1920's Dodge Brothers Car Assembly line (rare footage)

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[@MH3GL]

The fact that these machines existed and produced what they did (on the scale that they did) is a testament to the human mind. Not a single computer anywhere - except the ones between their ears. Absolutely incredible.

[@berniecom728]

I'm very happy to say I own and restored a 1917 Dodge Brothers Touring car from the bottom up, but i didn't wash it with gasoline, it's in mint condition and received many trophies for it. Beautiful car and runs great, thanks Dodge Brothers for your success.

[@jdubb67]

That's awesome!

[@rd4501]

Back in the day when everything was made to last. Love the Dodge classics.

[@west4057]

really? how about inconsistant !!!!!!

[@arlinmayer9456]

Oh really Dan? My grandfather had one and it worked and ran just fine for 25+ years. You condescending A hole.

[@davegeisler7802]

Always a Supervisor watching the progress and making sure everyone is working .

[@UfoDan100]

My parents bought and trusted Plymouth's. Their first car was a used 1933 Plymouth, then a 1950 Plymouth, then a 1959 Plymouth , then a 1967 Plymouth Valiant and their last and favorite was a 1985 Dodge Aries with AC ! They had a 1975 Ford Maverick , but 1975 turned out to be a bad year for most american cars.

[@alvan4080]

Those were some hard working Michiganders

[@jdubb67]

Agreed

[@larrykrise3609]

very,very interesting.enjoyed it much.so many people working there.thank you

[@nachtjager77]

This is when they built stuff to really last and took pride in their work. Working conditions were tough, but these cars lasted far longer than anything they're building today. I've had a number of prewar cars and currently have a '29 Packard. Even if you find them worn out sitting in a barn, with some basic mechanical know-how, you can get them going again and keep them running forever. You'll never be able to say that about all the plastic computerized junk we have today. Great piece of film!

[@larryclark9380]

My “plastic computerized junk” 2014 Ford Focus has 167k miles on it so far. Running great. Only maintenance has been oil and tires. Yep, sure don’t make them like they used to! That said, I am looking to purchase a Ford model T or A in the near future. Have a good “1”

[@geoffdavis4730]

@@larryclark9380 Ford Focus had absolute garbage gearbox known as power shift . My sisters focus is on its sixth gearbox. Class action In Australia. Have a great day.

[@larryclark9380]

@@geoffdavis4730 Sorry to hear that. Yes, that transmission issue an lawsuit are well known. I personally would buy one with those issues to get the price down. My 2014 Focus started off with transmission shakes also. I used the hill climbing function on the side of the shifter to change the RPM band at between 1st gear to second gear shifts. Over time the problem on mine got 90% better. Not flawless though. Car now at 182,000 miles and running well. May be time for it’s first tuneup soon. Still maintaining 39.1 mpg + this is the most miles I have personally had in any automobile.

[@MH3GL]

If I ever get to the point where I can do it, I will make a pre-1930s automobile my daily driver. 100yrs of service is enough to convince me of "reliability."

[@FNAFFan555]

@@4238001 exactly! Because I have a 2002 Ford explorer sport trac pickup truck that I use as my daily driver. It's I think known to start having transmission problems around 200,000 miles; as long as you do routine maintenance and repairs (though sometimes expensive depending on what needs repairs) could possibly last longer. My truck is now currently around 20 years old and has 218,798 miles on it. My hope for it is to get it to at MOST around 250,000 miles or even more before it's done.

[@miketaylor6282]

What’s sad is, back then with inferior machines they could build products that outlast anything made today with our high tech machines.

[@davidarmstrong7628]

Everything is poorly made now.... They are destroying our country from the inside out, by design....

[@xlightfootx]

Cause it's all made in China

[@dowen1511]

Yeah look at the Egyptian and India there stuff is still around 5000 years later 😂 quality just isn't what it used to be . now we just have fancy junk !

[@jaminova_1969]

I like the test track with the ridiculously steep hill!

[@MrZorro3250]

Awesome film love to see rhe manufacturing processes bof that time .

[@omprakashagarwal5103]

Very good presentation.

[@clinthowe7629]

What amazes me is who designed and built all the tooling and machines to make cars? who designed those hanging spot welding machines, and those multi lug pneumatic wrenches that put all the lugs nut at once on a wheel.

[@martybedigian6936]

I recently visited the Mosoleum of the Dodge Brothers at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit Michigan. Horace and John.

[@jdubb67]

Nice!

[@poortouringhotwiregarage5617]

Back when the flathead was cutting tech

[@hyzercreek]

Overhead valves was strictly and Buick thing, and then Chevy too

[@kennethbredow3098]

This was interesting! Thanks.

[@kennetth1389]

Fascinating

[@solo4870]

even filming this in the 20s. was a great thing with great minds.

[@jdubb67]

Agreed

[@stephenvelden295]

Dodge Brothers made most of the parts for the T Model Ford.

[@Modine.]

There was eaven a few years where the Dodge brothers supplied 100% of the mechanicals to Ford. The only thing that was Ford on thoes cars was the body.

[@violet.senderhauf2187]

I watched footage of the Chevrolet factory from the 1930's and comparing the level of safety difference between Chevrolet working conditions in the 1930's compared to this dodge footage from the 1920's is no contest, Dodge wins at safety hands down the melting ovens are enclosed and encapsulated whereas Chevy had hot metal flying everywhere. Sure things were tough in both cases but this speaks volumes about the dodge brand.

[@phillipgarrow2297]

The dodge Brothers would turn in over in there graves to see what the namesake of there cars have become

[@stopmakingsense9915]

What on earth are you talking about….you have a problem with hemi Challengers?

