Driving The First Crappy Car Ford Ever Built | Jason Drives

[@weak1ings]

comparing this car to a modern car is like comparing the Wright brothers flying machine to modern jets. They are both important or critical steps in progress.

[@kungfucow547]

1. Only *idiots* compare anything old with anything new. 2. The same idiots fail to understand that you have to learn to walk before you can run. Somebody made *those important first steps FIRST* . 3. Anything new always appears unpractical and pointless in its first iteration. The same applied to computers, mobile phones, locomotives, steam engines, you name it. The bottom line is we would even have any invention without any visionaries inventing something new nobody either had thought of before or nobody believed would have a future.

[@stanisawupinski3574]

Still better than most of cabrios today

[@EngiNetion]

this ford was a replica though

[@rosiehawtrey]

Wright brothers weren't the first. White (Weiss) was. Wright's lost a supreme Court case over it. White engines used oxy acetylene - do *not* try it with a modern engine. You will need a new face/arm/testicles. Also when you handle start an engine - do not wrap your thumb around the handle - if the engine kicks back you'll need a new one.

[@jarnosaarinen4583]

Yeh theres nothing Crappy about it at all!

[@1908Rick]

First off, you never mention that this is a replica. You make it sound like Henry Ford actually built this car. He didn't. I did. I built it from pictures of the real deal which sits in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. The people at the Lane Motor museum need a few lessons on starting and driving this car. There's a needle valve in the fuel dripper. If the weather changes, a small adjustment will be necessary, but trust me, I've had that engine running smooth in weather from 90 degrees in the summer to near zero in the winter (Wisconsin). Also, you mention that it has no power to climb a small hill. There's a knob on the seat near you right leg. That's the throttle. Pull it forward to increase engine RPM. Didn't they tell you that? If the belt is slipping, it needs to be shortened. Leather will stretch. I probably took several inches off the length in the first year. I drove that car in a Fourth of July parade in 2004. It made it from my house to where the parade formed up a mile or so away, then slowly through the entire parade route (1.5 miles) then back home again. I never had to wear a raincoat either. The oilers I put on the engine were fake. The actual oiling came from 2-cycle oil in the gas. Worked perfectly, and wasn't near as messy. I guess they didn't know that and put those silly giant oilers on the motor, dripping oil everywhere. All that being said, I'm glad you guys went and drove it, even though you felt you had to dis it. It was 1896. Nobody knew much about engines yet.

[@GunFunZS]

+1908Rick Did you make any videos when you had it?

[@1908Rick]

+GunFun ZS Yeah, but it was a long time ago. VHS tape.

[@WatchJRGo]

+1908Rick You are awesome! Your story sounds far more interesting than this video was. If you want to ship me those tapes I'd be more than happy to bring them into the digital world!

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

+1908Rick You should make a video about that.

[@user-yl2wm2gy3z]

Only a complete moron wouldn't notice this is a replica, especially when looking at the engine.

[@ShovelheadMatt]

probably the most disrespectful critique you could of made. thanks.

[@nightlightabcd]

Could not agree more!!

[@artardFTW]

keeps calling it crap, but this was absolute groundbreaking shit back in the day. you were the king dingaling of your town if you had one of these

[@chrisbenson3374]

Jews hate Henry Ford that is all it comes down in this short film.

[@hyzercreek]

It was groundbreaking? Peugeot was building luxury cars by 1896 and earlier.

[@artardFTW]

@@hyzercreek I don't even remember making this comment that's how long ago it was

[@murmaider2]

that was a whole lot of yapping and not a whole lot of car to be seen.

[@2tooful]

You should be thankful you drove such a historic machine instead of trying to belittle it 😒

[@MrNewcaledonia]

Igniz It being old doesn't make it any good.

[@spike4850]

MrNewcaledonia no shit, but he means it played an important part in the advancement of car technology, which gives it historical significance.

[@susanda9469]

indeed he should! I know very little about historic autos and even I know this is a dumb approach.

[@stanisawupinski3574]

MrNewcaledonia Still better than most of cabrios today

[@nightlightabcd]

@@MrNewcaledonia - No, but it doesn't make it bad and this moron totally ignores the real historical significance of this,! Even if this one is a replica! The original in fact was a real wonder! This guy is a real dumb ass! I bet he is as much of a ignorant, shallow dumb ass as Trump!

[@markk3652]

bad mouth it all you want, look at the empire and the overall change to our culture that this creation spawned. henry ford may not be a Rhodes scholar, but his imagination and vision shaped modern automotive transportation.

[@jimjam5570]

He badmouths it because it's not his culture. As indicated by the end clip. He just hated Ford because Ford hated people that continuously undermine their host nation until kicked out...

