Buying a 93-Year-Old Truck & Immediately Driving It On The Highway!

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[@patrickirish8110]

You guys have just been killing it on Classics lately. I've always enjoyed the channel, but it has just been a blast more recently. Keep it up, gents!

[@davidgeorge4113]

Driving it way to fast on babbitt bearing engine. You are over running brakes at 65 mph. Lucky you all made it home.

[@gregc9220]

Y'all are doing a great service to the community showing what it was like back in the day driving a almost 100 year old vehicle, keep up the good work!

[@TFLclassics]

Our pleasure!

[@TheJHP3]

Becoming my favorite series from TFL. Love the old cars hitting the road

[@mrcougar599]

Yeah I like when they drive old cars like these on the roads

[@916commons]

Beautiful truck and great channel… as a Model A owner, sounds like you’re pushing that engine a tad hard. Might want to remember the stroke in that engine is HUGE, so just beware. 😂

[@TFLclassics]

Thanks for the tips!

[@kelvinhill9874]

Yes. I was thinking the same thing. 50mph would be the highest speed I would drive a Model A at. 45 would be better.

[@danielhomant2832]

They mention it has an overdrive, they probably just forgot about it. But yes, some A lessons would be in order, heh.

[@TEverettReynolds]

@@danielhomant2832 They'll have to blow the engine and get to do their first Model A engine rebuild...

[@eliascox5596]

Add basketballs to the list of things Americans will use before the metric system😂

[@ccand55chevy32]

1st gear is only when you are stop and get going. When you are approaching a light stay in 2nd. When you stop, then you can put it into 1st. There is no Rev matching.

[@danielseelye6005]

Float the gears like an 18-wheeler. 😁

[@rorri2372]

I don't have one, but I drive a VW beetle and it doesn't have synchros for 1st, so you just don't shift to first, but if you need to, you have to double clutch and rev match. Still, not a really good thing to do

[@bernieneufeld4297]

Wwhen I was young, my uncle had a baby blue Model A Roadster with a rumble seat. This was in the early 50's, so Model A's were jus cheap used cars nobody wanted anymore. Uncle's Model A was just that and he drove it hard. I remember riding in the rumble seat while he was herding cows with it, bouncing and banging across the pasture, chasing cows with him and my father in the front seat laughing their heads off. Great memories and great fun.

[@brianmatthews9697]

You'll love the A over the T. Different experience for sure. Berts is great, lucky you have access. You tube has videos on shifting as well as the spark control, you'll get it. 65 is too fast for an A, 50 better. Just not built for that. Brakes work well, just make sure they're adjusted correctly. Nice little truck, enjoy.

[@BAYBAY_316]

I don't have 21,000 just lying around but if I had a decent amount of money Id pay 21,000. Seems like a good price for that truck. It is very nice

[@Tony-hf9mv]

Priceless video. Probably one of the best put out so far. The look on Tommy's face after hitting the ruts. Looked like he was rethinking his life😂

[@markcoopers1930]

Favorite part of "the great depression festival" are all the weird things people stuck in jell-o and called a "recipe" 😂

[@dinanbimmertv1864]

My grandparents still do this lol

[@moonshinershonor202]

70th because you can fit one more in there

[@vancity_coaster]

I just drove my new to me 56 Lincoln for the first time since 69 and it’s an experience 😯 , hasn’t cost me more than 15k yet either. That’s Canadian so like 75 bucks USD 😭 There’s lots of really cool stuff out there and we need to go sit, help and listen to the people with the remaining knowledge! I started working as a mechanic with a stethoscope and imperial tools, now I can’t work without multiple computers and I’m only 42 It’s a big gap. Cool buy guys!

[@wilmarbarrick3194]

If you're gonna drive an old Ford, why not get a V8 Bonnie and Clyde special and go for a joyride around the Midwest?

[@joezephyr]

Their next project :)

[@Tony-hf9mv]

Actually hit the museum. Just randomly drove across it 9n a trip. Guess it was her dad's old shop.

