Driving a Ford Model T Is a Lot Harder Than You'd Think! We Tried It 

AppleRain stick shift is alien tech for most Americans

Horse riders: "yee haw"

@@emileponcelet3439 no, for sports cars with both options more people in the states pick the manual one, this is a myth

Albert Einstein sports cars have buttons to push not really a stick and how many people do u think have sportd card? 0.o

@@emileponcelet3439 m2 competition? 718 gt4? Aston martin old vantage? Mustang?

Ace Gameplay rich snobs: “eww what is this?! I’m not getting in that”

@@ese21lildroopy Car enthusiasts: DUDE! This is sick! Let me drive it!

*an

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 the passenger would get mad because its run so slow, unless the passenger is the car enthusiast Btw, uber have enrollment requirement that forced uber driver to use car that produced over year 2005, cmiiw.

Emo Mex bruh the rich snobs can’t even afford this. 😂

What’s strange about that is although the said it in 1909, they did produce cars in other colours. Throughout that period.

What is funny is the first 5 years it wasn't available in black. You could only get them in gray, green, blue, and red 1908-1913

No evidence he ever said it

@@handsoffmycactus2958 The black color was more resistant than other oil based colors. And cheaper.

@@Napoleon_Blownapart And it dried faster than any colour

🤣🤣🤣

Actually it was 45mph

Some places would fine you if you went faster than 12mph.

@Andrey Angere that's fast?

@Andrey Angere I've went about buck 60 on my hayabusa

Well when its your flag ship you really do care about how the customer receives it. You still get that same experience from Ford when you buy a GT.

Spurious Effect They did the same thing in the book East of Eden, when the main character purchased an automobile. I didn't think they did that in real life!

@arthur wiebe Bro do u even lift?

Talk about QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE!

@@newman8r45Keep in mind that for most Model-T buyers, it was the first automobile they or their families had ever driven. Trial and error would have been disasterous!

most people probably dont even know how to start it

Keisuke Takahasi, takes 5 minutes to learn.

That's like have a car that does what you want to do the time you want it.

But you’re not gonna drive every car anyways Imo the only benefit is a thief 8/10 times won’t know how to drive it

this car is like a tractor easy to drive once you get the hang of it. I've been in a old tractor woth the same throttle.

Actually the "tin lizzy" had a habit of breaking down. But part of its simplicity also meant it was easy to fix using really simple tools. If something broke it was simple to fix on the roadside. Since all parts were standardized (the real invention behind the model T) all spare parts were easily exchangeable between different cars and you could buy or barter spare parts almost anywhere.

@@paulallen8109 I had to do a backwards search for "tin lizzy" before I realized it was another name for the Model T. Mind you, it's "tin lizzie". I searched for "tin lizzy" and one of the top results was a rock band called Thin Lizzy.

Back then roads were bad, so the cars needed to be able to get over rough terrain

@@renegade637 "the" rock band Thin Lizzy.

Back in those days they made things to last and take a beating

I wanna do this

And having your friends accidentally broke it.

You would get all the ladies

@@cydra-evolution5623 you wouldn't have enough room for all the ladies

I actually do when its working

67 Scout 800 Plenty fast enough if you're rough enough 😂

You gotta think, that was pretty damn fast at the time.

Honestly, going at 35 in a model t feels like going at 130mph on a skateboard over rough terrain

Fast forward a lot of years from now. Oh yes grandson we used to race our lambos

Grandson: how fast

I had a boss years ago with a '27 sedan with the electric starter. He'd let his guys drive it but he wouldn't let us use that starter. :) It was a blast, chugging down the road in that thing.

They also forgot to mention the timing lever. The other lever under the steering wheel of cars back then was for ignition timing which had to be adjusted along with the engine RPM's. This was long before computer control and even a vacuum advance.

brodank I envy you Sir! That must have been the coolest, riding with your Gramps in those model Ts.

My grandpa had a Model-T too!

I envyyyyyyy you

Have a Model A and love driving it.

I learned on a Model A also, now 78, and here I am. Another old codger gettin' along!

im 16 and can drive both a T and an A but thats only cause of my dad, love him to death.