[@MrDalek2150]

"Everything before 1900 was a terrifying hunk of crap." They also said the Train would never work like 5 separate times and it's still around over 200 years since it's invention in 1804. Yes it was invented in 1804, by a man called Richard Trevithick. So all you Rocketeers (in the railway sense) are wrong. Rocket was the first to out run a horse. Flying Scotsman was the first to 100. Mallard was the first to 126 (while nearly smashing itself to bits in the process). The TGV was the first to 300, and now we have Maglevs which can apparently reach 400 mph. They said people would choke at 30 mph, that they would sink into their seats at 100, and that they would die at 300. Not even the plane or steamboat had this many problems, and they were losing hundreds (thousands in the case of Planes seeing as they grew on everyone by 1914 and they had to serve in the war). So if the Train can get through 3 cases of criticism without a scratch (except for all those lost to scrap in the modernization plans in the 50's and 60's) Then the car is fine. Also don't make me delve into the story of Armagh and what happened on June 12th 1889.

[@dogphlap6749]

An interesting comment. June 12th 1889, Ireland's worst railway disaster ever. Thank you Wikipedia and MrDalek2150.

[@ArcadeGames]

Crappy? It sure beats a horse.

[@millmill4993]

obviously not...

[@wharris302]

ArcadeGames the older cars didn't, they were complete shite you might as well ride a snail as they were faster

[@marlenk3566]

Just like todays Fords lol I'd rather walk and take the bus than be seen driving a ford...

[@RaygunvsZombi]

Marlen Kusyk then you rather look poor or homeless than look like a regular person?

[@marlenk3566]

The Racing Mustang yes 100% I will never drive or own a ford. they circled the problem for us afterall

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

Crappy? Well compared to other horseless carriages of the day I'm sure it was on par. That he built the entire thing including a badly designed engine he had to make work I'd say he did a pretty amazing thing. In order to know what is the right way to make something, you start somewhere. Try driving a model T compared to an A and see what a generation does to a design.

[@bendover9862]

You would probably spend more time maintaining that thing than you would looking after a horse. The horse would be faster too, and more comfortable.

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

Григорий Александров Well, for most people little more than pictures or stories existed as far as a personal car went. People at the time, especially in rural areas were pretty comfortable with building what they needed and taking care of what they owned. It's hard to keep perspective of the time this was built, simply nothing existed like it in any form of production and affordability. Packard was the same thing, two brothers bought a car that was a piece of junk. The builder told them to try making their own. Packard became a premier builder of luxury cars by the late 1920's. Maybe this was the best car in his state when he built it. It probably was one of few to no others!

[@offgridmanpolktn]

Ben Dover Yes here we go, the smart man that has never owned or cared for a horse telling us how easy it is. The main reason cars replaced them is the expense and time that needs to be invested every day as compared to a car that only needed servicing on the days you wanted to use it. Go back to history class young man, or actually get some experience of which you wish to speak.

[@cartmanrlsusall]

that's an incredible machine, why are you trying to belittle it's amazing design, I mean Jason can you hack together an engine based on a non working prototype that was drawn in a magazine? I like a lot of your reviews but this one wasn't good or funny.

[@cartmanrlsusall]

to bad he didn't appreciate that,i drove a 1915 ford t it took 20 minutes of instruction just to change the gears ,but I had fun and for all my mistakes that old machine took it with no problem.

[@MrWolfSnack]

cartmanrlsusall Right, the car was a new invention back then so they had to make sure it was "idiot proof" that you wouldn't break it by hitting the wrong pedal.

[@cartmanrlsusall]

I'm waiting for a new car with the thinking of a model t strip a modern car to the basics no computers just functional mechanical systems

[@MrWolfSnack]

cartmanrlsusall That's why you buy old cars. Can't drive a car with no power steering with a phone in your hand.

[@flyingmerkel6]

The amount of stuff that had to be invented to get this car built is mind numbing. Ford had to design and make just about everything involved in this project. This clown just wants to be funny. He doesn't deserve to even look at this major milestone in history.

[@realmaindrianpace]

That's a replica, right? The original runs smooth as silk, dontchaknow.

[@marcomoreno8188]

HEY pace his last 14 second remark was really a buzz kill. You wonder y h. Ford wrote the book the. Elders of Zion. 🐒

[@nofrackingzone7479]

That's not a crappy car, to say so would be like comparing a candle stick telephone to an iPhone.

[@tvsnake7841]

I'd rather use a candlestick phone

[@pacman10182]

the candlestick phone just worked

[@byronjamesbaillie]

This came up in my recommended, i watched a few of your other videos, if this is what this channel is about, some yappy hipster in from of the camera pretending this is about a car and not himself, i think i'll go elsewhere. You take a chance to film something and stick it on the internet, that not a lot of people will and spend the whole time just projecting yourself on the screen rather than talking about the car. not to mention this is a replica, not the original, thanks comments!