[@kevinjekyll1521]

I think you are right, this is cooler than most modern vehicles; it is rare now, has a ton of character, will get you noticed in a good way, and it will probably last another 95 years...

[@BioluminescenceOfTheSpirit]

The fun fact about the fuel gauge, that star decoration, is also how you dis-assemble it, for cleaning, replacing gasket ect, there's a tool that fits in the inner star for unscrewing it.

[@dalejones4322]

I absolutely love this old truck. This would have been a great video just showcasing it but with the comic styling of Case and Tommy it was so fun. When Case screamed I literally busted out laughing. I can't wait to see every video. Great job guys

[@joe6096]

These are True time capsules. It’s hard for people today to think that, if you wanted to learn to drive in 1931, there was no such thing as automatic chokes, fuel injection, power steering or brakes, or an automatic transmission. Every 16 year old, boy or girl, had to know how to advance spark, set the choke, shift while double clutching, and steer with some strength. It wasn’t even part of the conversation.

[@moonshinershonor202]

Tell these whippersnappers!

[@alexsystems2001]

Two hunks of eye candy driving around in classic cars… yes please! lol

[@Dubscr]

What😂

[@frankleonard6570]

Now thats a cool old ford! Beautifull shape. ❤ Cheap at 21k

[@mrmarco53]

I understand it probably seems like the tires are only 2” wide, but they’re actually 4.75” lol. Loved the video, and you two guys together add a level of entertainment-might say you “kick it up a notch.” Looking forward to more videos.

[@mycosys]

That engine was developed before lead in fuel was ubiquitous, lead additive is more likely to foul stuff than help it

[@garysarratt1]

Carbon fouls stuff. Lead increases octane and lubricity.

[@mycosys]

@@garysarratt1 Sure sweetie. Now go back with your friends, the adults are talking.

[@garysarratt1]

@@mycosys I know what I’m talking about, why so nasty?

[@mycosys]

@@garysarratt1 Dude, you just dont. But what would an Engineer know

[@garysarratt1]

@@mycosys Why don’t you ask one?

[@lukey6534]

The A model was the start of the modern car and light truck. Electric start and 3 speed.

[@sparkplug0000]

Those tires are probably bias ply which follow every crease in the road. Coker makes radials that look original and in the correct sizes that will fix a lot of that. Not cheap though. That said, 65 mph is a little abusive on a Model A unless you’ve got a Mitchell or other overdrive.

[@patpateephangern9379]

More old cars please!

[@Detroit6V92TA]

"You gotta be fully 'R worded' to start it". I couldn't stop laughing at when you said that. Had to rewatch it 3 times.

[@haydenratcliffe1138]

If you want your model A to be more drivable but still stock looking I'd recommend wider wheels from a Model B with wider tyres, and you can retrofit hydraulic brakes from a 30s Lincoln

[@bdentre]

Try adjusting the brakes first. Particularly, if you modify the factory procedure for a front bias you'll get performance that certainly I would not trade for any single master cylinder.

[@haydenratcliffe1138]

@@bdentre adjustment is recommended sure, but there's a reason rod actuated brakes were phased out...

[@allareasindex7984]

The rod-operated brakes are 100% good IF you keep the 4.5” wide tires. When adjusted to the factory settings you can lock up all four wheels simultaneously and not pull to either side. So if the brakes are strong enough to do that, well stronger brakes will just lock them up sooner.

