1902 Curved Dash Oldsmobile

[@victorjohnson7512]

Fun Fact: the "dash" is the mud kicked backwards from the horse's hooves. The "dash board" was the angled (or curved) boards at the front of a buggy to keep it from hitting the riders. This Oldsmobile has a true dashboard as it's just a horsless carriage.

[@Trev0r98]

An honest-to-god, living, breathing automobile - 115 years old. Truly fantastic. Your dad is a genius, Matt & excellent video.

[@joelb4534]

Magnifique car and félicitations to your dad. ❤

[@jamesheath264]

Thanks so much for shooting this video - Your Dad is a legend - I do hope he's still with us. I'm getting ready to do the London to Brighton Veteran run in a CDO, and the technical knowledge here was really useful.

[@davepike6170]

Very well done, educational and fun to watch. Amazing how much had to be done in the early days of the automobile, just to start and drive it, to properly maintain its mechanics! We sure have it easy now...start up and go.

[@NGMonocrom]

Ironically, I have a 1902 pocket watch. Still works. Just fascinating how things were built around 120 years ago.

[@TestECull]

IT was a time before we considered everything disposable, so everything that was built back then was built as well as they could possibly build it. Today even the family sedan is a disposable commodity. Kind of irritating in a way, 'cause these old vehicles will outlive the new ones even though we know so much more about building quality things it isn't even funny, and they'll live longer because we actively choose to build things like shit to sell new versions.

[@scottyd980]

This really is your fathers Oldsmobile.

[@calvinthurston1441]

Wicked dude! As a modern car mechanic its cool to see this older stuff. Amazing it even runs! Let alone drives! So sweet to see this piece of history of machining and mechanics!

[@mattmorra6762]

Thanks!!

[@heisrisen6898]

Respectfully, it’s beautiful how the car matches the old man & the old man matches the car perfect combination they were meant to be

[@kirkoglesby6175]

When machines were a work of art. Amazing video thanks for sharing.

[@lmfarms4611]

Glad you recorded this, this is a lost art, it will help many who a rebuilding an older auto. Thanks again.

[@Imnotplayinganymore]

Awesome that he takes it out! Most are sitting dusty in museums.

[@elijahhodges4405]

Marvelous. truly wonderful that there are people keeping those old originals alive.

[@pashkonikac83]

Now that's very cool. Thank you very much for sharing that with us.

[@gglen2141]

That is really fantastic. Thanks for keeping that machine roadworthy all these years. The start up procedure reminds me of my Uncles old single cylinder diesel boat engine. It did have the mad luxury of self oiling though. 😀

[@MachTucker737]

That guy's cool as hell. Much thanx

[@fjs1111]

wow, this car is absolutely awesome but I like your dad even more. So great to see people like him.

[@stanley6602]

Not like modern commercialized products, this good old stuff can run forever if you take care of them. Every part of this Oldsmobile shows the lost knowledge and design which is hard to search now. Please keep posting more detailed videos. Thank you.👍

[@calvinthurston1441]

Not sure if ur aware but it took nearly ¼ hour to prep for the start...tho that was 1 crank which is damn good but still...lol

[@bladder1010]

It really takes a special kind of person to take on the job of preserving such a cool piece of machinery. Thanks for sharing this!

[@weaponofmassconstruction1940]

It looks surprisingly simple in design for the time. I like it. It looks like a car you wouldn't mind using!

[@LucidDreamer54321]

It was built on an assembly line eleven years before Henry Ford started using that method of assembly.

[@davidscott9353]

I've long thought that the curved dash Oldsmobile is one of the prettiest cars ever made.

[@timerickson7056]

your dad owns a piece of historical art

[@tyrssen1]

Wow! A beautiful car --but complicated!!! Kudos to your dad, what a brilliant guy!

[@franciscobustamante546]

¡¡WOW, THAT'S INCREDIBLE INTERESTING SHOW; CONGRATS SIR! greetings from California, USA!

[@SouthwesternEagle]

Wow. This thing is like a transition stage between a horse-and-buggy and a car. I've never seen a car like this before.

[@earthstewardude]

My great grandfather drove one like this when he was running "Moonshine." He had it souped up with posi-traction , Holley 4 barrel carb, Allison transmission and bored it out to 120 cubic inch. Oh and he had glass pack mufflers.

[@mikehowell5513]

Well I absolutely enjoyed this video! Thank you that was neat!

[@mattmorra6762]

Thank you!

[@heatshield]

Thanks for the ride. Never thought I would see this.

[@billycockrell2470]

My dad had a 1903 he finally donated to a museum. It was not running, but I'm sure it would. Very cool!

[@billycockrell2470]

His had the top, but not the luggage box.

[@slothzombi307]

Watching this got my day off to a good start. Your dad is amazing. Very few of these have all the original running gear. Many have been retrofitted with a lawnmower engines. I love the chugga chugga poof poof sound.

[@tomshiba51]

I thought this was going to be a video on a replica, but it's the real thing! I enjoy original machinery.

[@matrox]

Yep...lots of replicas out there.

