanks,. Keep up the good work.
One of my #1 wishes is that cars are de-regulated so we can buy cool cars new again.
I put a B head on my Model A, then later milled it down 1/8th inch, this really pepped things up, then a 3/4 cam, two carbs, split exhaust (ducl), light flywheel, it was FAST.
Awesome =)
The Ford 9N, 2N, and 8N tractor engines were quite similar to these also....
The model T, model A, and B engines found even there way into farm tractors, one brand that used them mostly in Switzerland was Buhrer in 1930s and even into the 40s. Fritz Buhrer was a Ford Car and Fordson dealer back in the 1920s. Buhrer was able to get brand new model T engines and transmissions for two of his first tractor models and the larger model had the model A engine later B, the model B engine was used mostly after and because of the war, Buhrer couldn't get new Ford B engines so he made a copy of them till they where avaible again. Even here in the States the Model A engine and trany found there way into tractors like the Sears Roebuck Sears Economy tractor and etc. Awesome video by the way
A local Savings and Loan took a former Model T milk delivery panel truck, restored it and painted the sides of the box portion with their bank logo. It made many appearances in the area and was driven on multiple TV commercials. I had a long conversation with the guy drove and maintained it. It had a Model A engine, w/electric starting, but still used the T's planetary transmission. I'm not sure where the Ford is now, but I'm sure that it is in somebody's collection.
As a side note, the man who created the planetary transmission for the "T", had been a Chrysler engineer, but Chrysler didn't see the advantage of a planetary transmission, so the engineer moved onto Ford. The basic principles of the planetary transmission was the forefather of the automatic transmission.
Cool story than k you so much fir more sharing those memories
Yeah, I'm a bit late. Fun fact: Model Ts don't have a normal steering box. It has a mini planetary gearset located just under the steering wheel. If you ever get a chance, turn the steering wheel on a T, and watch the steering column. It will try to twist the opposite direction that you turn the wheel.
Jay, it’s funny, that even back then, there were people who wanted to up the performance of their cars!
More power baby
Everything under the sun has been done
Great video as always. You mentioned that there was no fuel pump on the Model T and you are quite right. In the early days of motoring it was not unusual for one to back up a steep grade so you could keep the engine from running out of gas. I always loved watching the old comics driving the Model Ts around- the car was laughably funny.
Yeah I thought it was Interesting that stuff was added the model b had water fuel and oil pumps
There was no fuel pump in the T, so the fuel would not always feed going uphill.
Very well done, Jay! I appreciate the research that you must have done and condensed into this video.
Thank you so much glad you dig this episode =)
Wrote script before I went to Lancaster I got home yesterday morning but that’s a story some really cool cars in the pipeline
When i was a kid in the 1970s, there was a model T in a carport on church street in my town...idk how long it was there for, but it looked almost new...it sat there unmoved until about 1980 when it disappared and i never saw it again. Saw a soecial on PBS about Quabbin reservoir and how 3 towns were demolished to make it, divers filmed the remains, and the dump was still there underwater full of tin cans and such, among the debris was a model T engine block, complete with crankshaft...you could tell by the funny angles on the crank throws...
My dad drove a model T in his early youth. He spoke of having to drive up steep hills in reverse, so the gas tank stayed above the carburetor and the engine didn't starve due to the gravity-feed fuel system. The gas tank was (I think) underneath the drivers seat. Talk about safe... I had the pleasure of driving a T once, it was not an easy car to drive due to the unusual pedal controlled gear box.
Awesome memories
I have never drove a T because of that it’s totally backwards and everything does something different perhaps one day
I remember my grandma saying that they too had to drive in reverse going up hills and mountains. She said that she was so happy when they started manufacturing vehicles with a starter and fuel pump.
I use to have a picture of vehicles driving in reverse going over the “Grape Vine” , (highway 99) between Los Angeles and Bakersfield, CA.
