I love the no-nonsense appearance of older trucks. All the way up to the 90s any pickup truck looked like your grandfather's old shotgun. Simple, honest and functional.
So do I... but do you know what I really love about old trucks? The no-nonsense way you can fix one in an afternoon and get where you need to go the next day. That's why actual "truck guys" love them. This isn't that. This is some rich guy's play thing.
Agreed. I’m a GM guy, but my all-time favorite truck bodystyle is this one, followed closely by the square (‘73-‘87) Chevy/GMC, with the ‘92-96/7 (‘97 for the 3/4- and 1-tons) Fords a slightly more distant third and late square (‘8?-‘92? ‘93?) Dodges an even more slightly distant fourth. Love an old, blocky, purposeful pickup body. I tend to like the fancier old trucks, but more base, stripper, work models in newer bodystyles. A clean, low-mile, older truck is the muscle car of the 2020s, as evidenced by their inappropriately high prices. No damn WAY is a ‘90s GM gas truck worth 15 grand unless it’s a Sy/Ty or a 454SS, but they go for that all too often.
i have owned many trucks, im not that nostalgic, the oldest was a 58 Chevy Apache, my newest 2011 dodge ram, just wish the new ones were less fragile..a lot less.
I wouldn’t mind an electric car future if companies sold stuff like this. This thing is so cool and way better looking than any current electric vehicle.
Yeah, but this truck was made not long after the greatest time period as far as looks, and has been around long enough to be transformed into something to be in awe of. The Tesla truck was a fail as far as today's standards go. Maybe in about 20-50 years its style will be more perfected, but as of now, these prime trucks will walk all over a tesla truck when it comes to looks, durability, and overall class.
@@guyfawkesuThe1 Um... I'll give you a secret. Ready? It's a huge one!! Don't buy an EV right now if you need to tow every day 100+ miles... Shocker, right? HOLY CRAP!? YOU HAVE A CHOICE?? For 99% of everyone else who doesn't tow heavy loads 100+ miles on the daily, an EV is just fine. "But what if I want to tow over the weekends or go on a road trip" ah yes, the "what if" scenarios. That's how you buy everything, right? For the 0.1% of the times... Then wait to buy an EV. Shocking once more, right? Just like gas engines of old, EVs will continue to improve. I bet if you bought a 1950s Ford, you couldn't get anywhere close to the towing and gas range of a 2022's F-150. That's simply technology improving. EVs will only get better from here.
Why are you impressed/entertained by a high horsepower vehicle spinning its wheels and making smoke and noise? It not exactly an accomplishment or a mark of performance. My stock Honda Fit can spin its front tires. Whoop-dee-do. Here, fill your boots. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2yfTDerHdeY.html
I was getting motion sickness watching that thing bounce up and down. Still not a fan of this Electric Evolution. After building TWO Ford Rangers EV's for $50k each? I'm going to stick to ICE.
WAIT UNTIL EVERYONE FINDS OUT ABOUT HOW MUCH BATTERY REPLACEMENT COSTS ARE! Are you ready to spend $20k+ for a new battery!!! Do you think GM is going to give you a bargain for a battery pack for that new Hummer??
Well, speaking as someone who learned to drive in a Ford 100, bouncing all over the place is par for the course, lol, I'd be disappointed if it WASN'T bouncing everyone up and down 😄
My sister and I as newborns got driven home for the first time in my dad's Ford 100. I learned how to drive in one! Parallel parking was NOOO JOKE lol, and the doors always squeaked. I'll always love the 100.
I've often wished that someone would make a simple, affordable single-purpose electric pickup. Give this thing a bench seat and a more durable interior and this might just fit the bill.
You might have a point there. Even the rural "good ole boy" truck guys are accepting the Ford V6's with a turbo charger after the initial hatred. Fully electric, not sure they'll accept that yet.
Exactly! I don't quite get why do all electric vehicles "have" to be race cars. I get pleasure from the driving itself, and have no need for top speed.
@@deOliveiraFilipe they don't have to be racecars, but with the torque electric motors are capable of producing, they're going to be naturally fast unless the motors are detuned.
@@guytansbariva2295 Sure, but why this obssession with power and speed? A few years ago there was a one off electric renault 4l plein air with 17hp I think. In that configuration it was enough. There are no "mid range" alternatives, or at least nothing interesting.
