BS. I bought a model A when I was 18. Retarded the spark a little and hit the starter. Then you adjust everything until it sounds and feels right. Then go. The transmission was no different than every other transmission, just learn it.
The proper way to drive the model A chop it get an old farmall tractor put the straight 4 or 6 under the hood get you a 9inch front and rear end and put fmc link belt on the hood the old caterpillar and international Grey and red colors and you got you a good truck a bit of chop and fit but they work make the frame longer and HD and put a bed on the back or instead of a farmall an old CAT 12 grader or Galion works as well but the body and fenders is all you need of the model A and build you a model 49A or 37A or 35A
I didn't know manual ignition timing existed until I read the book Grapes of Wrath recently and looked up how to drive cars from the era they're talking about. So interesting!
This is motoring at its finest. Theese days everybody lets the computer drive the car. Here you need to be aware of what your doing and adapt and adjuste, marvelous.
I know my comment has nothing to do with this video except that it is about a Model A. What would you do or do you apply any type of sealant to the transmission drain plug and the differential drain plug in order to keep these plugs from leaking and or weeping?
I admire your coordination. I never could master the art of double-clutching when I had my 56 Volkswagen that had an unsynchronized first gear. So I’ve had to always come to a complete stop when crawling in heavy traffic to put in first gear.
Nice video. Thanks for the narration and info. Side note, some one that is familiar with driving a semi truck can shift that bad boy out of the box no practice needed! 😂
I had a Model A, PU I bought out of a farmers field for 10 bucks in the 50's when I was in High school. put hydraulic brakes on it, ground the valves, used it for School, made a couple to 400 mile trips with it. In the morning, got in the car, turned the key hit the coke and the starter, and is was on my way. Never had a bit of trouble. All that other things that you did, I did none of that, I just drove it, but I guess i did it wrong, but it never let me down.
Just think- housewifes across America could start that car and drive off in less than ten seconds in 1928. I guess that's where the term "granny double clutch" comes from. One thing: Did it actually come in that blue?
Greetings from southern Ontario Canada I really enjoyed the video my family owns an original Studebaker lark V8 4 door 1960 with the 3 speed manual gearbox on the steering column its also as several steps before driving it
This is a great demo. In a way, it does help why I bought a 1927 Chevy Capitol AA series touring car. Don’t know if this was factory standard. But a Delco 635B distributor with the automatic spark advance came with it. Still had the manual control on the column for start-up, but that was according to the manual that then wrote to advance it slightly and let the 635B distributor take over. The Chevy also had the Stewart Warner Vacuum Pump on the manifold, sucking gas from the tank at the back-end. Plus it had the 3-speed “Standard”.
It must be great to drive a modern car from 1928 with breaks on the front wheels as well as the rear. My 1917 Buick skids the rear wheels on rapid stops.
