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- In this video we drove my unrestored 1947 Ford 1000kms from Victoria BC to Portland Oregon and back up the scenic highway 101.
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i like that you drive your cars actual miles! not just for shows. these old cars traveled many miles back in the days. and still can service a family very well. bravo!
You know it! That’s what they’re for!
I agree, our cars deserve to be driven! I'm personally more into a reconditioning project over a restoration project. My current project is just that, a reconditioning project to be my summer drive!
What is your current project?
@@LGKustoms I'm in Vancouver with the '35 3W Ford Coupe. Hope to be able to drive it this summer but, we'll see how everything goes.
Hats off to you guys, driving the distance with those windscreen wipers [esp. the driver's side!] LOVE that car!!!
In Astoria I put some Rain-X on, and wow what a difference that made!
Lee you are so right about driving our cars as much as we can. Georgina and I belonged to the now defunked Coasters Canada based in Kitchener Ontario. One night we were stopped in at a show in Cambridge Ontario and 2 boys rode up on bikes one said to the other "these are cool cars", the second boy answered "these are Coaster cars they really drive them". What a totally nice thing to hear!
Awesome!!! That’s what cars are for!
Some people talk Hot Rods, Lee & Shannon live Hot Rods! 😎
Thanks Maurice!
Thanks for sending me down memory lane. Born 1941, at 12 I learnt to drive on a 1946 Ford Club Coupé.
Now I have a 2000 Grand Cherokee 290,000 kms still going strong, no need to replace. Just found this channel, now you have a new fan. Cheers from Comox Valley to you both.
Awesome!
I agree great video
Thanks!
Totally agree with your drive em philosophy! I drove a totally stock 1954 Ford 6 volt with generator and vacuum wipers as a daily driver for over three years. It was very dependable. That was back in the 1980's and it still runs as good as it did back then.
Cool! Do you still have it?
Yep, still runs great. It has around 90,000 miles on the y- block now.
I'm going to fix up the body in the next few years .its starting to look kinda rough now but still drives nice.
Anyway your '47 is sweet!
Born and raised in LA. Moved to NC 23 years ago. Grew up with X and have seen live many times. Good trip.
That’s awesome!
Shannon & Lee you Goonies !!! Awesomeness 😃
Ha! Thanks Shane
Awesome video very cool 🛠️🇨🇦🛠️🇨🇦
Thanks Badge!
Great video!!! 😎👍
Thanks!
These kinds of cars made trips like this routinely back in the day. They didn't do it at 80 miles an hour on the freeways of this country, but in 1947 cross country two lanes like much of Highway 101 were the majority of the roads across the country. In 1976 I drove an unrestored 1947 International pickup truck from Pullman in Eastern Washington 8 miles from the Idaho border to Bremerton, Washington on Puget Sound and never really gave it a second thought. It held a steady 50 miles an hour and burned a quart of oil on the trip.
Exactly! You get it!
Totally agree with what you said about driving old cars. We have a 1938 Chevy and drive it all the time in any condition and have really enjoyed it.
Perfect! That's what they're for!
Thanks for the ride!
Thanks for the 44 and a half minutes of fun ! And I've got two new (to me) bands to listen to. Have a Merry Christmas to you and every-one !!
Merry Christmas!
Awsome video, and words to live by
What an awsome video thanks for takeing us along .
An what a nice place you all live and that ole ford is a true cruiser.
Lee,
Great trip & you had decent weather (no significant snow). Glad your trip was safe & enjoyable.
Take care,
Rick
Thanks, you too!
Hello Shannon and Lee. It’s Severn on Sunday morning. What a great way to start the day. With a road trip and live music. Loverly to see the old ford against all the modern stuff. My youngest and myself went to Sweden and I was getting some cd’s of one of my favourite bands the go getters the seller on the stall said there playing tonight a few Miles away. So we find this little industrial site and sure enough, there they are set up on a curtain side trl. What a great day that was. I don’t no if you do it but I always carry a little gas stove for just in case. Some cans of soup and water to make coffee. Nothing worse than hanging around for a few hours in the cold. Shannon is a keeper what a gal. I could ramble on with the memories you have made me think about. Wishing you both a very merry Christmas and happy new year. Tim.
