What It's Like to Drive a 121-Year Old Sportscar

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If you ate a magic time donut and travelled back to the year 1895 with the intent of buying a sports car, do you have any idea what you'd buy? It doesn't matter, because you'd really only have one choice: the Bollée Voiturette. This single-cylinder, three-horsepower, mid-engined monster was, arguably, the first production sports car ever made. Galpin Motors' very own Beau Boeckmann invited Jason to put this thesis to the test on his 1897 Léon Bollée Voiturette.
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@nutz4gunz457 5 лет назад

That grinding!! Those poor gears!! I was yelling at the screen "Take tension off the belt before you shift into second!!" The belt is the clutch. You were trying to shift without disengaging the clutch.

@will3346 5 лет назад

He was pushing it forward before trying to shift, you can see on the close up.

@nutz4gunz457 5 лет назад

@@will3346 Pushing it forward puts tension on the belt. He needed to pull back on the handle not push forward.

@will3346 5 лет назад

Nutz4Gunz45 yeah my mistake misheard, but he still seems to be trying to do something with the forward backward motion whilst shifting.

@kwamel1 5 лет назад

I was thinking the same thing, i can see you are a car person that also understands the MECHANICS of how it works. Not the "its red so it must be fast" type blowhole. Who let this guy drive their vintage stuff. Like NO!

@marcbee1234 5 лет назад

I could hear you yelling!

@trvr82 5 лет назад

You know, if the cop doesn't get the make and model correct on the ticket, it gets thrown out. :D

@amani576 5 лет назад

Torch's enthusiasm for the eccentric is why these videos, and his articles, are so entertaining. Love this series.

@scoobydog411 5 лет назад

He's going to destroy that little car.

@kevinwhelan8126 3 года назад

Hope springs eternal lol!

@EvanMoon 5 лет назад

You have found a sound that is worse than nails on a chalkboard

@wildman510 3 года назад

I died a little inside hearing that grinding

@MaxSpeedMike 5 лет назад

Those grinds! Yikes

@ettorefassina356 5 лет назад

the owner must be hating him

@michaelrichter4941 5 лет назад

They should be shot. F them! 😠😠😠😠

@AiOinc1 5 лет назад

You idiots it's a straight cut unsyncrhonized transmission with a clutch that acts as the brake - it's almost impossible to shift without grinding between gears

@deanniederkrom6686 5 лет назад

MaxSpeed it’s hard to grind a car from even the 40s

@deanniederkrom6686 5 лет назад

It’s basically impossible to not grind gears, I have a 1929 Ford. A lot of vintage cars have unsynchronized transmissions

@GodMaxDrinkerofTea 5 лет назад

John Scheiss don't ever come to Germany and tell someone your last name use a fake name or say you are just John it's for your own good

@jean-charlesweyland129 5 лет назад

I wonder how his ancestor got to get this name... XD

@GodMaxDrinkerofTea 5 лет назад

@@jean-charlesweyland129 must be a fertilizer man

@cossieboa5717 3 года назад

Similar thing with the actor Johnny Depp. The german word "Depp" means dumbass or idiot

@soldierski1669 5 лет назад

Sounds like a metal trashcan full of bolts getting a tattoo.

@johan3561 5 лет назад

Jalopnik uploads another episode of Jason Drives. Today is a good day.

@STho205 5 лет назад

At the time, common gasoline was about 30 octane*. That gas was very easy to light. Higher the octane AKI number, the harder it is to light combustion. Motors were very low compression and that low octane gasoline could be lit by that hot glowplug. You cant get shitty gasoline like that, so spark plug and maybe a cooling fan at the fins. It overheats like a Harley at a long traffic light. Straight gears on basically a motorcycle tranny. They're going to grind a bit. The driver has to rev match and slam it. Being timid will grind the gears. Notice the last time, he got it. He built up confidence and just threw it, like a millwright would have done in 1890. * That means 30% 8carbon chain (Octane), the rest 70% is Heptane, Hexane and Pentane. All very combustible. That's what "octane" means. How much of the fuel is the heavier chains.

@commodoresixfour7478 5 лет назад

Makes sense because the Model "T" in 1926 - 27 had less horsepower than it did previously.

@user-nt9mn4xm9n 5 лет назад

grind them till you find them :)

@TheTheotherfoot 5 лет назад

Another grind like that and he'll have to marry it.