[@allareasindex7984]

Shifting: 1. the transmission depends on very viscous oil to slow down the gears and smooth out the shifting. If the gearbox oil level is low or someone put in a sub-optimal lube it can make crashy grinding sounds. 2. You’re right about no speed shifting. Just shift s l o w l y. 3. Double clutching is required until you get the muscle memory of how absurdly slow you go to then shift to 2nd, and to 3rd. Like, first is literally just to get rolling, or starting out going uphill. Shift up to second at something like 6 mph. On flat ground I start off in 2nd. Shift up to 3rd as soon as possible and just let the low rpm torque shove you along. If you hit a long steep hill and the engine speed drops really low then downshift into 2nd. 4. Basically the only people who might know what double clutching is are really old or total gearheads. So for the rest of us: Just pretend that neutral is a gear, and you are required to shift into the neutral gear in between first and 2nd, and between 2nd and 3rd. You hit the clutch, move the shifter to neutral, then let up the clutch as if you’re going to drive in that funky neutral gear. Then hit the clutch again, and shift into the real gear you wanted. Eventually you won’t need to double clutch when going up through the gears. And finally - the Model A transmission uses straight cut gears and they’re really beefy. They will tolerate years, nay, decades of abusive grinding without ill effect. So don’t sweat it.

[@haydenratcliffe1138]

@@allareasindex7984 locking your wheels up is generally not advised in any car, let alone one with 4.5" tyres, staying in a straight line on a dry smooth road is one thing, locking up your brakes in the wet or on uneven terrain however you can not guarantee keeping the vehicle straight Also locking the brakes up will cause flat spots on your tyres and you'll end up replacing them more often. Bringing a car to a controlled stop will always be safer than dropping an anchor.

[@LeesChannel]

Time to go grocery shopping, try to take a week's worth of groceries home with it.

[@baldcadaver3685]

itll cost about as much as the truck LOL

[@exceptionalanimations1508]

since that's a pickup truck it'd be rather easy tbh lol

[@TheJohn8765]

I've grown to enjoy Case's sardonic wit. Thanks for highlighting the OG Fords and their quirks and features!

[@reddymon]

I had a ‘31 Tudor. The two door sedan. I am 6’-3”. I had the drivers seat moved back 3” which made the rear seat almost unusable. I loved the car for what it was but I hated driving it. There was no way I could quickly get my foot up to the brake pedal quickly. I was dangerous on the road. Sold it for what I had bought it for after two years. It was a driver. It was not going to appreciate in storage. Shorter is better in a model A.

[@PhilStewart-xf9rp]

My dad has a cosmetically restored A pickup roadster, mechanically it was original except it was converted to a 12v electrical system. He lived In the "sticks" in north east Arkansas and he and my step-mother would drive it every weekend a 100 mile round trip to Lowe's. The coolest thing was the Lowe's employees facial when he drives the forklift out and dad told him to put the whole pallet of cedar mulch in the bed

[@moonshinershonor202]

Customer always right in the matters of taste. That truck earned it's keep alright.😅

[@pistonburner6448]

Lowe's employees are wild...he came out to serve customers after getting a facial?

[@TevinWeatherspoon]

My grandma was born in 1932. I can only imagine all the things she seen change. She also worked at Ford around a total of 20 years!!!! Make you appreciate things a lot more

[@nicogi]

Epic video guys! So much fun to watch. And Case's screaming is just the cherry on top haha! :P Keep them coming!

[@drcovell]

Keep it up guys! In the 1970s I every-day drove an original 1948 GMC 1/2 ton pickup with VERY loose steering and a Ford 1949 Truck tractor towing a semi-trailer 12-71, 350 KW generator unit. The truck had a flathead V8 in it, which had vacuum-assist brakes and two-speed shift: No engine meant having no trailer and almost no tractor brakes! DON’T screw-up when switching fuel tanks! 😂😂😂😂😂 PS You are right on about feeling the road and knowing that it will take a LONG TIME to stop. Also at 25:45, you need to double-clutch until you learn the proper RPM drop for a smooth shift, fairly easy with a Tach. (In my cab-over with an 8-71 DD and 10-speed Road Ranger, I never needed the clutch unless I had to stop for a light.)

[@thickheart28]

21:30 nonchalantly taking a priceless truck down the wrong way of a parking lot 😂

[@docholiday1806]

Nowhere near priceless but I agree with the sentiment. You heard him say, they made millions of these cars and trucks. They aren’t exactly rare!