Reminds me of grandmas story..she was born 1907, was a bride at 16. Her first hubby had a model T and one day just stopped and said, ok, now youre gonna learn to drive. After she drove off the road and into a cornfield, he got the car stopped and said, you cant drive. She never drove again and passed in 1996
My Model A shares the stable with my T Birds The Model A is one of the best collector cars out there. Parts and tech support is easily available
Totally agree great car to get in the hobby
Excellent Video!
Are you familiar with the model A collectors club in Garden City Michigan
Model A is one of my dreams)
Speaking of parts, my uncle had a victoria model A sedan, it was old and cheap by the early 40s, the roof leaked, and he patched it with toilet paper and tar! He wound up trading it in for something else, a few days later, he realized he missed his old jalopy and went to buy it back, but the shop had already totally dismantled it for parts!
the Cars just what i needed 1978. It was a near perfect Debut album. The song peeked at number 27 on the US billboard 100. The Bands bass player sang the song, Benjamin Orr, but was written by Rick Ocasik.
Thank you for your knowledge on the early model Ford's.😊😊😊
Glad you dig this episode lots of research
Old Bill (This story was centered in the Gem Fields of Central Queensland, Australia.
Bill Wilson (Mr. Wilson to us) was known far and wide on the field as ‘Old Bill.’ He seemed old to us, in the early 60s, but I was incredulous when he came for dinner when we visited My brother and wife in 1982. He was a real gentleman, always buttoning his shirt to the throat and cuffs. There was a photo in the NSW Mining Museum of ‘Workings in the Retreat Creek’ Q'ld 1930s the men were all dressed like ‘Old Bill’.
Bill came to Sapphire in the early 1930s driving a Model A Ford-covered Ute. After working in the gold mines up North, he bought it near New, in Charters Towers. Soon after the purchase, it became clear that it used an unacceptable amount of oil (no 12-12 warranty back in the good old days). On stripping the engine down, he found no oil control rings on the pistons? Questioning the Ford agents in Charters Towers, he was told that oil control rings were an "Optional Extra." He had to send the pistons away for machining to fit the rings. For more than 50 years, he lived in the back of his Ute. Even though the battery was over 30 years old when I knew him, he used to drain and dry the acid. Every 4 or 5 years, he would refill the battery and send it into Crosby’s store to be charged, pump the tires on the old Ford, get it down off the blocks, and go and get himself 5 years' supply of firewood. Then, he meticulously packed it away again up on blocks in the meager shed he built for it; such was his simple life.
In 2000-2001 Ford made 10 brand new model - T's our shop made the patterns for the front axel, cylinder head, engine block, and timing cover. I did the machining on the first of each, I have pics if you're interested.
That’s awesome send the link I’ll check them out
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Cast axle ? Must have been cast steel. I was patternmaker, worked on master patterns for Ford's new Y-block, back in '52. We did not make the head patterns.
@@BonnieKay13 I'm pretty sure the axle was nodular iron but don't quote me on that and it didn't require any Machining
@@What.its.like. th-cam.com/video/lhW61cylLnY/w-d-xo.html
awesome vid, thank you. My brother and I were just discussing the model A and B engines, our father had a plane that used one of those, a Funk bros.Model B. I was told it was the 30th plane built and it used the Ford model B engine, installed upside down, and the radiator blocked pretty much all forward vision.
Glad you dig this video thank you so much for sharing those memories =)
1:13 and it's still the best way to do it, many motorcycle engines have separate cylinders, really failure tolerant and they allow you to change displacement without any alterations to the block.
Henry loved his Model T. So much so, that Edsel had to work very hard to get Henry to develop the Model A. Otherwise, Henry might have built the T until the company went bankrupt. Ford was losing sales fast as competitors built cars with more creature comforts, 4 wheel brakes, etc. Even with the sales figures falling fast, Henry was so stubborn about keeping the T in production. The A was a huge improvement, and Ford was finally making improvements yearly, and, more importantly, *visible* improvements.
Great information
Yup, thats how edsel died...they say the constant fighting with his dad gave him eventual stomach cancer. Its a pity as its said edsel knew how a car should look. Ps, did u know henry only installed safety glass after a personal friends face was disfigured by going thru the windshield on his ford? Henry fought the introduction of A arms and stamped metal parts, yet, he championed soy based plastic bodypanels....quite the anachronism!