@@deOliveiraFilipe @Filipe Oliveira perhaps because car people love power and speed? Sure, in most old European and Asian cities you don't need speed or power, but most of us want it of it's available regardless. You were never a teenager with a fast 400HP car and have the local track or drag strip you would take it to on the weekends? I guess that's rare in the world, even today
@@druidofthefang Oh it’s definitely a promotion for Ford. But it’s like an owner having you come to their restaurant and you talking about the great steak you had somewhere else.
@@gzo313 I don't know what you have been smoking, this is Jay's show, he can say whatever he wants. This is NOT a commercial for Ford, no matter what you think it is.
I remember when I was a teenager, rolling my MGB down the street in neutral to keep from waking my parents when I snuck out. Kids have it easy these days 🤣🤣
You can just tell this is Jay leno’s true calling. I don’t even have a car but It’s somewhat soothing listening to him talk about and share his knowledge of cars. And he seems happy so it makes for very good content.
I own 1976 F-100 longbed. Original owner with 453,ooo miles on it. It's still my everyday driver. I wonder if this will last 46 yrs. & do everything I've done with mine over the same time. Love Leno & his shows.
That is awesome that you are the orriginal owner and still driving it. I drive a 1965 F100, but I am not the original owner. I have only had it for 37 years.....
@@rickwhite3181 well it's a one off, for fun, project. So it's not exactly built for consumers. And there's nothing wrong with electric vehicles, they can last long too.
Agreed. I’m glad it exists, and I imagine we’ll all have to drive them for daily commuting and work and stuff as soon as battery tech and electrical infrastructure is such that it’s feasible, hell, I’m even kinda excited to see where we go with electric car performance. I, however, will NEVER be without at least one vehicle with a V8 and at least one bike with an internal combustion engine, even if I only get to drive/ride them 1,000 miles a year. I don’t care if electric’s faster, more efficient, ANY of it. I’m not a racer, engineer, or whoever else that matters to. They have no soul, and I could never love one.
@@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney you ever see that scene in iRobot with will smith when he drives that gas powered motorcycle and suddenly it seems exciting and soulful. That will be me in the electric age lol
@@TheAnonymous1one haha that scene always comes to mind when thinking of those ebikes, yeah driving a motorcycle without engine noise is asinine and potentially dangerous when no one can hear you, and playing fake engine noises through the speakers is so dorky and will never cut it
Jay is a very considerate human being. Loved his stories about his mother and father. He was kind enough to give me two comedic opportunities. I failed at those two comedic opportunities. Regardless, very nice man. That is all.
Jay is right. There's nothing magical about those modern smear screens as dashes, and the characterless steering wheels. Designers, bring back the old style dashes and gauges!
Old school simple controls and gauges are much more user friendly while driving. Less distracting. After a while you can do anything in your car without having to look away from the road at all. Can’t do that with a touch screen.
@@dillonmiller956 It kinda bothers me how distracting all the infotainment tech is. Yeah some of it is useful like the trip computers but we are losing the ability to have muscle memory in cars that just have touchscreens and dial or button shifters.
I'm with Jay, love the exterior but the interior is a missed opportunity. Imagine having kept the smell and feel and look of the original F100. The oversized iPad on the dash ruins it. As do the seats.
I totally agree with you 100%. When Jay opened the driver's door and I saw that big flat screen, it was over for me. What would be so bad about keeping the original instrumentation, with maybe a separate, smaller driver information screen that actually FITS the dang dashboard? I love the truck, please don't misunderstand me, but that 24 inch abortion touchscreen needs to go away. Fred
@@rbnhd1976 Hey, it is your opinion and your opinion matters just as much today as it did last year, in my opinion anyway. I enjoy lots of dialog with folks running off of topics originally posted years old. It's all good. Fred
It’s such a true 70s Ford truck that even after being completed rebuilt by Ford on a new frame, it still has that trademark “Ford sag” (where the bed and cab aren’t perfectly straight) lol
P.D. .................it was bad on my back in 78 and now I be getting pulled out of that 150 !!!! .....P.S.it was good when the girl friend was along ???????
He shows it in another video if you would like to find. I forget which one exactly but its ONE of his recently released videos on a boxy old electric car.
John D. Rockefeller owned Standard Oil back then. Anyone coming up with a plan to kill the internal combustion engine would be twice as dead, and real fast.