[@marginis]

I kinda wonder how this holds up doing "truck" things, compared to modern trucks - hauling, off-roading - that kind of thing.

[@andrewallen9993]

Better than your modern truck. When it was built an awful lot of US roads were dirty tracks. There are marvelous KZbin videos of model TS off reading.

[@sketchyssk8shop]

I think everyone should have to drive these old cars. May get some people to drive more responsibly.

[@billvanderpol]

Love this old truck - can’t wait till you take it to the Ike Gauntlet challenge!

[@kevinblock2307]

Wow what a cool truck - looking forward to seeing more of it

[@CaptainKrimson]

I love the car! Aren’t you overrevving the engineer at those speeds? Maybe install a overdrive?

[@frrapp2366]

my dad had a Model A coupe with a rumble seat dont know what year it was but durring the depression it had been converted to "diesel " a 15 gallon drum in the rumble seat , some shut off valves and copper pipe wrapped around the exhaust pipe up to the carb !!! start on gas , get it warmed up, turn off gas and turn on diesel and OFF you go:) much fun

[@andrewallen9993]

My Mercedes w110 200d runs on kerosene because it's half the price of diesel.

[@asmundthorkildsen7896]

Once again excellent video guys! Greetings from Norway 🇳🇴

[@mycosys]

Watching you go up that hill with the spark that far advanced was kinda painful - couldn't you hear the knocking?

[@TFLcar]

Cara at altitude are far less likely to knock. The model A experts said at altitude (where we live) fully advance and leave it there

[@mycosys]

@@TFLcar and also not drive at 60, certainly not up a hill in mid summer. Listen to it dude, but what would i know im just an Engineer

The compression ratio is 4.22:1 so it's not likely to knock from preignition using 89 octane and the motor is spinning fast enough not to lug the engine.

[@mycosys]

Do you not have ears?

[@hwirtwirt4500]

@@mycosys A sanitation engineer?

[@knowone6214]

I'd take the 31 in a heartbeat compared to Any Thing offered nowadays.....simplicity and usability.....and NO Goddam Computers

[@garyking1705]

Find a modest overhead valve conversion (with intake and carburetors) and your driving experience with be exponentially increased.

[@SarahnTuned]

This was hilarious

[@moonshinershonor202]

🎼🎶 There's a girl in a flatbed Ford slowing down to take a look at me, TAKE IT EASY TAKE IT EASY🎵

[@SkylordDuck]

24:00 - The tetanus shot was invented in 1924! You literally did put something in your body that was invented 100 years ago. :)

[@tahroo4262]

Why do people who think they're tough buy big trucks and make them bigger? Well it's not that they think they're tough, it's because they have a really tiny body part they need to compensate for........... I live in a farm state and you rarely see an actual farmer in a half or three quarter ton with a lift kit and off roading tires that are cleaner than a hatchbacks.. it's usually guys in cowboy boots, murica tshirts and jeans so tight that you can tell there's no bulge.

[@thisisafox1961]

Why is the audio so weird once they start driving? It makes it impossible to listen to unfortunately, really uncomfortable

[@kirksway1]

my great grandfather had an AA and it was a Hauling Machine! If you think that riding in yours is uncomfortable you should try an AA.

[@shodancat1000]

bruh if your audio recording was scuffed and only getting one channel, mix it back to mono.. ugh

[@phildf2447]

Y’all should hit up Paul Shinn and make a video together, he’s like the KZbin Model A guru

[@Snrpolloloco]

I’ve got a 30 Tudor. Great to see this series. I keep mine around 45mph like the other commenters are saying but glad to see you guys learning to drive it.

[@billietyree2214]

Back in the fifties a 32 model was my drive to work truck. Simple and Very reliable.

[@leondrolet8695]

Watching Kase - a hot, masculine dude - shriek like a girl when things get tense on the road is hilarious!

[@crazyguy_1233]

I love that light green and the gray one next to it. I’d love to own a few of these one day. Now I know of a place that sells them.