Well done research on the early Ford engine. 177 Cu in 20 hp on the Ford compared to the 153 cu in Chevy 4 cylinder @ 90 hp in my 1970 Postal Jeep, big contrast in over 50 years. First pick 1930 Ford AA truck, Second Ford A Town car.
Great choices we are going to cover the early chevy engines one day as well I did not know that the early Chevy four-cylinder made 90 hp that’s insane.. great information
Great video as always! A minor correction- the Ruckstell did not actually increase the speed. Rather, it added a greater gearing range to allow for more ability to climb hills and more torque at the rear.
That’s what I thought too but read the advertisement it actually says that it increases speed they did sell in under drive as well
I’ve read mixed things
Glad you dig this video
@@What.its.like. Aye, the ad itself is a bit ambiguous. It states- It makes a Ford truck two trucks in one by combining power and speed. Trucks under full load with that engine were not going to spend much time in the original high gear. Any grade of slope and they'd have to down shift and the Model T granny gear topped out at about 15mph. It's the new gear between those gears that made trucks faster, giving them a top speed of closer to 25mph on the hills. And of course, Ruckstell low was good for a walking pace. Fine for pulling stumps but not for going anywhere.
It also states that it’s not an under drive and not to get it confused with that it was interesting I think it depends on what rear end you have for that particular one they made different units I guess
I just watch Lenos garage we’re guy had a rockstar in his head he’s claims that he could get his model T to go 60 miles an hour because of it
@@What.its.like. Oh, yeah! Thank you for a lively discussion- it's one of the many things that make What It's Like so awesome! I hope to hear from some T and TT owners to chime in!
Yeah for sure I’ll call tomorrow man the last couple days have been crazy
It was good to see positive comments. When you cover Model A Fords and make the slightest error the Model A Mafia is quick to correct you Many claim Henry and Edsel were there close friends and have the only right answer. I say this in fun as a Model A owner going through the restoration period
I love model as it is in my opinion the best way to get into a 30s era vehicle because you can get every single part for that car and there is still a very large following with lots of body style still available =)
Not sure if you follow him but Paul Shinn has an excellent channel on model A
Yes I follow the god father of Model A’s and I know to lube my distributor
Uncle Henry built some of the most iconic Hot Rods known to man, staring in 1932, then again in 1940! Then in 1951, through 1956, and so on. I have never had any experience with model T, A, or B bangers. I would like to try, but they are rare. I would love to build the 226-254 inline flathead six, but wish in one hand . . . .
There was one problem with the 226 engine, and maybe the 254 as well-the crankshaft suffers from a harmonic problem at 4500 RPM. STOCK, it won't rev that high, but modified it will
Outstanding! Excellent coverage. Might have been nice to add something on the ignition system (Magneto, Commutator/Distributor, Vibrator Coils) and how that changed in the Model A/B but that would have made the video a bit too lengthy. Keep up the great work on these engines!
Glad you dig this episode =) yeah you’re right I should’ve totally went into the ignition side
I had to add another comment: the splash lubrication of the Model A engine hindered the maximum top speed possible, for excess friction caused by cavitation of the oil would drag down the output of the engine. This drag did not come all at once. So, to pass someone on the road was possible if the passing maneuver was done quickly enough. Maybe an overdrive, often added aftermarket, was a way to keep the revs down enough to solve this issue?
That’s what I’ve read as well these engines aren’t high reving engines, but I’ve also read people do switch rear ends out to bring rpm down
The small 136 cube job did NOT replace the larger V8, it was an additional engine. That 32 convertible "sedan" is a convertible COUPE.
The Model A engine is a good-sounding powerplant.
They have a very distinctive sound but totally agree
I only rode an A once. HAD a gasoline after market heater south wind think was 70yrs ago caught fire he casually shut off the under dash fuel tank I had to go home change a my u pants . Never had the desire to step in one ever again 😅
Wow crazy story thank you so much for sharing those memories
I need that Town Car and the middle truck in the lineup! Makes a nice pair!