@@VictorDeLaTorre I was totally wrong, its one of the older videos. Around the 7 minute mark he shows an edison battery and the charging station. Dennis has some good content on Jays cars! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OhnjMdzGusc.html
THIS is the kind of thing that actually makes me optimistic about the future, and that's saying a lot because not much does anymore. I LOVE the idea of taking something that's already HERE, that has been already made, and appreciated by many, and adapting it to be practical in a modern setting. And the fact that a guy who likes to wrench on things can do something similar to this (or at least part of it)- or, can spec something out to be made by professionals; it's brilliant.
Jay I’ve watched you since I was 8 or 9 years old. My mom would let me stay up and watch your show on TV. You’ve done a lot of things in your life and I don’t want you to ever stop either. That’s how we lose or elders.
I love my ‘69 f250 because of its mechanical simplicity. I love the bare-bones, utilitarian nature of it. I love fixing it myself. I love the lack of electronics. I love being able to swap parts, bolt on upgrades and modify. This electronic truck offers none of these things. The “essence” of the old Ford truck is completely absent in my mind.
Same with my 2005 Jeep TJ w/6pd manual and the beloved 4.0 straight six. There are AMC stickers on it. I LOVE that about it. It's also a straightforward, simple, and extremely rugged Jeep with its roots in AMC. Heck, even my 2019 Toyota Tundra, which is essentially the same truck that came out in '07. You open the hood and you see a big ole USA V8 in there with loads of room around it. It's got a regular battery sitting up front just like the old days. I really value that and refuse to own ANY turbo platform, and I couldn't care less about that it (their replacement turbo V6) has more torque/hp and only slightly more mpg. Sounds like crap. I've got the TRD Pro dual exhaust and man, it sounds like the good old days. Sucks gas like the good old days too! Thankfully they gave it a 38 gallon tank, BUT, it runs on 87 octane.
02:46 "So as you can see, there's a bit of a frunk, as we call them now." Jay responds with "Right - right", but the shiver going down his spine is palpable. Jay has often expressed his disdain for that term. 😅🤣😂
I had a 1964 Ford Custom. No radio. Bare bones. Flawless. Bought it in 74. Virtually indestructible. After all the work I put it thru it still had good paint. Straight body, not even a door ding. ...my favorite Ford to this day is the F250 hi-boy 1980 4×4. Factory lift. 300 Cid, 4 speed.
Dave will most likely be president of Ford at some point. He led the S550 project from the start, and now with the E programs. He's a smart, personable guy and he's clearly the face of Ford Performance. It'd be good to be Dave Pericak... that's for sure!
I just swapped a complete 1955 Packard Clipper dash, along with all gauges and air vent controls, into my 1988’ Bronco II. I Agree with Jay. I like old school.
I agree, shocks and springs. It looks like it rides awful! I thought the battery was supposed to be structural in the mach e but this truck is carrying it around like payload, and it is a HEAVY battery. Notice how they don't show anything under the rear either.
I clicked the video, not knowing the truck would be electric. I watched that intro clip, expecting to hear the engine rev up… haha I disappointed myself.
This is possibly the coolest thing a OEM has done in a long time. AND to let everyone see it and can even drive it. 👌 I want to see this on a lift, and I want one.
Ditto...ME Too....I used to have an identical '79 Black F150 Lariat I loved ....then someone stole it ....was never recovered ....what an incredible replacement this would've been.....sigh!
@@marcogallo2811 It would be awesome if the "Eluminator" drive unit were anything but a paperweight. Without a matching controller (inverter), it is useless... and the Ford guy acknowledged that.
Love and Respect Jay, I want to say thank you , been a fan since the combat zone days , and I want to thank you sir today before I pass or you pass ✊✊😂😂, I don’t want to be one of the many that come out when it’s all over to give a shout out . So here is my shout out to you you my fellow American.. Thanks Jay
That dude has one of the great jobs in America. "Hey Dave, go build a modern version of the GT40; one of the very greatest cars of all time. And win LeMans with it. You did that? Good. Now go nuts on a classic F100 with Mach E components."