@@doriann5755 - Fantastic! Then I guess that you know the secret to cranking the engine over, and avoiding a broken wrist?

@@retiredyeti5555 I know I don't, can you teach me?

The Ferrari would break before the Model T. lol

That was not on public roads. Did you see any other cars? That was driven on the streets of The Greenfield Village, a museum looking closed at the time.

Yes, it is a lovely museum piece. Easily repaired from existing spare parts, though. I doubt Ferrari can do the same.

@@oldpossum57 Lovely, yes, but not a museum piece. Most "Greenfield Village" Ts have been driven 6-8,000 miles a year for the past ~20 years. Thanks Henry!

and infotainment

Jameel Ja when I saw this in my recommended page I thought it was his video for a second lol

Neon TV lol

If doug had to review this car the video will only be 10 minutes long

Doug Dimadome

+Patrick12 My thoughts exactly.

drcadillac needs a turbo

The weird thing is that this "vehicle" breaks down less than a Ford car today, haha!

Than any car really, not just a Ford

TheLegend27 Mechanical of course last longer.

Mr. Atari 2600 ummm where’s the start button?

Where does the gas go?

Pretty sure no one said that.. Everyone got it because it was cheap relative to the other cars, not because it was simple to operate.

The gas tank is under the seat. You use a dip stick to measure it.

I suspect it is one of those cars in which you turn the crank.

Time traveling does indeed exist. You're traveling in time all the time. Only in one direction though and with the same speed as everybody else.

@@paulallen8109 not if you go the speed of light

Braeden Parsons Some people have really shitty comprehension of words... or rather, lots of'em...

Braeden Parsons intresting fact, T modell was made by a hungarian person named Galamb József. Also, T stands for tömeggyártott

it wasn't though when it started production there were cars selling 200 cheaper then model T's though

Nope. Actually the T in Model-T was short for Titty referring to the young prostitutes Henry would frequent outside of Fords engineering and design studio. He would often comment that he was going to get some t.. after a long days work. Hence the name model-t. That's right. Henry Ford was a pervert!

henry ford made to where almost everyone could own a car.

Naw, just put some JDM and sticker bombs, and they'll add 400+ BHP. That'll do the trick.

You wouldn't think that if you had ever seen a crankshaft out of a model T. I looks like a bent up broom stick. All the motors stored enertia was in the flywheel that was extremely heavy.

*No, but it doesn't get Tired or Shit in the Street.*

DEJA VU

use gravity, that helps

Im pretty sure that there isn't many people who are born when the Model-T came out lol

This was the definition of generic back then. You could only get them in black and there were so many of them. Cars today have so many differences now. Even a Corolla you can get on a sedan, wagon, hatch with different colors and wheels. The Model T was just the same across everything.

@@baronvonjo1929 people hear what they want to hear what can you say

@@caflee7801 couldn't have said it any better lol

the funny thing is that everyone is acting like this car is so unique now, when in reality, it was the opposite of a unique car. It was the only car. Every car was this car.

the pedal has 3 positions: you press it all the way down to engage 1st gear, the center position keeps the car in neutral, an releasing the pedal engages the 2nd gear.

Nashoo O neat.

She's a Woman what do you expect?

@@phillip_iv_planetking6354 for her to stay in the kitchen and make me a damn pie

@Arturo Ordaz 'women'

+Bayou Pirate Yes, designed in 1908 and made until 1927, it put the world on wheels. Something to also consider, after owning one you would not get another, so it helped create the auto industry and parts service. They were under geared, poor brakes, and low power. First cars for most people.

+Chloe Alexa They were under powered with poor brakes, but that's by later standards. When introduced, the Model T was state of the art. And some Chevrolets used two speed transmissions until 1973!

+ohger1 Yes a 1908 car built until 1927, compare that with our speed of car changes being made today. Chevrolet and their Power Glide, i liked the Dynaflow as smoother and best to drive.

I agree

The Niss cri some more

The first person cited for speeding in 1899 was actually arrested for going so extremely fast, the speed limit was 8 and he was driving his electric taxi 12!

​@@bd4226amazing!