[@carmichaelmoritz8662]

i remember back in the day a guy had one like this in bruno sask canada and i thought it was a home built go cart lol .

[@goodcitizen]

Very very nice!!! So glad to be able and learn the workings of the CDO Thank you and your Dad for the wonderful video.

[@hectorosvaldocacace5062]

Un hombre excepcional, lo ¡felicito! Y su automóvil es un patrimonio de la industria de aquellos años....

[@Jack-li5ww]

Thanks for creating and posting this video Matt. Your dad is a gift to the rest of us, outstanding!

[@soulmercer]

Absolutely beautiful car! I wish I owned it! It could keep my Gasmobile company!

[@salb58]

Wow what a really terrific and informative video. Very well done and your dad was awesome in it

[@gregsg2351]

That was a real lesson in early automotive prep to get ya going a lot to remember. Beautiful little car great old timer showing it off thank you I enjoyed it very much.

[@donolbers9446]

Oh man! Thanks for sharing this. His love for the Olds and the fun it gives is obvious.

[@davebarron5939]

Loved all the details, could have watched for an hour as he described every little thing about operation and maintenance. Thanks.

[@chevybigblock3311]

This is a great video. I love to see this old stuff still alive 👍

[@davidleebls1874]

The Genesis of the 1966 Olds Toronado

[@167curly]

You've gotta love the bicycle bell on the steering tiller!

[@madscientist4578]

Kudos to you and your Dad. My grandfather did engine work in Alex.,Va. on the Ford Model A's, T's back in the day.

[@Cialo502]

Fantastic and well detailed video. I expected the Olds to be way noisier but that was surprisingly quiet, considering it to be a 119 year old automobile.

[@mattmorra6762]

I talked to my Dad yesterday and he commented that he thought the video made the car sound louder than it is when you hear it in person.

[@patriley9449]

I am fascinated by this old machinery. It is all so elemental. These old cars were so much like steam locomotives in their requirements for frequent oiling and greasing. You could actually see the mechanisms working. While our modern machines are very sophisticated, you don't get the sense that there is mechanical action going on anywhere.

[@Ogsonofgroo]

Yer pops is cooler than coolio, I think some people called those a 'sleigh body', damned nice machine! I miss my dad, he loved stuff like this :(

[@stutzbearcat5624]

Funky old dude is rockin RayBans!! Love to meet that guy!!

[@tazkrebbeks3391]

Boy that ol'girl moves right along.

[@randelcandel3423]

Must be one of 2 or 3 still in existence. Dad is obviously a master on 1909 Olds!

[@juanasanelli6831]

Muchas gracias abuelo por el paseito en el OLDsmobile

[@wescottllc9522]

(Posted by Rick Pickell) It truly looks like they had a "horse less carriage" in mind when designed.

[@claycoates5056]

this is a True GAS AND BRASS auto simple and worked well Cared for

[@cratecruncher6687]

Hey that was good! I always wondered what an early Olds would be like. That car is well cared for. Your dad has been a great caretaker. Honestly, I was a bit surprised how fast it was. I guess on a dirt road it wouldn't be able to get up that much speed.

[@matrox]

Bad ass little Cutlass!!😁👍

[@byronbyron864]

Thank You..... I enjoyed that very much.👍 a Great mechanic... God Bless

[@matrox]

He's still a GM man. Got new Chevys parked in his driveway.😊👍🎈

[@vijaysankarkalita6093]

Fantastic combination !

[@davidhakes3884]

I ran a replica in highschool but always wondered what the real one was like, so thank you Very much for showing us. the 1903 copy had a puny 2 stroke and would Not hold a candle to your Dads car.

[@larryrowe5259]

What a thrill it must have been to go 22 miles an hour without horses farting in your face.

[@mista2621]

My Father not long sold his 1903 Curve Dash Olds that he rebuilt from ground up . Where I work we have a 1902 Northern that was built by Maxwell and King who were ex employees of Oldsmobile.

[@SmallWondersMuseum]

I loved it. Great video. Incredible surviving automobile

[@basspig]

I remember seeing these on the road when I was a young lad.

[@keithsgarage5831]

Cool. Faster than I expected! There was horse carriages. Then horseless carriages. Then motor carriages. Then all eventually had motors, so they just called them carriages. Then shortened the word to cars.

[@jeanroger7866]

I like this very much. Thank you !

[@eddiejones.redvees]

No Diagnostic port in theme days my dad and uncles Learnt to drive in my grandfathers model T Ford things were a lot easier maintain and to fix back then

[@lbe1309]

driving in those days must have really been an adventure, also without real roads

[@gregdelagrange8573]

What a fantastic automobile!!

[@JerryKopp12001]

Very cool, love the sound of the engine, kinda has the sound of a steam engine train.

[@randall1959]

It looks so good I thought it was a replica at first.

[@AngeliqueKaga]

His glasses are going to fall out of his pocket.

[@airplanezone1200]

This IS your fathers, fathers, fathers Oldsmobile!

[@wesanderson75]

Well done!

[@johnnyjames7139]

Mechanics Illustrated or Popular Mechanics had a article on building a replica of this around 1960.