[@redneck400m3]

It actually didnt do bad at all. Hell you could daily that as long as you didnt run expressways constantly

[@FordMaverickFanatic]

Very cool truck! Time for a collab video with Paul Shinn?

[@festerhairball6588]

Double clutching is only needed on down shift. Just shift a tad slower on up shift & you'll be fine. Love the truck, I really like to visit Burts someday!

[@HightowerLSSD]

Well you took your Model T to the dealer, time to take this Model A to that dealer...

[@melissaroscher1080]

Mom drove one as a teen. It was a sedan. She was born in the mid 1930's

[@siraff4461]

With a non sync the trick is to have the clutch all the way out when double de-clutching. Nice and steady, match the revs to the gears and they slip in just right. When you're stopped if you want it to go into first without a crunch hold the clutch down for a while before going for the gear. That gives the box internals time to spin down and engage without a speed differential so you get a smooth shift. Well unless the clutch is tight or a bit hot - then you're kind of stuck with it. Those old vehicles are like a workshop - if you're struggling or forcing things you're not doing it right. The other side of that is its really rewarding when you get a really slick shift. Love the truck. Looks like a real nice one.

[@ericholt3995]

Putting down the road at 65.... 🤣👍❤️ Lol...

[@tommitchell2055]

Well now i think you have to keep going up in the decades and different eras of car design

[@ThxtBxyNatx]

I like the transition from old to new screen quality your editor did

[@markryl-kuchar2373]

When you guys got caught in the rut, the life flashing before your eyes was definitely the why do I do what I do for the classics channel look

[@SuperWooba]

You guys have found your niche lol

[@jakealter5504]

This must be the 1927-31 version of the Model A because the original model a was made in 1903-4

[@whatdoyouexactlymeanbyhandle]

yes

[@Superfastjellyfish669]

I’m just here because I think Case is handsome af 🥵

[@einfeldt777]

Congratulations with your new toy truck, just an absolute joy watching you two 💩 your pants 😂😂, so sorry but that was just too funny.😂 Great video guys 👍🤗🤗

[@TFLclassics]

Thank you 🤗

[@lappy0749]

Shout out from Pittsburgh, PA! Beautiful truck and a very entertaining video!

[@Mechpanzer]

Older cars and trucks are better

[@Pureservize1]

This is so cool. Looking forward to seeing more videos.

[@markwilliams5654]

Sods law not Murphy's law 😊

[@RuralTowner]

When talking about the speed relative to modern vehicles, I have to agree. Here at home have a home-built military-esque body on a early 50s Ford Coupe chassis w/ an extra axle but original drive train that has an unopened 8BA V8 flathead. Even 45mph with no top on it feels like should be moving faster than you really are. Recently got the thing nearly completely street legal for local use when not going on the intended role of dirt trails.

[@TrinomCZ]

I was thinking about adding model A to my unusual car collection and after this video I'm pretty sure I need one :)

[@maxview99]

What an awesome truck. I loved the model T content, I'm sure this content will be just as good. 10/10

[@spartanchirho]

Not working with Toby anymore?

[@PlaneSaddles]

At this rate y'all will be showing how to daily drive split shift (5 and 4) 3 ton trucks by this time next year. 😅

[@cyclesingsleep]

Fantastic!!! And, truth be told, it would be great for Ol' Mr. Ford to have gotten his way...today we really need an efficient, inexpensive, simple car (free from political, bureaucratic, government over reach). 2024 Ford Model T!!! ...actually Tommy, a 'vaccine' from 94 years ago would be safer - no thymerisol (mercury), no gene therapy posing as vaccines.

If Henry Ford's sons didn't convince him to update their designs the company would have been out of business 70 years ago.

[@cyclesingsleep]

Of course. I understand economics. My statement is rhetorical. : )

[@kenyongillespie8652]

Tommy and Case will remember this road trip years down the road. Great video!

[@hmmhmmmmhh]

The best duo in all of car-KZbin is back! Great video guys!

