funny story. In 2010 when I was 14 a close friend of the family, i called him uncle bob, let me drive his 1919 model T around his farm. first car I ever drove. it was a pain to drive with the reverse pedal and what not, but i got the hang of it pretty fast. He sat with me and we took it out ON THE ROAD. We passed a state trooper and he gave my uncle a big ticket and then the engine died shortly after. ha.
such a cool old truck. I got just one part the fire wall and built a whole new car body from it. It didn't come out nothing like that. it apparently wanted to be a 1934 ford coupe hot rod golf cart. It so nice to see where that part I got came from on the original truck. thanks for showing it in action.
Mind you, these cars were built to be the replacement for the horse and carriage. Therefore it had to be able to go everywhere a horse and carriage could ie Uneven terrain, long arduous dirt roads, and many bumps. Some may argue but I think the turn of the 20th century was America's peak
I think they did but vehicles with 4WD didn't really start to take hold until after WWII with the advent of the Willys MB from the battlefields of Europe. All wheel drive vehicles were originally developed for the military for maximum mobility in a war zone, and off roading as a hobby came along decades later. Back to the Model T, while there were no conversion kits in its heyday they did try to make them more stout by adding extra sets of wheels, the beefiest tires they could get at the time, etc.
While I didn't enjoy the slow motion parts, and I was sad when the recording was speeded up during that nice stretch of grass and dirt road, the rest of the video was a joy to watch!! I watched the entire video, it was very relaxing just pretending I was in this awesome T truck just rolling along a beautiful desert road on a sunny day. I really enjoyed the normal speed part of the video, it is a beautiful ride in beautiful desert country in a magnificent old model T truck! Thank you
It has no value restored because it's what you call a "period bodge" - it was just cobbled together as the decades wore on and not much on it is original from the way a Model T left the factory. The best way to enjoy it is like this, giving it exercise and fresh air and keeping the parts flexible and the grease and oil circulating. The wooden spoke wheels really have to be run about as well as waxed because if you leave them sitting, the wood will eventually expand and shift out and split apart from dry rot.
Old cars are significantly beautiful because they're old not subjected to go out of fashioned they're collection item historical, artistic piece. Greetings coming from the Philippines 🇵🇭
Because it was. Look at the original promotional material for the Model T, they drove this vehicle *hard* back then. Seriously, the original ads make this video look like grandma on a Sunday drive, you should check them out.
Nice ride. I drive my 27 coupe on the dirt roads around our place. I see the Joshua trees. What part of the high desert are you in? I'm in the Victor Valley.
wow that was the coolest thing.. big smiles ... back in 1939 a british gent named john rhodes cobb built a car and took it too the Bonneville salt flats and went 368 mph ...
@@williamosterheim1695 thank you for correction. I am not a model t guy. Prewar buicks and packards more my speciality. But so enjoy anything 100 or so years old fouling california air.
Oh yes, great off roader. and it had a lower first gear than the T. The T though argueably is the go to since it is lighter and is easier to rock out of holes with the pedal arrangement.
It's in the middle of the desert, rust ain't much of a problem. Go up to Bodie and check out all the abandoned cars there sitting since The Great Depression - still whole and intact, including a lot of the wood trim and wheels. Much of them not too far off from this one. It has no value restored because it's what you call a "period bodge" - it was just cobbled together as the decades wore on and not much on it is original from the way a Model T left the factory. The best way to enjoy it is like this, giving it exercise and fresh air and keeping the parts flexible and the grease and oil circulating. The wooden spoke wheels really have to be run about as well as waxed because if you leave them sitting, the wood will eventually expand and shift out and split apart from dry rot.