@wolfmanradio 5 лет назад

It overheated because the cylinder oiler cup was empty. Hopefully the owner will do some research before taking it out again.

@gtb81. 5 лет назад

My heart sunk when I saw that

@dougauzene8389 5 лет назад

Kid Boeckman's got plenty of $$$...He Can Fix lt... ;-)

@wildman510 3 года назад

The owners a total idiot. Didnt even tell Jason how to shift

@Tracert-mc1hu 2 года назад

@@wildman510 The owner himself said that he never got it out of first. My guess is this was just a prop he doesn't use much.

@classicalguitarlover 5 лет назад

By far my favorite video on this channel ! thanks for the smiles.

@marklima74 5 лет назад

Jason Drives ...without doubt my favourite automotive RU-vid videos. Always something interesting & quirky and always makes me laugh. Big thumbs up

@crisismcnoodle 5 лет назад

Keyboard warriors who daily a Kia Sedona all talking about how they would never grind the gears tho 乁| ･ิ ∧ ･ิ |ㄏ

@AiOinc1 5 лет назад

Finally! More Jason Drives! Mister Torchinsky, you and your boss who drives the Yugo are the only reasons I watch and read Jalopnik.

@jamescollinslea 5 лет назад

Man I'm really glad to see this kind of videos back on this channel.

@sachideshmane5088 5 лет назад

Dear Jason Torchinsky, With proper technique, any non-broken transmission can be shifted smoothly once the vehicle is moving. There aren't many of these cars left, and it's painful to watch you shorten their life span. I suggest daily driving an old car with a non-synchro transmission.

@nlpnt 5 лет назад

That's giving the synchros in his Beetle a lot of credit for having anything left to give after 45 years.

@AiOinc1 5 лет назад

Unsynchronized is fine if you can A toe and heel B have beveled gears This car has neither of those, these are straight cut gears and you can't be on the gas brake and clutch at the same time because of the design of the weird handle thing. It is 100% impossible to shift without grinding gears.

@04dram04 4 года назад

He literarily daily drives an old beetle with non synchro transmission

@arburo1 3 года назад

Slacken the belt before changing gear.

@GreatMalmsteen 5 лет назад

At first I thought that was a wheelchair and I had clicked wrong video

@toyotaprius79 5 лет назад

_It's not a wheelchair?_

@campkira 5 лет назад

It was pretty much a wheelchair with engine. Back in the day You won't not be able to wheeled a wheelchair on the street.

@DRAGNET-pn5vf Год назад

A MIX BETWEEN A MOTORCYCLE AND A CAR. 👍🏻

@doktorzappergeck492 5 лет назад

It actually went faster once it overheated and that guy pushed it off the street.

@catalinmihoc1218 5 лет назад

Thats a sport deluxe wheelchair

@frank1015 5 лет назад

Yay your bike your 1 of the main reasons i liked this channel

@larrylentini5688 5 лет назад

3 horsepower? That's a lot for something that age and that size.

@BryceLovesTech 5 лет назад

How do you engage launch control

@DerDoggder 5 лет назад

John Scheiss...?! Great last Name, I guess...

@carburetedseltzer120 5 лет назад

Ooh, that grind.... Belt is the clutch. I would add a fan...

@TheZProtocol 5 лет назад

Anyone with an ounce of mechanical sympathy would have not grinded the gears like that

@jeeper5264 5 лет назад

OMG those grinds!...that is very cool vehicle..

@niteshades_promise 5 лет назад

that gear grinding is worse than a dentist drill😩🍻

@SoreSmokingMariachi 5 лет назад

Thanks Jason

@BionicTenshi96 5 лет назад

Imagine this with a modern bike engine and gearbox.... it would be a blast to drive...

@mrme2483 5 лет назад

Those wierd little stirrup things for controls were the norm back in the 1800s. A guy local to me collects antique bicycles, and alot of his stuff has them for steering control. Mainly highwheel trikes , also using straight cut gears and lots of brass and bronze.

@AudioOrchardMusic 5 лет назад

I love the green Riv in the back!

@hollyjollydog 5 лет назад

its called having a feel for the machine,you just took 20 years off the gears dude

@AiOinc1 5 лет назад

Unsynchronizes straight cut gears my friend, you cant shift without grinding. This is NOT a standard manual transmission, this is completely different in every way. In normal operation these vehicles needed constant maintenance bimonthly anyways, they wouldn't last 5 months in normal driving.