Merry Christmas! The Go Getters are great! I’ve been a fan of theirs for several years
Glad to see you guys took some pictures of the Cadillac. Great place to eat and glad to have met you there.
Great meeting you as well Steve!
You guys are living the dream! Fine job!!
Thanks!
The same thing happened to me at Port Angeles on a trip a few years ago. I goofed around getting there in plenty of time but it wasn't in time because the winter hours started that day. I didn't have very much money then and slept in my car in a motel parking lot. Good thing because someone tried to break in and I scared them off. All went well untill we were driving to a French restaurant somewhere up north on the island and my car got egged. It was still great fun and a beautiful place. I go back as often as time will let me.
Wow - this was like an early Christmas present .
Thank guy’s..
I ‘m totally hooked .
Can’t wait to get driving my 51 F1 panel van.
Gas is horrendous here in the UK Lee.
What kind of MPG do you get from the 47 ?
I’m pretty sure my 51 is around 12mpg !
3.9 flat head -
The end of the video you speak about how car’s should be driven.
Man I’m totally with you there.
Mine is still running 6v but fully rewired and no plan’s to change it.
1000 km drive in my van .. time’s I’m not sure about that.
No creature comfort’s like your car - heater.
Music is great too - I play drum’s.
Best wishes from very cold UK
Paul
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Yea I think gas is even worse there than here. I love going to the US cause gas is so cheap there! It almost hit $3/L here in the summer.
I'm not sure what the 47 gets for gas milage, but it's not as good as it should be. It runs pretty rich.
That was so much fun, thank you both for taking me along on your road trip. We lived in Victoria for some time and never took the Coho or even travel up to the Olympic coast. Beautiful Trip and Great content keep it up.
Thanks!
That was “super cool “ , thanks for taking us along. I would have loved to see the look on the cashier’s face at Safeway! lol thanks Shannon and Lee
I told him Shannon is a stoner and I just came for some carrots and celery!
@@LGKustoms 🤣🤣🤣
Love a road trip! Wife and I used to take the Rambler all over the place. Factory three on the tree with a Borg Warner overdrive lever under the dash made for really good gas mileage. Our longest trp was from the Oregon coast down to Baja Mexico and back. Good times! The vacuum pump part of the fuel pump was bad so our vacuum wipers worked pretty bad, they only worked good when you let off the gas. I converted to electric a long time ago. Thank you for the video and sharing your road trip. Lee, I appreciate you and your videos.
That’s so awesome! What year is Rambler?
In 2020 Shannon and I bought a 66 Rambler Classic for $200. It had been parked for 21 years. We rebuilt the brakes, got it running and immediately left on a 500km logging road rally. The car still had 21 year old gas in the tank when we left.
It ran flawlessly, and we finished 5th out of 20 cars. Had the same wiper issue as yours though haha
@@LGKustoms we have a 66 Marlin which was built on the Classic chassis. I bought it in 85 or 86 also for $200 at a Goodyear dealership that had a Mechanic's lien on it. The car was covered in tree sap and red dirt so that it looks like a rusted mess. My Dad rubbed out a small area with thinner and a Scotch Brite and the finish looked great. It cleaned up into a nice looking car. However currently it's not in the great shape. It's got some cracked body filler, lots scratches from dogs jumping on the roof, missing bits of trim and the interior is trashed.
Thanks for letting me ride along....beautiful scenery, and that sense of adventure that comes from a road trip in an oldie!
Thanks for not being a back seat driver! 😆
Another great video Lee! Always enjoy seeing that 47 whether its on a road trip or in the shop.
Thanks Rob. It turned out to be such a great car!
Great trip in a great car !!! Thanks for showing the Empress. One of my favorite places along with the other original CP Chateaus !!!
The Empress clip was filmed by Shannon. We drive right by it getting off the Coho
@@LGKustoms
Been to Victoria 3 times if memory serves but haven't yet stayed at the Empress. Not going back again unless that stay is included. Stayed at the Banff Springs in 2018. Luckily, ran into a "surprise" early winter snow (in October as I recall). Was absolutely "mind blowing" there and on the train heading back west !!! Another trip back there is also a "must" !!!
io enjoy your videos traveling, working on your 47 sedan. good old homespun info & humor, keep posting! thanks art
Thanks for watching!