[@nobatteriesincluded3968]

You guys are brave af and ol Murphy handled the trip like a boss😁🇺🇸

[@Bartskarts]

Camping

[@ryananderson8511]

That’s cool that they’re at Bert’s grandpa used to buy a lot of parts from them for our model a that we fixed up back in the good old days

[@RazingthenRaising]

My dad was born in 1930. He drove one of these for years. I don't think he ever had an original T, but I know he had an A. He also watch someone load their A with lumber until it tipped over backward! I would like ot know how much of a load that could handle. Of course, you don't have a 30 degree slope to see when it tips back on... ;)

[@saigawesnovember]

That’s a beautiful truck!

[@ShaunPaget]

living proof the auto world needs to go back to the basics. Make it simple. Make it last. Make it affordable!

[@stevelouie5928]

With computer modelling, companies make things to fail. They aren't thinking, how can I make this last forever, they are thinking how cheap can I make this so it just last until it becomes obsolete or thrown away.

[@ShaunPaget]

@@stevelouie5928 yep. I'm still buying late 80's to early 90's Ford because they just don't quit. I Love the idea of taking the best engines from the last 100years of auto tech and building a simple machine that takes a licking and just keeps ticking. And I can work on it with common tools. We don't need a new engine &trans every 5 years. stick to the one that works.

[@watchout5508]

Anyone else jst love Case? He so cute❤❤

[@jdfleetguy28]

Another AWESOME video from Kase and Tommy. Love these fun classics videos. Great start to my Sunday morning. Thank you guys!. Good job!

[@TFLclassics]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ryguy9024]

There's nothing like an A. I'm 30 and I've put about 20k on mine. The more you dive it, the better it'll drive and the better you guys will get at driving it. The overdrive must be nice. Mine is bone stock and 65 is nice and smooth but man that engine is really working hard. One point of advice, look at adjusting the generator, the charging rate seems high.

[@extralock1045]

The tires on my modern car, the 2024 Mitsubishi Mirage, are also very thin. I often get tugged around by the big groves in the road. It's not a problem though. If the grove goes across the road lets say from the right to the left, I don't drive into it. I merge a bit right in my lane when going over the grove, and it doesn't even move the car a little bit. I been driving a 2024 Ford Maverick with bigger tires recently, for the past 40 days. It doesn't get moved around by groves. When I get back to my home where my car is, it might be weird re-learning how to drive it. Or maybe not?

[@jamesmateer7732]

Drive slower You are a menace

[@indridcold8433]

I bought my vehicle new 28 years ago. What kind of idiot keeps a vehicle 28 years? But, as bad as modern vehicles are, it is very easy to keep a vehicle 28 years, idiotically.

[@smartestpersonontheplanet7467]

Adding to a previous concept. The time travelers are more local. instead of an old time Route 66 trip . Pick an old cColorado road. using old back roads at start. with an 1915 brand new model T. then a 1931 model an and the brand new model T is now 16 years old. buy more old pieces and as the journey continues The start car are older and can travel better roads . love the concept, don't you?

[@mason03bodine]

Should do a disc brake upgrade. Welcome to Ford, Henry was really stubborn. Last company to have electric start, power brakes, power steering.....

[@MrSkoda105s]

Another great video! Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@allareasindex7984]

The steering is made lighter by the front end having POSITIVE camber. The tops of the left and right tire are farther apart than the bottoms! Like un-stance nation. I have a 1930 Model A roadster (canvas convertible top and no windows) which I drive several times a week, all year round. Except right now, Bert's Model A Store is rebuilding the engine. I hope to have it back sometime this month.

[@joezephyr]

Does it have blinkers?

[@danielulz1640]

Yes.

[@MrDylanMitchell]

Great video. Keeps up surprisingly well but stops as well as the Exon Valdez. Also like to see a Cadillac 60 Special, Lincoln Model K, and Bentley 8 Litre chassis. Any TFL fans have cars to lend?