@kkknotcool 5 лет назад

@@AiOinc1 It should grind for a fraction of a second. Not 3 second straight.

@wildman510 3 года назад

@@AiOinc1 how stupid are you? You CAN shift without grinding. Plus he was shifting with the clutch engaged

@Momo_Kawashima 2 года назад

@@AiOinc1 there is something on this car that is present on every car, it's called a clutch. To shift gears you have to disengage the clutch, then shift to the gear you have to shift to. It's not the car's design fault, the fault is to blame to the fact that in America you can tell a spooky story by saying "and the car HAD A MANUAL GEARBOX"

@zippodippodooo 5 лет назад

This thing is a monster compared to the 1886 Benz Motorwagen

@lucamarmiroli4563 4 года назад

It's a sportscar after all 🤣

@NBSV1 5 лет назад

The way it was actually sliding gears in and out of mesh for the transmission likely means it isn’t meant to shift when moving. If it was meant to shift when moving then the gears would stay in mesh and you’d move a shift collar to engage or disengage the gear.

@jonnda 5 лет назад

Man, that really grinds my gears.

@matthewr1456 5 лет назад

LS swap it!

@aseheavyindustries798 5 лет назад

crazy how ahead of its time this car is

@timm9631 5 лет назад

Cool!! Thanks for sharing a 19th Century car!

@mojo6112 5 лет назад

The grind!!

@MetalTrabant 5 лет назад

1897... what crazy and amazing times those must've been! When the automobile was something new, exciting, and mildly terrifying... And here we are now, ~120 years later, just a few steps away of having cars that only asks for a destination on a screen or by voice command, and it'll take us there without any other input... by then we've killed all the fun and games out of driving, just for our lazy-ass comfort-oriented society.

@nilo8642 5 лет назад

Thats a very clever sports car mate :)

@mikezeke7041 5 лет назад

Jason drives! 👍👍

@gtb81. 5 лет назад

You should probably put oil in that oiler......

@conn4832 5 лет назад

Me when I hear those unfortunate gears -------> >_< IT HURTS

@cartmanrlsusall 5 лет назад

Simple and complicated at the same time.i would love a chance to drive it

@johnf.s.180 5 лет назад

Impressive!

@gnarshread 5 лет назад

That's so damn cool!

@Almighty_cornholio 5 лет назад

The pimp my ride guy

@mitchellmeyer4177 5 лет назад

The pimp my guy ride

@Nakahat01 5 лет назад

Im surprised he didnt bondo on some ground effects and a big wing on that whip

@albear972 5 лет назад

@@Nakahat01 And don't forget the spinning rims yo!

@albear972 5 лет назад

Oh yeah! That 3 wheel death chair looks totally legit.

@dastardlydave1455 5 лет назад

"Kick Start" John!!!

@zebaschtian6005 5 лет назад

How do you call the cars behind them at 2:39 (2nd & 3rd) ??

@04dram04 4 года назад

I cant believe the guy in the GAS shirt, was telling him to keep grinding the gears.

@baldtiresandmisfires9718 5 лет назад

Do you think it will run 10s?

@deadhorse1391 5 лет назад

Must have been hell to try to talk on your cell phone while driving one of those

@Maverick_Van_Traveller 5 лет назад

Ouch, my mechanical sympathy.

@worldtraveler930 2 года назад

It looks like a Victorian motorized wheelchair!

@ScottaHemi440 5 лет назад

it's a steampunk polaris slingshot!

@NorthernChev 4 года назад

He knows why you push a clutch in to change gears on a normal car, it’s to momentarily disengage the engine. So, why was it so hard fo him to figure out that you release the tension on the belt before you attempt to change gears? His confusion on this absolutely astounded me.

@jean-charlesweyland129 5 лет назад

If ridden properly by an educated driver, it could reach 37mph... No bad for 1895 considering that a Ford Model T was to have a top speed of 45mph 13 years later !

@joelhill4107 2 года назад

The reverse trike was born over 100 years ago! Go figure. Improving on old technology! Living in a time warp!

@CZ350tuner 2 года назад

The problem with the overheating is also due to the fact that the engine is being run on gasoline, which didn't exist in 1897. The engine would have originally been run on paraffin, kerosene or alcohol, as were all cars & motorcycles, until the 1900's when 35 RON automotive Petrol was invented (by the British). In the US, the oil companies developed Gasoline, in the 1920's.