Get the guest room ready, I'm on my way 😉

+oterenceo she's pretty good, no doubt, but think about the motorcycle.. your gas and clutch are hand operated, and your transmission is foot operated. I suppose if you're a test driver, you are used to adapting to different things.

you can get used to it. but i'm amazed that she got it on one go too.

It's not really that hard at all... my uncle had a Model T. I had it down in about 3 minutes, never stalled it or had any issues. Fun to drive; not hard; just very, very different than people are used to these days.

She's no ordinary Soccer Mom, let's state facts for what they are. I'm sure she operated more cars than most people have underwear in their wardrobe.

she is definitely an exception to the rule

+Biopowered Plastic fantastic on bike wheels with a battery?

+Biopowered I liked the bash at the i3. :P BMW should get that feedback so they never release an abomination like this again

+Leif Giering Go for it!

It might be futuristic but its not fancy

+Toarcade my mom has an i3... It's actually pretty cool

Dude...

LOL

And there was much rejoicing!

Maybe, but cops still used horse-drawn carriages at the time.

@@MDDeGrande1994 will you all shut up with this nonsensical lie. It is practically up there with the first paved roads being after the model T in 1908 which is quite a lie. Police motors started production in 1906, during the time they had been experimenting with motorcycles instead. Unbeknownst to the wide general public, automobiles were already popular since 1895, extremely popular by 1902, and used by many in 1905. Used by most in 1908 unfortunately when the Ford Model T became a existence.

little weak 4 cylinder engine and lighter

Yeah, but it can't tow and goes 40mph max.

@@leetjohnson but it can go through any rough road. And easy to maintain.

Well, I reckon that *displacement* and the *heavy weight* of your car might have something to do with it.

@@paulallen8109 yea lol

You could get it in quite a few other colors too, and of course you could just repaint it yourself if you didn't like any of the options.

In the first few years you actually couldn't get it in black.

im dying inside but of laughter imagining vin diesel make an absolutely serious face while trying to drift in this thing

Fast and furious is trash and thats a fact

1800s Fast and Furious be like *horse noises*

Actually, Benz , 22 years before model T. The Daimler Benz merger came much later.

Don't know where you're from, but here "learning how to drive" means "learning how to operate the machine itself" and not just the rules. XD

@@Pit1993x Don't know where you're from, but there is a huge emphasis on rule learning here Source: just finished driver's ed

@@tannertowns4734 dont know where you're from, but here theres on huge emphasis on learning to drive meaning learning to operate the machine itself, and not just how to follow the rules

@@tannertowns4734 "learning how to operate the machine itself" is a HUGE part of it. On planet earth anyway.

lol

On billets

They're nice wheels by today's standards.

They are made of wood,not alloy.

You don't say! Hm hm, you don't say?

The suspension has huge travel because back in the day there were very few smooth roads once you got outside of a city core. It was a necessity for vehicles back then to have off-road capability.

FreezeNexus - 250,000 miles before engine overhaul? 40-60,000 miles before new tires? 50,000 miles on brakes?

That's because of planned obsolescence, I'm pretty sure back then they weren't putting money as their main concern, especially since it was the first affordable car ever produced.

wasnt to many roads when it came out it had to be tough.

Well it sits pretty high up which gives quite an advantage

XD

Ford's supercar beat Ferraris best in 2017

SpyFreak AR-15 In what nigga. Apart from doing well on track, the car has no soul unlike Ferrari's and Astons

@@tygervoods8358 Who said cars had one in the first place? They are just machines.

not so

Totally agree

I would have stalled it before we even got going! 😂

Colby Webster obviously you don’t know anything about cars.

@@ThisUserIsAnError Wdym? clutch and a hand throttle act exactly like my friends oliver 66

Cheeze587 you’re correct old tractors are operated exactly like this

Honda Civic lx 2005 I find it funny that a Honda Civic owner would ever feel qualified to lecture people on real cars

Not at all... Well for John Deere atleats

I checked and a model t weighs less than a road glide limited harley davidson bike.

@@OKANGUVEN99 how?!

