The first car to have air conditioning was the 1940 Packard. The first "check engine" light was introduced in 1996 with ODB2. The sentiment is spot on, but the years are way off.
I regularly work on stuff that's 40 years old, and I love seeing the evidence of its age. The scuffed up sheet metal, the evidence of past repairs. I love being a part of its story of persistence.
Same, if I was a mechanic it'd make my day. These cars are so simple that usually whatever goes wrong can be either simply fixed or requires a spare, there's no long period of checking codes or ordering an obscure part.
@@G1NZOU Most of the time the repairs could be done with a tool box in the back. If you were stuck in someplace you didn't have to order the specific part, you could just have somebody fabricate a new one.
@@taahasiddiqui1071 Are you stupid? The quotation marks are marks for arbitrary dialogue! Look at this! "The OceanState Joblot down in Narnia has great deals!" "Wow! I'll check it out!"
@@taahasiddiqui1071 Yes, because heaven forbid a fictional conversation be properly punctuated. By the way, you may want to double check your own grammar when trying to shame others.
Fun fact: Cadillac actually standardized the modern clutch-brake-gas pedal configuration with a key-ignition on their 1916 Type 53. 8 years after the release of the Model T.
I'd ask them if they would, but not use them, because they probably wouldn't appreciate the history behind those little pieces of paper, and I feel like it'd be cooler to keep with the car
@@johnroyal4054 they came with the car and based off what you said (or at least how I understood it) they're a relic from when it was new in 64' , besides an oil change is like 50$ max, not that much compared to something that's been with the car since new
@@AlexE5250 I don’t even know if his car had bad brakes lol. I didn’t try to make this accurate to the video, just my own personal experience. Maybe I should remove it.
Yes but in counterpoint, newer cars than that sometimes ride much rougher. So it’s a bit of both. Phenomenal looking road, for sure, but also a vehicle built to ride at least a little smooth on cobblestones.
Yeah that's what I was thinking too, it only rides smooth because the road is smooth. The slightest crack and bump would make this thing jump all over the place I'd imagine.
@@paudan1284my Chevy and ford dealership does 10 years or newer, but the Chevy dealership in my town does old car maintenance for show cars and what not so there are some exceptions
"I was conceived in a SHORT BUS. My mom had down syndrome, and my father ALSO HAD DOWN SYNDROME. They slammed their crotches together until their privates looked like RHUBARB." -The Dodge Avenger video
I have the pleasure of knowing the mechanic in the video. Great family and great person, his love for cars is immense and could only imagine how cool of an opportunity this was for him!
Parts availability becomes an issue quicker than you would think. Atleast genuine parts, after 15 years you're better off using aftermarket parts and dealerships arent allowed to. Plus, if im being honest, once cars reach a certain age a lot of people dont want to spend money on them so they end up wasting your time anyway.
Uh...I think Lambo will work on older cars. I mean, they still offer services to their old tractors. Still, that is just one company. Most still don't offer service to fix a car. And amazes me we haven't reached the point they stopped fixing. Just tell you to sell it and buy new. Though, I think we'd have many certain people being thrown out of windows. If we reach that point. I mean, they are old and we should get new. Be the right thing to do.
A guy that drove one a couple times said it's more like a riding lawn mower then a car. But road clearance is awesome and like 2 ft travel in the suspension. Better then a new jeep really. They were designed for no roads, dirt road at the best. With wagon ruts and mudholes
In the 1920s, most "roads" were wagon trails with deep ruts. Tons of dust kicked up during dry weather, a quagmire in the rain. Cars were made to handle those conditions back then. A few potholes would be nothing to a Model T.
As a Ford customer, this is great lol. We need more content like this. It would be awesome to drive that! It’s crazy how cars were back then and how they are now.
I love the idea of pulling into the dealership and asking them to check the brakes. Every last person in a quarter mile radius is going to find an excuse to stop by that service bay.
Most dealership techs wouldn't be allowed to handle anything they can't plug a scan tool into. How many 30 year old cars still have OEM parts being made?
@@AlvinKazuScan tools are amazing at diagnosing problems in modern vehicles. Cars mainly operate using sensors that feed information to a computer to control solenoids, valves, and servos today. The sensor tools today are smart enough to read those same sensors and measure their output graphs vs what they are supposed to be and a qualified tech can tell what's wrong. watch wes work occasionally goes through his whole computer diagnosis on vehicles he works on.
@@siosilvar Not many, unless they're third-party. Car companies are only legally required to offer spare parts for 10 years, so if your car's 11 years old, lotsa luck.
That’s pretty nice that they let the service Technician take a spin. He will probably never forget that day. Thanks for being SuperCool, you two dudes are the embodiment of Class. - mod w/ ioto cc LLC. Outty like a Troutty.
I love that you drove it to a Ford service center and also love that you let the technician drive it. Also, those vehicles were designed during a time when there were precious few paved roads, so virtually all automobiles had to he proficient at off-roading to some extent.
My Dad learned to drive in one of these. VERY rurally. He was in his early teens, and told me about setting the speed then running alongside the "tin lizzie" then hopping back in at the curve. Understand, back then, in rural Texas, the roads tended to run along property lines, so they could be straight for a few hundred yards.
Love those old fords, I actually had the opportunity to buy an A model a couple years ago but didn’t have it at the time, might head back and see if he’s still got it for sale fr
I laughed so hard at them screaming when the 18wheeler passed by 😂 man I get scared sometimes passing them in a 2012 ford, my whole car shakes so I can’t imagine that ford 😭
The oldest car I've ever had the opportunity to drive was built in 1932. I'd love to get my hand on one of these. The early days of the automotive industry are fascinating. We went straight from horses to advanced internal combustion engines with lubricating and cooling fluids and thousands of moving parts in a couple decades. Crazy
The Model T's simplistic design was by necessity. There were scant dealers at the time and even fewer service centers, so it had to be DEAD SIMPLE to work on. They have no fuel pump, no oil pump, no water pump and can be completely torn down and rebuilt with common tools. Learning to drive one is the REAL challenge though!