It is worth remembering that the 1929 Oldsmobile Viking was the first mono-block V8, although it did not sell in any great quantity.
Yes =)
I remember reading that Chevrolet had an oveerhead valve V8 in 1917. It was not produced for long, had problems. They went to a 6 cyl. soon after.
@@geofjones9 Well 12 years later - Chev went to 6cyl in 1929
Supposedly it was a problem child. The Oakland V8, which came out a little later, was much better. Still predated Ford's V8.
Nothing was wrong with that Chevy V8, except that it said "Chevrolet" on the car. It cost as much as a Buick. Chevy went back to nothing but 4 cylinder engines until 1929.
I didn't know they made cars as well as trucks with the model B design, thanks for the info Jay, you're a research guru!. Here the old resort had a model B truck which was full of bees 🐝 🐝🐝! They may have kept making the upgraded model A in other countries, up until the 1960's or 1970's like how the beetle was still being made in Mexico decades after production of it had ceased in Germany. Thanks for the great video Jay, you dive deep into the specs and the vanadium steel! 🧲🎉
I wanted a AA truck with a 11 foot stake bed for the longest time and was going to put a Mitchell overdrive in (truck would be able to run 70 on highway,... i was also going to change rear to try and make it more roadable) but got a 52 Chevy instead.. model BB trucks are rare but out there found out about them when looking fir an AA
I love finding things and information but the internet is limited especially topics before WWII and stuff before WWI is even harder like fords engines that pre date these.. one day going to see if I can put an episode together if those tho glad you dig the channel =)
There is a Ford period documentary that presents the RD for the Flat Head V8. It was like the Apollo Moon Mission for the time. I had watch a friend treat down a Flat Head V8 in the 1960s. Amazing number of small bolts it was really locked together.
Sweet I’ll have to check it out =)
Town car model A is very rare 😉
I'd enjoy any of the Trucks we had all three on the farm 👍🤠
Enjoy 😊. Happy Motoring ✌️🤠
Awesome choices I totally agree the town car looks awesome I got to see one in person last year at the Gilmore auto Museum it looks amazing in person might be one of the classiest model A’s glad you dig this episode
WYR: All of them. They're all cool.
NTT: I thought of November Rain by Guns&Roses, but that's not it. If it is, I'll be surprised.
The cool thing about this engine series is that the exhaust port spacing is the same across all of them. This means that you can fit A manifolds on a T block. The ports are different sizes, but not by much. A guy in Oregon with a 1927 Ford Model T Roadster has the exhaust manifold from a Model A on his car, aluminum head with 6:1 compression, an electric fan, distributor, fuel pump, Stromberg(Stromburg?) 81 2-barrel carburettors, original 2-speed planetary, Chicago 3-speed range box, Ruckstell 2-speed axle, Buffalo pin-drive wire wheels, 1922/1923 Willys-Knight steering box, wheel, and column, 1913 White hand controls, added gas pedal, 12-volt Klaxon horn, and several other things. The owner bought it from a junkyard without doors, and his neighbor had built one like it into a drag car in the 1980s, and had 2 right and 2 left doors left over. The owner picked 2 doors out of the 4 he had, and noticed 357 painted on the side. At first, he thought "That can't be right", but the other side had the exact same number. He somehow managed to buy back the original doors from his car, AND pick them out of the assortment he had. He drove it all the way to Bonneville. The carburettors were built in Salt Lake City by a man named Max Musgrove.
Awesome choices thank you so much for sharing that information and insight
@@What.its.like. You're welcome.
An episode of "Jay Lenno's Garage" featured this fellow with his hot rod Model T- Jay loved it and drove it at 60 MPH! The fellow did a fabulous job building it and Jay really appreciated his ability as a true American old school Hot Rodder.
@@ruhlfamilyfarm8047 He sure did.
I had a 22 coupe, a 20 roadster pickup and a very early 28 AR Tudor.