Thats it im building a replica mofel t! XD

It probably weighs fuck all

Comparison to modern day cars end up being apples and oranges. Model Ts are very light... A five passenger touring model weighs ~1,200 pounds. A modern mid sized sedan or CUV weighs at least two to three times that with passengers. Modern day vehicles typically are most efficent around a steady speed of ~50 mph in top gear at very low engine speeds. Increase that speed to ~70 where we actually drive at steady speed and you'll encounter double the wind resistance. A model T would likely be most efficient around 20-25 mph, the engine turning around 1000 rpm with wind resistance being negligible. Try double that speed for long and you will be winding the engine at "redline" and breaking something soon.

drives nice on FUCKING DIARRHEA

friedchicken1981 There is no salt on the Henry Ford Field roads.

they probably started it in the museum first.

emart88 Or jacked the rear end up off of the ground.

The had a retro fitted starting key. That's just cheating.

I still don't know what a spark advance is, or how it works. But heard about it before

michigandon - since they had only straight weight oil back then you could mix kerosene with the oil to thin it. Or drain the oil when you parked it for the night, heat the oil can on the stove in the morning and pour it in the motor.

quantum physics is quite easy once you get used to it too......

HardlineFeminists walking as a baby becomes quite easy as you grow older

@@jgv2413 quantum physics says we are all loony tunes. must be something to it.

Where/when did you drive one?

2:21

Ha agreed Karl Benz the true Father of the Automobile

Ford was the first affordable car it was the start of the middle-class and lower-class being able to own a car

And yes those damn Americans with their Fords that out sell any other car in the world since they came out

Cugnot.

And HTC had the first smartphone but iPhone gets all the credit. Its not the first that matters, its the first that has an impact that matters.

like they said, it was built to be put through anything. a little snow wasnt going to hurt the T

The dry snow probably wasn't so bad, but some of those museum roads they drove on clearly had rock salt on them (the wet ones) and THAT was what was so shocking, seeing it on a museum piece.

exactly, an accident and bye to 100+ years of history. Very irresponsible.

BandM I'm ok.

When you visit Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan, you will see Model T's and Model AA trucks being used as work vehicles despite their age. The Old Car Festival is held in September every year and cars from model year 1932 and older take over the village. They have Model T cars that people buy tickets to ride in, and you get a history lesson as you ride through the village.

But keep the style and metal

I think it would be very cool without the hybrid part

That defies the purpose of owning a model T

Fuck hybrids. Gas or electric. Each have their strenghts. Hybrids are a lazy compromise that takes the worst features of a gas engine and combines them with the worst of a battery electric car. The only upside is low price. But a well engineered gasoline car is more efficient and so is an electric.

Omg yes.

Yeah I guess

Aaron Ries Diesel is king for that reason.. When will America understand that?

John Ryan Diesel...

I have a Flexifuel Focus. My second one. Too bad they don't make them anymore, I think the last ones were produced in 2013. Mine is from 2012.

It could run on hemp: There's a reason it was called "The Weed Machine"!

SAVAGE 909 or a cummins

just engine swap it with an LS

They have, someone turned one into a hot rod.

7.3 is what it needs

+SAVAGE 909 That was popular in the 1940s, 1950s & 1960s. (Old Model T Fords were common place & cheap.) They were called a "Bucket T". Some people even had a super charger mounted on their engine. Do a RU-vid search for "T-Bucket Hot Rods".

Nice, is the car still around?

There were colours at the time, but not TVs moron. You obviously don't know that real life work!!

except he actually said you can have any color, as long as its black

Not talking about TVs or Theaters, and the Model T isn't from the '20s, it's from the 1900's. Henry Ford - "You can have the Model T in any color, as long as it's black". superinnovator.blogspot.com/2012/02/you-can-have-any-color-you-want-so-long.html

ok Fuck off the Model T was produced from 1908 - 1927. Learn some fucking history.

Thorbjørn Madsen lol to be produced in 1908 it has to be designed in the 1900's

It would also run on whatever crappy fuel you could dump in the tank. What we would grade as 65 octane gasoline today was no problem in a T

Simple. No EPA

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Nothing funny about it as you an easily build a frame yourself with some welding know-how to make a go-cart that would run circles around this and get better mpg. But it wouldn't be anywhere close to meeting street legal specs of today or even 50 years ago.