..hi Lee and Shannon....thanks for taking us with on that killer road trip...you live in a beautiful part of the world.....glad the old Ford behaved herself for you, fixing stuff by the side of the road is never any fun......now I think I'll go listen to some X...look forward to your next vid......
Haha awesome! Thanks.
Man im glad you drive these things and not just sit on them. Nice to see
Thanks Kyle. That’s what they were made for!
And another road trip that I'm going to look at from you now that's so fun 🤝💪 And now I go to your website to shop...😉
Awesome! Thank you! Got your order this morning!
@@LGKustoms yes 👍🏻🤝Unfortunately the t-shirts are all too small I need 3XL/ 4xl💪😂
Great video thanks for posting
Glad you enjoyed it
Enjoyed going on this road trip with you guys, didn't even need to change underwear!
Ha!
It was good to see the stamped metal speaker grill passing all those beautiful scenery locations. Detroit later covered the stampings with speaker cloth, a company I worked for initially developed the
injection molded plastic speaker grills we have today.
Were you close enough to see the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train? Merry Christmas.
Unfortunately we don’t have any trains on Vancouver Island anymore, so no we didn’t see it.
Great old car, enjoyed the video.
Thanks Don
You should do a cheap enamel paint job on the 47. Tape it up sand it down put a epoxy primer on it and then spray it with a enamel . The blue that’s in the door jambs. It will protect the body better then the primer that’s on it. And look nicer.
That’s always been the plan, just haven’t got around to it yet!
@@LGKustoms Nooo waaaay - No paint - clear coat if you have to Lee. Or ship it to me here in the IUK - send me your bank detail’s 😉
This rules and just found you guys. I drive a 64 Ford wagon for a daily driver in Chicago(it gets pretty cold but not Canada cold). Has a late 70s 351 that the previous owner installed. I got it about 2 months ago and was kinda janky when i got it but its reliable now and is super fun to drive daily. Bags and a shave early next year.
So cool! I drove a 62 Ford wagon for a winter beater one year.
@@LGKustoms That's the idea. I got it about 2 months ago and I'll break the weak links and then shave and bag it in the spring and treat it a little better. I have a 28/29 that has been back burnered too long so that's hopefully going to be the nice weather ride! Thanks!
I converted my '56 Buick to electric wipers. Big difference.
Great job you two on a awesome road trip going back in time with the car and the Coho!
Thanks
Great video and thanks for sharing your trip.
Road trips are my favourite thing to do with my car. The Pontiac is basically stock, manual steering , trans and brakes and no issues.
I hope to take the T on a road trip this summer
Are you working on the T again?
@@LGKustoms yes I am.! Hope to get the rear hairpins sorted over Christmas the on to steering box mount
Awesome trip Lee, glad you and Shannon had a safe and very enjoyable trip, I loved following along, and, the GOONIES is my favorite go to movie...lol. Merry Christmas from Lacey, Washington...:-)
Merry Christmas!
What a crappy weather, but looks like you had fun on that trip!
Sunshine would have been nice, but for December, it could have been much worse!
@@LGKustoms Yeah, i know the drill. Not much sunshine in here either in december
I enjoyed you driving the car a 1947 Ford sedan was my first car had the flathead V8 3 speed it was a good old
Thanks for watching!
looked like a fun trip, next time you check your car out u might want to put a real size air cleaner on it . that filter is abit small to work correctly.
Seemed to work just fine
Ha! that is the same air cleaner that was on the car when it got pulled out of the field this car used to sit on. I have no idea how old it is haha. Although it may look small, keep in mind that carburetor its feeding is only 185 cfm. It's basically a lawnmower carburetor.
Los Straitjackets! Love those guys saw them a Viva a few years back!
I saw them in '08 touring with Big Sandy. I forgot how great they are.