Thanks again for another great video, I really look forward to the engine videos. For the wyr this time I’m going to pick the model AA even though the one pictured needs some love and in the lighter segment I’d have to choose the town car as it’s so beautiful
Great choices I totally dig the engine episodes as well =)
I love telling the story of where they come from and also the history background of everything that was going on at the time it’s stuff nobody else really talks about but interesting nonetheless
Get out the Earth moving equipment, because that’s how much I dig this episode!
You condensed an incredible amount of information into a short period of time, very well done sir. I love the fact that you touched on the fact that when the T engine was released, it was a technical marvel.
And of course the Model A - what a car!
Would you rather: I would take any of those because they’re all awesome.
Thanks as always ~ Chuck
Thank you chuck =) one day we will try and cover the engines that predate these but information on those is hard to find I like a challenge and was able to find some stuff not sure if dimensions survive
All those choices were great ones glad you dig this episode
I’ll let you in on the one in the pipeline I got to do a 1935 Pierce arrow town car.. that car was wow I can’t get it out of my head how incredible it was and they’re not asking a whole bunch of money for it if I had the money I would totally buy it.. it’s cheaper than a new grand wagoneer..7 passenger bob’s Catalina is going to be next there isn’t going to be a episode today I gotta build a Cabinet..
@@What.its.like. my great grandfather owned a Pierce arrow of that vintage. My grandparents sold it as they felt like great grandfather was getting too old to drive. He wasn’t, but that’s what happened.
Good luck on the cabinet! Hope to see some pictures.
Hi Jay!: Thanks for this super cool engine episode!! Really makes clear the differences in the engines, especially the difference between the A, B and C engines. WYR#1 AA all the way!! #2 I'm conflicted, because the A Town car is SO RARE. I would probably pick the 400 B Convertible Sedan, but you showed the picture of a '32 Ford Roadster! The Convertible Sedan is a two door sedan where the top folds back, sort of like the earlier Rambler convertibles. This body style was a carry over from the Model A. I chose a picture of one of the A400's for the wallpaper on my laptop! Really like it that much. As a side note, they made that body style with the V-8 as well in 1932. They are fairly rare, especially in the 4 cylinder B model.
Great choices yeah I said convertible sedan I should have changed it to roadster lol
Hi Justin, very accurate video! Very well produced! Dave...
Channel has improved a lot =) can’t wait to see were it is next yeah glad you dig this episode
30 AA
Model A Town car
Those Ford engines from the 30's had their quirks but overall they were good solid engines. They were rugged and had the needed torque. In fact many owners of those
"Cars" said they were "Just what I needed"
1933 BB truck just cause u could camp in it .The convertible would be nice too . Your just what I needed ..Cars .
Sweet choices that is the song and band
@@What.its.like. The 1930 AA is cool too I like old trucks Be nice to do a resto mod on one Maybe Hybrid tech Don't need to go really fast just getting there n back is important.
An auxiliary transmission called the Mitchell overdrive. It’s pretty expensive transmission unit but when the model is equipped with it, you can go 70 miles an hour with the original powerplant and get about 20 miles to the gallon… or so I’ve read the only issue with it is you still have mechanical brakes so you can’t really stop that quickly and I’m sure 70 miles an hour and a vehicle with motorcycles tires essentially would be pretty terrifying
@@What.its.like. I was thinking more modern six or four like Chevy with timing gears putting power to electric drive. I worked on alot of Mercruiser powered boats . like to mix old with new since seeing Jay Leno with the Owens Magnetic. If u haven't seen it check it out.
Cars just what i needed
For Would You Rather--the Model AA and the Model B.
Is there such thing as a crossflow flathead?
Actually yes, the Ford flathead v-8 routed the exhaust around to the outside of the block with the intake ports in the middle of the V as with all V-8's (that I know of). Other flathead V-8's have the exhaust in the middle of the V such as flathead Cadillacs and several others.
Not sure if that answers your question though. On the Ford flathead v-8 all of the valves are in the same line, intake and exhaust.