Remember it's only 20 HP. The more powerful an engine is, the harder it is to make it more efficient.

what about hot summers? you would boil inside the car then XD but i agree probably someone tried to modify it like that

Roll down windows and turn off heater. Like nowadays. You dont have a car, right?

76Schoeneberg30 i dont have to worry about heat or airco its all automatic XD but i get your point just for shits and giggles

It was one the first cars to be mass produced, I can make a pretty good guess it was cheaper and quicker to make without side windows or a vent/heating system. At the time most people still using horse carriages and walking and were just used to the weather as is.

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Zippy little cars.

Actually you had to grind the valve seats and put new piston rings in frequently. The metals were not what we have today.

You're stupid as fuck

USDM as fuck dude

Leo Thorne cant take a joke lame ass.

Mario Olivas do you even live the stance life

Not enough camber

tata is best

+Mike Rivest See the description.

+Mike Rivest You're both sort of right. 1908 to 1914 Model T's did not even have their 6 volt battery. Sole method for starting was cranking over the magneto inside the transmission, the magneto, rotating magnets close to copper, would generate a 6V charge, run up to the coils to be amplified, then down to the spark plugs for firing. Mag could be a pain to start if not timed right or cold weather, so in 1915 a 6V battery was added so you could start the car on battery, then switch the car over to running on magneto. Made for easier starting, BUT it also still required hand cranking. The car in the video is a 1912-to early 1915, since it has acetylene gas headlights. This means unless the car is running a later motor, there is no button for a starter motor since the engine cannot physically be equipped for one. Around 1917/1918 or so starter motor cutouts were added alongside the motor. This would have a button on the floor board which would allow you to start the car with the press of a button while on battery, then switch over to mag. This would eliminate the need to crank. Also important to note is though the cutout was there, the starter motor was usually an option so plenty cars did not come with it standard from the factory. I think 1925-1927, the last few years of the T, starter motors came equipped on all factory T's. Hope you found this informative :) Hand cranking really isn't so bad if the motor is broken in and adjusted right.

You are not the only one. But modern safety and emission regs make that impossible. Realistically, very few people would be willing to sacrifice the advantages of modern cars.

Well running cars shouldn't smoke, & should consume as much fuel as possible without overheating the combustion chamber.

@@kingnull2697CVT automatic gear boxes partially help solve that but so does not doing such short drives each day and large amounts of idling as that will clog the filters. Buses don’t have to worry about that despite the diesel filters being stricter because they run all day long and they too are automatic (it’s pretty much in essence like the CVT although it’s probably called something else)

@@filledwithvariousknowledge2747 Absence of visible smoke does not equal clean exhaust. Fifty years of emission reduction technology has been focused on reducing pollutants that are invisible but unhealthy. BTW... most bus automatic transmissions have torque converters and multi-ratio gearsets like IC engine cars.

That awkward moment when a Model T does better offroading than the average modern SUV.

that's what *she* said

You think manuals are hard to drive? I can't even figure out what in the world I'm supposed to do with automatics!

SuperSaiyan3985 You learn in the US? Manuals are standard everywhere else, it's just because Americans are lazy.

LegitBritish No, no one in my immediate family knows how to drive stick. I took lessons from my uncle who lives overseas. I wouldn't say manuals are standard internationally but it is more like 60/50 in a lot of places.

+SuperSaiyan3985 I'd say that's only in North America really. Here in Europe, and especially eastern europe, I can count the amount of times I've seen a car with auto transmission on 2 hands. And the number of times I drove one on one hand. I remember I constantly pressed the brakes when not paying 100% attention on driving because I'm so used to a clutch being there.

That wasn't even the best footage. And other automobiles such as Stanley, Rambler, Winton touring, and Packard all went over 60 miles per hour. And I don't mean in 1908, I mean in 1903-4-5. You'd be surprised how other companies copy the design that was used way before, the Model T design is based off of a 1902 style cab hence the name horseless buggy. He made a Model N just before This that looks years more advanced, specifically the impossible to find Model 11 1905 that apperentally isn't on images.