[@frankgarrett242]

@@stopmakingsense9915 Phillip misses his Neon.

[@angelastark7644]

Darryl would have liked to have seen this footage.

[@mikedrown2721]

The sound of the movie projector is not needed

[@davidarmstrong7628]

It makes it "look" more authentic!!!

[@markadams7597]

Wow! This is a great flick! Just wish it included the sound track. I'd like to hear the machines, people talking, and the roar of those mighty Dodge four cylinders. Bet those 4-bangers are 50-75 CIDs with around 40 hp. Brilliant!!

[@spannaspinna]

Probably more like 20hp

[@hyzercreek]

They didn't invent soundtrack until 1927 The Jazz Singer with Al Jolson was the first talkie.

[@hyzercreek]

@@spannaspinna No, he was right the first time, but the CID was more like 225

[@lonnyjaw]

For being the 1920's, the totally jaw-dropping technology of the machinery of that time TO MAKE all those intricate parts! Today with everything 'computer generated' and there is STILL one recall after another in today's automotive industries - and I won't even get into the EV debacle!

[@honda350racer6]

I wonder what year they stopped supplying Ford and did they're own car, might be why this film is made ,showing them at work making the new dodge cars.The engineers of the time are credited for everything in this time in history,it took genius to do what the did .

[@josecalderon4048]

It was in 1910 I believe that they stop supplying ford, then in 1917 they build the first dodge model 30

[@BadObsessionMotorsport]

Hi JDubbs, we're making a video of a 1923 Dodge and would like to use some excerpts from this video with your permission? We will of course credit you in the description and the credits on the video. Best regards, BOM.

[@jdubb67]

That's fine with me I have no issue with that look forward to seeing the video

[@jdubb67]

Free use as far as I'm co concerned 🙂

[@michaelmccoy7986]

I'd love to have one of those Brand new...

[@ronaldfazekas6492]

This may even be the late 'teens , given the touring car body shapes and the white (not whitewall) tires

[@arlinmayer9456]

That’s before they started putting dye in the rubber.

[@johnnyb4187]

I've read elsewhere that this was 1917.

[@jdollinter]

8:01 How long did the guy spraying leaded gasoline on the body parts last ? My God, the working conditions must of been hell .

[@UfoDan100]

I think. lead was not used in the 1920's. Lead was not used until the 1950's. First used for air cooled aircraft engines. Today , liberals deplore real cars and want us on unemployment , meds. , drugs and vaccines. It is a worse hell not having a job.

[@waterheaterservices]

@@UfoDan100 Indeed, the worst thing we can do is nothing.

[@chuckz8053]

@@UfoDan100 I'm a democrat that drives a 392 hemi.

[@markadams7597]

My Great grandparents and grandparents were in these generations of the portrayed Dodge workers; they lived into their 90s. The people, closer to nature, lived longer back then.

[@davidarmstrong7628]

Everything is toxic. Life is short because of it. We live in a sick world now

[@joepeanut6827]

It amazing how those old two wheel drive 4 cylinder cars could do thing that v8 4 wheel drive cars can't do today. Climbing an ice covered steep hill without chains.on skinny little tires. find a car that can do that today. And quality control nowadays is Non existent.

[@phillipgarrow2297]

Workers safety wasn't a issue back then

[@CarminesRCTipsandTricks]

..... I guess FRONT BRAKES were an option!!!

[@hyzercreek]

No front brakes until 1925

[@100aceswid]

Must have Mopar

[@jdubb67]

Agreed

[@Imnotplayinganymore]

at about 21:30 did you catch the high 5?

[@clinthowe7629]

on mine it was more like 21:42 but yeah i see the high five between the two passing cars.

[@danielcorey8928]

My car being built it's a done deal I get it tomarrow

[@billkarmetsky4003]

100 years is not all that much in the annuls of time. I am struck by the sheer manpower and skill it took plus modern machines of those times. The entire process looks wasteful and toxic. I think men and women lived short lives. But the entire process is majesty to behold. God bless all these skilled workers in an industry that employed 10's if not 100's of millions of Americans through every trade imaginable.

[@2500mike]

Don't think anyone could have said it better. They gave their lives to put food on the table and keep a country moving. The ones fortunate enough to live to an old age had great stories to tell

[@Underledge]

Manpower and plenty of it was required compared to now.

[@spannaspinna]

Labour was cheap

[@west4057]

how about the cyianide position ? good department for longevity !!!!!!!! of your LIFE !!!!!!

[@williamworden3597]

God, that was a lot of men...altho I saw no one standing around with their finger up their nose (well maybe a supervisor). Wonder how many survived working those "cyanide" ovens. I would want to be an "inspector" 😄

[@mikedrown2721]

Needs to be slower movement just a little

[@earlgarrett145]

Did everyone know dodge originated off of Ford two guys left Ford and started making dodges with ford's ideal

[@truthsayers8725]

yep. cars made to last and they did for about 40k miles maybe... welds and rivets and screwed pieces broke, broke and came apart... one of those cars, subjected to the same rigors as your car today, wouldnt make it much past the length of loan. and as you see no crumple zones or safety equipment so if you outlived your car, you were one up

[@timothykeith1367]

Yeah, and all the owners are deceased! What a bad deal.

[@paulnicholson1906]

That is true. They didn’t last many miles back in the day the only thing is they didn’t go as far and were simpler to repair and restore.

[@jonnygarland4741]

Well all of them bring New t-models are in a graveyard NOW and every one of them people was making them T-Mobile's are all dead and are also in a graveyard NOW and all of those people are in heaven or in hell forever and NEVER EVER KNOW ENDING NOW . Well THAT is were all of those cars also people are ToDay .