@TK-yy4rj 5 лет назад

A badass wheel chair for bad ass people

@dwarftoad 4 года назад

Jason is Amedee Bollee you great great grandfather? The resemblence is there...

@jnieto490 5 лет назад

POWER!!!

@henrydehavilland5620 5 лет назад

Damn how many brands does the dealer sell? Volvo, Ford, Lincoln, and Jaguar.

@MrCarGuy 5 лет назад

All were once under Ford so many dealers kept the brands together.

@dutchliko 5 лет назад

Most VAG Mazda aston too i think

@bradwiebelhaus7065 Год назад

Cool

@caleblane7619 2 года назад

Amedee Bollee Deserves More Attention as an Inventor of the Car.

@NatureRecycleFlorida 5 лет назад

cool trike

@GoingtoHecq 2 года назад

So good looking, such bad noises. I wish to see this better. Like if it were remade.

@jonathansparks7558 4 года назад

Has Jay Leno taken a spin in this fine car????

@LloydLynx 5 лет назад

But how fast can it go in third?

@mitchellmeyer4177 5 лет назад

Grind it till you find it!

@04dram04 4 года назад

Ouch the grinding was so hard to watch

@AndreiNeacsu 5 лет назад

The car is awesome, but the video is a disaster. Like others have said, that gear-grinding is the stuff of nightmares. Read TFM before you touch anything! Understand how the clutch (belt tensioning) works, get some training, use the brain!

@AiOinc1 5 лет назад

You realize this is a straight cut, unsynchronized manual transmission, right? It's not that easy. You have to rev match every single shift, which in more modern unsynchronized transmissions would mean toe and heeling - which you can't do here. Being that this vehicle has no intruments of any kind to measure engine or vehicle speed, and that the leather belt based clutch and brake are the same thing, it's for all intents and purposes impossible to shift without making noise.

@sugarbooty 5 лет назад

@@AiOinc1 He wasn't letting tension off the belt to shift the gears, and grinding them excessively at what was most likely too low a speed and rpm for the engine. You can hear how it shifts when they properly shift it in the video, before it overheats. 8:12 vs 8:27

@twr412 5 лет назад

Everything takes practice. I doubt he had much time to get the hang of it. Hardly a disaster - mostly just par for the course on a machine hardly anyone's driven in over a century. But I'm sure you'd be an expert within minutes. Maybe they should just give it to you.

@AiOinc1 5 лет назад

@@sugarbooty Letting off the belt too much causes the car to stop because it also acts as a brake, which means that if you shifted with too little tension on the belt it would cause the gears to complain in addition to stalling the engine.

@sugarbooty 5 лет назад

@@AiOinc1 I connected the belt to a modern day clutch, the car would still roll if you let off tension, you just need to shift quickly. I think I would have a lot of fun trying to do it correctly

@CZ350tuner 2 года назад

It had some pioneering safety features: Carrying the wife or wife's mother provided wind bag crash protection for the driver.

@noscwoh1 2 года назад

4:40 He: Primes it, while looking directly at an empty oiler. Me: Oil it... He: Proceeds to crank it over. Me: Oil it! Jason: Mentions the rocky idle. Me: OIL IT!! OILLLLL ITTT!!! The poor Voiturette: Overheats Me (rolling eyes): Should've oiled it.

@bmepdoc9675 5 лет назад

This 'Jason' guy has the mechanical aptitude of a cork.

@Elky-yn3ev 5 лет назад

Yo ask the guys at Galpin if they know how Xibit is doing

@EcoSpeeder 2 года назад

Jalopnik - As you know this car could have been electric. Imagine the OG Tesla version of this.

@mrbadx19 5 лет назад

you can get a 50cc scooter for cheap with more horsepower and 100+mpg that'll top out at 40mph. but that was 120 years ago when they barely had gas.

@man_on_wheelz 5 лет назад

"Fastest car in the world" slower than my running speed

@jean-charlesweyland129 5 лет назад

If ridden properly by educated mechanics, it could reach 37mph.

@stanojevicnatasa2514 5 лет назад

Wasn't the Ford Quadricycle the oldest car you ever reviewed?

@AiOinc1 5 лет назад

Also, this is pretty good proof against Mercedes being the first production car... This guy was making series of 50 in the 1870s when it took Mercedes Benz another 10+ years to start making single digits!