Thank you Mr. Leno for another amazing episode of car history, and who better to introduced us to a resto mod electric truck then, someone who has the original electric cars that are just still absolutely amazing to look at the technology back from the early 1900s and earlier. I’d like to see you do it episode with a modern electric car and compare it to one of your classic electric cars🙏🏽
@@momnc4721 If it weren't for the cutthroat oil companies, we'd have been driving electric cars since the 10s...props to the higher power that it went the way it did, hotrodding would be a bit strange 🤔
Man, Ford is really digging in for the Long Haul. I would image Dave had a lot of influence behind this Build. Thanks Jay, Built Ford Electric Tough! 😎👍🇨🇦
They all are. We're just seeing the beginning of the big three and everyone else getting into this. Tesla had it to themselves for a bit and did all the grunt work, opened the doors. Now, the rest will come storming in and it will be wide open. They are barely getting started and they're already this good.
A big plus is Ford offering their electric motor as a "crate engine". Something Tesla wouldn't do. If I had the extra money a Mach-E swap into my 73 Mustang coupe would be a great project.
Jay, my dad worked for Ma' bell in the day "1967" and I brought that "cell / mobile phone " brief case phone to show and tell on science dayes in my 5th & 6th classes with other technologies and that made me kind of a nerd. I felt cool!
20:22 - It is interesting to note that Henry Ford's wife, Clara Ford, drove a 1914 Baker Electric Model 47 Brougham into the 1930's because she didn't have to crank it and did not have to shift. 24:43 - I had a '37 Ford hot rod that had 3 keys. One for the ignition, one for the door and one for the trunk AND the driver's door did NOT have a keyhole. That was a safety "feature" so you wouldn't open the door into traffic after parking. You would lock the driver's door from the inside, slide across and get out the passenger side and then lock the door.
said " It is interesting to note that Henry Ford's wife, Clara Ford, drove a 1914 Baker Electric Model 47 Brougham into the 1930's because she didn't have to crank it and did not have to shift. " And, . . . the wife of Karl Benz ( Bertha ) drove the car he designed / built 104 KM / 65 Miles from Mannheim to Pforzheim Germany in August 1888. This was done without his knowledge and to show that he should better market his invention.
It's a very cool modern take on a classic. Pretty cool Ford will offer a crate *motor* now too. Definitely opens up the possibility for many different types of modern resto-mods.
@@fishhuntadventure And the controller !!!! ..........oh yeah.......and the regenerative brakes !!!!....... and all the extra'$.... AC electric compressor, electric steering rack......etc.
Honestly, we are getting toward the best of the internal combustion engine AND the beginnings of vehicle electrification. A great time to be an engineer and modifier, I think.
It is far from the beginning but I understand your point. The internal combustion engine is far from peak but maybe for street cars for the time being.
@@280SE Well, when there is the engineering resources of Ford Motor Co. behind you, I suppose the possibilities are almost as far as the imagination. Don't forget the Magnolia Special by J.T. Nesbitt shown here some years ago. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KeRg217H_3A.html
Ahh more nostalgia, my grandfather had a red f-100 of that style. Seems so odd to see the headrests on a truck i've only ever seen with a bench seat. I like the copper trim accents. seems appropriate for a copper queen and makes a statement about it's new heritage.
Jay is proof that we improve with age. The truth is in the pickle joke that he remains the master of comedy past and present. Thank you Jay for what you do for all ages.
There's some great looking Lincoln's from the late 70s through early 90s that had complete boat anchors for engines. I think an EV swap could be a great fit and improvement for those, where the target was making the drivetrain as silent and seamless as possible.
The Malaise era smaller displacement engines are not worth preserving. If you have a ruined car of that era it's a great candidate for a BEV swap. Just don't do it on a running big V8 even if it is slow. Those still need to be preserved.
A giant land Titanic with 600 equivalent horsepower would absolutely wild. Definitely would need to upgrade the suspension but what ride that would be. 😂
I have a lot of history with this very truck 78 white F-150! I grew up in one my grandpa had one for 30 years and the bed was rusted out and he would put duct tape over it and spray paint it white. My dad ran a body shop and offered to fix it for free and he said nope I will just keep spraying and taping it. 😂 Also when I was 12 one ran me over on my dirt bike! Crossed the center lane hit me head on and I went through the radiator my shoe was rapped up in the fan belt. Broke my leg and arm and cracked my hip but survived.
Interesting to say the least! Nice to see Ford is out in front with electric hot rodding. At some point there will be electric vehicles in the junk yard. It's vehicles like this that will inspire backyard mechanics to build one of their own on the cheap.