Hey Lee and Shannon , great road trip . So much to see , glad it went so well . We are on the south end of Lake Winnipeg . The lake is frozen ... we just went thru a snow storm the last few days and you don't want to hear what the overnight projected low temps are for next week . On a bright note we did see your new video and not too long from now is the shortest day of the year . Also viewed the newest Canadian Hot Rods magazine . Kurt Cobain memorial . Saw the guitar statue and recall the Jagstang . Fender Jaguar and Fender Mustang combination he rigged together . Fender actually started making them for a bit in the early 2000's I think it was . Saw a used one years ago in a music store in Wpg regret not buying it. Our oldest son did get a Joe Strummer , Telecaster back around 2008 . We picked it up on our way back from Lori's family Christmas get together . I remember , "just take it ... your bringing back in a few days to get it set up anyway ... we know who you are ." No paper work , no money exchange , until I dropped it off to get set up . My gosh I sure talk a lot about Fender's on you channel and there not even car ones !
I actually used to have a Jagstang! And I still have a telecaster, that at one point o considered painting like Joe Strummers haha
Like your Ford. I’m a 1947 model also.
Hopefully you’re not as leaky as my Ford 😆
@@LGKustoms - working on it..
Great trip! I never knew they named a bridge after Kurt Cobain!!
I heard Kurt was actually named after the bridge 🤔 😆
Beautiful CAR
Thanks!
If you go to Port Angeles, you need to drive out Ediz Hook to the Coast Guard station. You can look over to Victoria from there.
Cool! I didn’t realize you can drive out there! It was too foggy to see Victoria from the area we went.
But I’ve always been curious to what it looks like from the Port Angles side.
The lights from Port Angles are very visible from anywhere on the south shore of Victoria, and look really cool!
@@LGKustoms I think I have a picture in my phone. We drive around the Olympic loop from Olympia through Aberdeen to Forks for lunch and Port Angeles for dinner. Spend some time on Ediz Hook. Weather is usually clear there. My 41 looked about like your 47 when I got it about 35 years ago. I put a 302 and Mustang 2 in it. Really enjoyed your video.
Might have to start plugging that 47 in if this weather doesn't improve. No heat wave in Alberta either
It was -12 in Victoria this morning. Shannon left for work at 7:30am with the 47. Fired right up. It doesn’t care.
Love your 47 ford
Thanks!
Fine looking 47 ford you have there
Thank you!
You are very welcome
Lol we almost drove down that same path in Port Angeles but I thought it looked too much like a foot path so we turned around and ate our Frugal burgers somewhere else
You think they'd put a sign up or something
Harbor Freight is in Port Angeles. I do not miss that Portland traffic. Thanks for the trip at zero dollars for fuel!
Thanks for watching
@@LGKustoms Thank you for the content. I just watched some of the 1961 Comet build, but it makes me sad because my ex-brother-in-law stole my 1964 Falcon wagon years ago which was Ford's turquoise color. I had family beg me not to have him jailed, so I still get angry to this day...Not your problem.
The Coho is a legitimate antique herself.
just subbed . got other buds from canadastan , lol!
Thanks so much!
How does the flat head run on unleaded gas. Nice car brings back a lot of memories. I owned 2 50 model Ford's l flat head 6 one v8
It doesn’t care. It’s been running on unleaded gas for two thirds of its life.
I like it, I like it. Don't you just live vacuum wipers? I had those on the majority of the cars I've owned. You know what? They worked all the time. Hey, I like the new electric one too.
When they work I don’t mind them.
This car had absolutely no wipers when I got it. Just two holes in the cowl. So it was easier to source an electric kit than to find all the original parts and restore it.
Bring your earplugs to see the Straighjackets.
Great😎
My first car at age 16 was a 1947 Ford.
Cool! Did you do anything with it or just keep it stock?
Do you see how you were leaning on the fender ? If that was one of today's cars it would dent down to the tire.
Are you calling me fat?
Great ford for me if I was lucky to find put my 351 Cleveland c6 and My gear vender have lots parts no 47
whats going on with the chopped truck
It is a customers truck. 33 Ford, Flathead with a T5
A pipe cleaner is helpful in checking fluid levels.
But I’d have to break in to a kindergarten class to get some!
Hoodlum stuff 😂
OOPS, it has electric wipers. My bad.
all of portland is questionable!!
Ha!
Love the car great video 🍻
Glad you enjoyed it