Your question may be whether or not the intake valves could be on one side of the cylinder with the exhausts on the opposite side, giving a crossflow effect. The answer is yes. Engines known as T-heads were made this way with an intake cam and valves on one side and an exhaust cam and exhaust valves on the other. Technically speaking though, while they are side valve designs, they are not considered flatheads since they do not have a removeable head (or heads). Access for servicing the valves is through a large plug similar to a pipe plug. In some cases those plugs are drilled and tapped to accept the spark plug. So while all flatheads can be described as side valves, not all side valves are flatheads.
I think the final PierceArrow T head 6s had a removable head.
The convertible looks fine.
At 10.16 I tried counting head studs, from memory they went from 21 to 24 stud at some time, can't get more than 17, what am I missing?
Gleaner pull type combines used model T engines and Model A engines as well
Obviously, the 32 is always the optimum choice If that's whats in front of you !! Definitely not "real world" however as the vast majority of us RARELY get to choose since they don't come along in "batches". ;o)
Excellent tutorial, Jay! Was the 1932 B (or C) model the first low price engine that used crankshaft counterweights? Big difference maker in how smooth engines run, especially on four-cylinder engines. Andy
That’s an interesting question I don’t know the answer to..
That sounds like a video how Ford revolutionized the auto industry by being the first at many things..
@@What.its.like. Plenty of topics in that assertion! But old Henry's most revolutionary idea is still the five-dollar day - turning his employees into consumers and revolutionizing industrial employment in the US.
Counterweights are not so much to make the engine run smoother, they are mainly to eliminate pounding forces on the main bearings.
The 33 Model C engine was officially the first 4 cylinder Ford engine to have a counterweighted crankshaft, but some of the last Model B engines had it as well.
Thank you - love it.
=) glad you dig this episode
'Just What I Needed', by The Cars.
I actually like that AA.
P.S i was as teenager when that song came out
That’s awesome. I went through a point where I absolutely love the cars during high school and then I moved on to Boston lol
@@What.its.like. I always like rare or not around any more car's
Any pics of 1955 stock motors for ford deluxes?
1955???
Only rode in one once rhey were right like the corvair UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED AMAZING DESIGN SIMILAR TO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TODAY
FORD Model A TOWN CAR! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The official Model C is the 4 cyl 1172 ccm european Ford that emerged in 1935.
AA and the B conv
Sweet choices
Those AA express beds are so cool 9 foot long bed
1930 Ford Model AA, and Ford Model B Convertible Sedan.
Sweet choices
I don't mind you hanging out, and wasting all my time, all this knowledge of ford fours, is bound to crack my mind, yeah. It isn't the splashed oil, or ether in your hair. Cause when the video comes out, you know I'm already there
That town car is cool.
Totally agree there is one at the Gilmore auto museum
@@What.its.like.Should be one in my driveway. How do you make money like that. I'm still trying to figure it out.
I have been thinking of advertising my TH-cam Channel once again through AdSense through YT's new Promotions feature. I did that before around 2018 on another channel. Maybe advertising is the key since my channel isn't growing at the pace yours is. - but I need to get some disposable income together first.
I was thinking about doing that too but I’ve never done it and I’m afraid if I start doing it and if it ever gets to a point where I can’t do it anymore I don’t know it’s something definitely look into all the big channels do it That’s how they get the traffic they get I’m not even sure how much it would cost to advertise I don’t know if it’s per video or if you can just pay a flat fee
My channel is only this big because I try to do five videos a week the more contact you make the bigger of your channel gets faster because not everybody is into all of the videos that you put out but maybe the next live stream we can go into that more I’ll talk about it I’m pretty transparent
I would rather the model BB.
Just saying…
The 4 cyl engine rated at 177 cu in is the same as a friends ‘27 Chev I think?
Impressive performance from the Ford engine tho 👍
The model B is a pretty cool car that’s overshadowed by the v8 models
The Ford A, B, and C engines are 200 cubic inches
@@jamesbosworth4191 are you talking about the 4 cylinder engines? I get confused about them because I don’t know enough about them.
All I know is the original 21 stud flat head V8 was 221 cu in producing 80hp, and that’s my knowledge displayed.
@@jamesmcgowen1769 Yes, those are 4 cylinder engines. As for the V8, your's officially produced 85 horsepower, although dyno tests show that it really made over 90 horses. The first-year only made 65 horsepower, as it had much lower compression and a 1 barrel carb.