My fear is that the electric vehicles will hit the junk yard first. A good amount of these have been on the road for 40 years already! I hope they do everything they are advertised to do and last as long as the good old inline 6 they took out.
This Ford Executive is gotta be one of the coolest feckin dudes ever. When Jay was telling him about their competitor Tesla's Semi 🚛 pulling 80,000 lbs. He just responds, "Jesus... thats cool". Instead of a typical BS PR response etc. What an awesome guy!
Yep. I won't give up on the V8 in my 1970 Fastback mustang, but my 73 Bronco is a slow brick that would be faster and more comfortable with this electric motor.
Have you seen the video of a 66 electric impala built in Switzerland? It's electric retaining everything stock except and lcd screen to operate it. Speedometer works just as it left factory.. under the good is the battery pack.. amazing work they did...
This guy throws some shade back at Jay for complaining about the dash. Jay says while they are driving it sounds like they're in a hurricane because of the wind. The guy responds with, well if we would have fixed that you would have complained that you missed that sound 😄
Jay’s camper idea is fantastic. You can tell the guest sort of thought about it for a second too. Would love to see that with this platform, a lightning or a Rivian.
Love Jay talked about the switch to “luxury” trucks I love my modern truck but the prices have gotten ridiculous 80-100k or more for a full option diesel truck.I kinda miss the simple truck days! Don’t get me wrong I know you’re paying that money for awesome capabilities and comfort but I didn’t pay 100k for my first house,in the 90’s not a small house either,lol ok I’ve sounded old long enough.great video
The tires on that truck were produced the first week of 2020 according to the date code on the close up shot of the wheels, which means Ford has been messing around with this for a while, very cool.
I'd love to do that with my old 1979 F-150! It's my favorite model of ford trucks. My first "truck" was a 79 Bronco and I've always owned fords since. Thanks for the video.
Great video. It seemed this guy wanted Jay to check out the interior in the worst way. He mentioned it twice. When Jay finally said, let's look inside the guy was happy. But, as Jay looked at the modern screens and displays he frowned. Jay then said, it would be cool if the gauges were retro and digital yet resembled the old round gauges. I watched the sadness in the gentleman's eyes. Come on Ford, if the outside is old school, make digital old school gauges for the inside. Jay just gave you some excellent insight.
Those must be the straightest lines that have ever existed on a Ford F series Truck :D I agree with Jay about the instrument cluster, in a retro mod, I'd much rather see an upgraded cluster than resembles the original, even if it's just a screen, that's fine, but it brings the nostalgia to surface, and you can live with it, and relive it each time you have an experience driving.
One of your best! The " restomod" should include electric as you said its the innovation that's hot rodding. Big👍to Ford for setting up aftermarket stuff to help.
This is REALLY COOL!! This is fantastic news for people who want to restore OLD CLASSIC automobiles using 100% ELECTRIC power!! I'm really glad to hear that Ford is offering ELECTRIC automobile PARTS for sale to allow people to be able to make this idea a REALITY!! I only wish that Tesla, Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen, etc. would do the same. I am MOST interested in restoring an automobile from the 1920's through the 1970's (for the BODY STYLE) using the ELECTRIC SKATEBOARD CHASSIS. This set-up employs one ELECTRIC HUB MOTOR located INSIDE EACH WHEEL of the vehicle. I want the batteries to be CENTERED along the chassis floor so that the vehicle is superbly BALANCED!! I'm also interested in CENTERING the steering wheel, accelarator, brake pedal, and driver's seat in the MIDDLE of the dashboard so that the TRACK of the vehicle will be BALANCED from LEFT to RIGHT when 1 person is driving, like a Formula 1 car. I still want there to be PASSENGER seats too though!! This type of design can be applied to ANY type of vehicle (even 3-wheelers) and will provide superb BALANCE, ALL-WHEEL DRIVE, HANDLING (accelaration, braking, steering, etc.), and phenomenal GROUND CLEARANCE (at least as good as a MILITARY GRADE Hummer) for people who want to go OFF-ROADING!! Electric automobiles truly have EVERY advantage over internal combustion vehicles that you can imagine!! Like Jay Leno said, they already have MORE horsepower and torque. There is NO engine oil to have to change all the time and you NEVER have to be worried about it LEAKING on your driveway!!