[@AndrewLohmannKent]

The number of things to lubricate and the types of vegetables oils and greases for each one were even more numerous with older cars.

[@mr.slippyfist4170]

He's owned this since the day it was new

[@northindian344]

Wow, what a machine 😊

[@ANIRBANCONSERVATIONIST]

Unforgettable.

[@jtrawson1559]

Hey Matt!, Is the old man still with us? I was with him when he and George when he picked it up in Latrobe. I gave him that little Montgomery Ward wind charger that made that little wind mill out front. Haven't seen him since about 1984. He looks good here!

[@mattmorra6762]

He sure his, and still restoring and driving antique cars. He still maintains a machine shop and does quite a bit of work. My parents still live in the same place.

[@jtrawson1559]

@@mattmorra6762 I am so glad you replied. I’m soon to be 69 years old. I worked at Wheeling Steel and met your Dad at the General Machine Shop about 1970. I went through an apprenticeship and became friends with your Dad. I still look up to your Dad and I’m glad he is still with us. I found him to be honest and moral and he stood up for what he believed. The shop was full of older guys and most of them have passed. I will give him a call today. Thanks again for your response. Tim Rawson

[@danielcomenzo9900]

There is one in a museum that was never restored, it even still has the original paint on it.

[@konradsouser9726]

That’s something special right there

[@ВиталийАдаричев-н8т]

такой техникой еще нужно уметь пользоваться. дядька молодец. интересная машинка

[@steveclark5357]

I love this

[@56acz]

Когда едет шипит как паровоз, жаль гудка такого же нет.

[@MMitchellMarmel]

"A runabout! I'll STEAL it! NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!!!" -Dan Backslide, cowardbullythief, "The Dover Boys," Warner Bros, 1942. Even sounds sorta like the runabout in that cartoon!

[@chrisguzman386]

HELP TOM HELP DICK HELP LAAAAARRRYYYYY

[@MMitchellMarmel]

​@@chrisguzman386 Unhand her, Dan Backslide! Unhand her, Dan Backslide! Unhand her, Dan Backslide! Hey, I'm getting in a rut!

[@chrisguzman386]

@@MMitchellMarmel oh you weren't you weren't dashed enough aa WAMB all knocked out

[@xvdd1]

I suppose you could call that Oldsmobile the first automobile for the masses due to it's price $650 and 5,580 being sold pretty basic but did the job.

[@ВиталийАдаричев-н8т]

Интересная машинка. и мотор легко запустился и мчится быстро. столько лет ей. класс

[@DonHavjuan]

Olds is right. Very olds. It makes a steam engine seem simple and easy to use.

[@leonardbartholomew5021]

What a Treat!

[@longhairscorpio3976]

cool!!! time to swap in a 455!!

[@jurivlk5433]

Very interesting how the world started to put itself on wheels. Quite a serious procedure to make this Oldsmobile run, but once it runs, one can make quite long distances. It was probably a bigger step for man than the one on the moon.

[@kirbywaite1586]

And to think GM had no qualms whatsoever about killing off what was at the time of its death, the oldest continuosly made automobile in the US. RIP Oldsmobile.

[@Lexcoaster]

This is wholesome. :)

[@trex7168]

Horseless Carriage ..coolest thing ever..fast too

[@MrTomRay]

According to my old Auto engineering books , such vehicles were termed "Light Vehicles"---as opposed to more larger sturdy cars.---I have always felt that there is a use for such vehicles even today---But built with more modern tech , of course. Light vehicles were abandoned in the early years for the excitement and utility of the full sized automobile, that there was even MORE use for at the time. Still, now that we HAVE the practical automobile perfected, I can still think of many situations where light vehicles would be very handy---Someone ought to start producing them----As we really have no vehicle to fill the niche between the "dangerous" motorcycle and the automobile.--Think of a 4-wheeled light "motorcycle" equivalent that can conventionally seat at least 2 passengers and their cargo.

[@jurivlk5433]

I also think that a modern version of this will be the future.

[@matrox]

This is 1902...there were no large sturdy cars.

[@jurivlk5433]

@@matrox They were monsters of cars in that period!!! Far, far, far bigger than today!!! Look at a Mercedes Simplex or the Fiats of the time, with Zeppelin engines!!!

[@billmetric8920]

we already have a vehicle to replace this class of transportation, its called a "golf cart" visit a retirement community in Florida to see them in use

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

1:55 that’s one big honkin flywheel in there. 13:20 wow, that looks hard to start. 16:15 now THAT, looks like fun ! Sounds like it’s missing on one cylinder .

[@buckberthod5007]

Well if it was missing on a cylinder it wouldn't run, being it's a one cylinder engine. That's just how those engines sound, a kind of chugging sound.

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

@@buckberthod5007 I know, just trying to be funny.

[@samuelfellows6923]

🙃

[@JoeHynes284]

what's the crash test rating?

[@steveclark5357]

so many things to do, just to get from here to there , we are today spoiled

[@ryansemail59]

This was great, much respect for the engineering and operation of the machine