@@jamesbosworth4191 thank you!
La produccion de Ford A AA y B continuo en la Rusia sovietica por muchos años despues que se dejara de hacer en USA...
Is the song Always on my mind - pet shop boys?
Great guess Andrea got it right out of the gate it was just what I needed by the cars
"Misconcepted" I need to look that one up.
Tommy James & The Shondells, I think we're alone now
Great guess it was the cars just what I needed
I had a 1926 International Tow Truck
Sweet, what did you think of that truck
@@What.its.like. a LOT of work.
A lot of the cab had a wood frame with sheet metal surrounding it.
I took it to the local high school (when they still had shop class). I bought the oak wood and took in the pieces for them to “reproduce”. I was so thankful for the work they did.
Finding a place to make the wooden spokes for the wheels was hard but I found a place in the mid-west that made (rebuilt) them for me.
It had a 4cyl engine, but I had a small block 289 Ford V8 retrofitted to fit in the engine bay. I added a 5spd manual transmission from a Ford Mustang and put in Ford rear end from a 3/4 ton F250.
I painted it a Hunter Green with Cream fenders and running boards.
I went ahead and made it back into the tow truck.
I worked on that truck for several years and sold it for $19K way back in the late eighties, as I needed the money to get me the rest of the way through my Masters degree.
Thank you so much for sharing your truck with us did you keep tabs on it, is it still around?
@@What.its.like. No, I actually didn’t keep track of it.
It was an older man who bought it and wanted to take it to car shows.
It was a great looking truck.
I did send a picture of it to the man that I bought it from. I bought it from the original owner. Sadly he had died before I got it finished, but his grandson sent me a Thank You letter.
The truck was originally black and the original owner had a towing company in Pagosa Springs, CO where I bought it from. It was loaded onto a trailer and towed back to southern CA where I was living.
While driving the motor home to CO, I was getting 8mpg and towing it to my house, I was only getting 3mpg.
That old International was HEAVY.
Didn't Ford use a (4) cylinder engine in their Truck line after V8 flatheads took over in the cars?
In the B and BB after that I believe they went to v8 until ford made a flathead six in 41
AA truck --Town car
Sweet choices =)
Agreed 🍻
Model TT and Model B Convertable
Sweet choices
Supposedly the model B had lots of fuel pump problems
Great to know =)
Give me the Model AA and the Model B convertible.
Sweet =)
Model BB and Model A Town Car.
Sweet choices =)
And the model b convertible
Sweet choice
AA, B-sedan
Great choices
Model B Truck, Model B Car
Sweet choices
1933 model bb
Sweet choice
there was another engine made 4 the model T car it wasn't made by Ford/ it would run 8O MPH 😊😊 that fast 4 back when they had no roads the flat head Ford V8S the cylinder heads would they never did go back and remake the cylinder heads so they stayed like they were most likely the cast iron cast 2 thin and they did stand the heat of the engine over time 😮😮 OMG 11 11 2O23
Awesome information =)
Why do you keep repeating yourself?
How so the model b engine was the same specs other than horsepower and years if that’s what you mean
Model t was engine a pos only lasted less than 30,000 miles. Terrible inefficient engine ' as an engineer' the engine would never never run on kerosine.
Kerosine back then until the 70s was poorly refined. You could've just dumped kerosine into tank and drove away. The engine was only designed for gasoline. The flash point # the temperature of a fuel will ignite# for kerosine is 90 to 149 degrees, and gasoline is -40 degrees. Unless the outside temperature is 100 to 149 degrees and engine temp over 250 to 300 degrees no flash point. Even todays engines have high compression, and powerful spark plugs won't run on it.
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Yes you can run a gasoline engines on kero. You will have to start and warm it up on gasoline, once fully warm, dump the kero in. When I got my first place at 18, I had to use my mother's old Buick Roadmaster. It was close to empty and I had no gas money, but we had lots of kerosene. Used that as fuel. Car ran well enough for me to move all my junk into my new apartment.