[@psychologiccallynuts]

Man, 90's cars were the best.

[@tropicalstormstephen2891]

Lmao and the newest starters movies were better. You baffle and amaze me.... 90s cars where notorious for the birth of electrical slave systems for the motor and other systems.... yeah they were cool looking kinda... literally it.... everything made in the 90s was better in the 70- 60s and you can prove it on paper and on asphalt.

[@TheCatOfAges]

​@@tropicalstormstephen2891 you missed that joke. 1890s. thats the joke.

[@tropicalstormstephen2891]

@@TheCatOfAges thankyou for your enlightenment. Lmao honestly I was bored and wanted to see if anyone would nibble the conversation bait🥴sorry for the spicey toxic tone to accompany my ploy, I hope you have a awesome halloween!

[@ramonmazur9940]

dont call it "crap" back in the day this was an good car. just because cars are getting faster and with more features etc dont compare this to cars nowadays. today theres more technology , better engineering,and its not as good today dont compare it. Henry Ford Revolutionized alot on the car industry.

[@jasoncarpp7742]

I've heard of the Ford Quadracycle, but I've never seen one in person, nor have I seen a video done on the car. It may not have been the best car by anyone's standards today. But Ford had to start somewhere.

[@WatchJRGo]

+Jason Carpp Yeah this is freaking cool... Can you imagine being the only person with a toy like this in the 1800s?

[@jasoncarpp7742]

+JohnRoss Lumbert I imagine it'd be fun. Just try not to scare the horses while you're driving. :)

[@SaveThePurpleRhino]

"Not bad that !" - John Watson/Jude Law

[@MrWolfSnack]

How can you call something shit when it's the first of its kind. There was nothing before this.

[@jasoncarpp7742]

I wouldn't know, since I've never had the pleasure of driving one.

[@jackpontiac52]

The original one ran better than this REPLICA. It was kept by Ford and used for shows well into the 1940's.

[@gencreeper6476]

Pretty impressive considering he was pretty young when he built it and figured it out himself from magazines etc back when cars were a completely new concept

[@highrevs6110]

I was going to comment in length but the title of this vid doesn't require me to explain it's writers stupidity

[@delzottoj]

Let me guess...you're a chevy fan....

[@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256]

delzottoj no, just critiquing an old vehicle.

[@stanisawupinski3574]

Chevy sucks 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

[@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256]

Nene box xx At least it's not Fix Or Repair Daily.

[@rickyspanish5326]

Nene box xx ford sucks

[@rickyspanish5326]

Nene box xx had 4 mainly their cars sucks.

[@makut4154]

Shlomo can't spend a day without telling us he's one of God's Chosen

[@pbknowall6233]

It's not "Crappy", it was a state of the art back in its day. Even though the technology isn't as good as today's, it doesn't mean it was poor for its time.

[@sleekskyline120]

Jason sounds exactly how I thought he would from his articles.

[@DarqeDestroyer]

I love the maritime style green-starboard / red-port running light. Obviously something that didn't end up becoming a standard part of automobile lighting, but maybe at the time it seemed like a natural idea and they thought it would be that way.

[@denniswaske]

completely lame, has no sense of history....oh by the way, not funny

[@allenhanford]

Still waiting for Jason Torchinsky's first car design.

[@etwanfredrich8772]

I hate when people say fords suck and they always "shut down" like yes dumbcrap, when u take the key out it shuts down. Very good! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@oxaile4021]

+etwan fredrich fords do suck... Air into their engines so that they would run.

[@GRADE8BOLT]

only Jason can do these awesome hilarious reviews of these vehicles

[@blooiefps9304]

dude this thing has been working for more than 100 years so how is it crappy??? and plus it made in the late 1800 so this was like 50 years ahead of their time at the time so again how is it crappy????????????????????????????????????

[@rubiksmaster301]

That's a replica

[@pauld8156]

This guy is better than Top Gear. Better info, less ego.

[@jazmynbower3825]

Less Jason, more Quadracycle. Nobody cares about the comedy.

[@FridaysTheBomb]

Make the videos longer!

[@tropicalstormstephen2891]

Make less content!!!!

[@Jeffrey314159]

That large disk behind and below the driver's seat is a flywheel?

[@michaelbianchi22]

You know, by today's standards, this is a terrible car, but in 1896, only a decade after the first car was invented, this thing was pretty fancy. State of the art even.

[@MrClassicDoctorWho]

This is pretty much 100% from a 21st century perspective. Which is about 110 years after it was made. The people of the late 1800s would have been amazed

[@KowboyUSA]

Yeah, those crappy Fords. Only got just a little under 280,000 almost entirely trouble free miles on my current F-250. Between just my last three, it's close to a million dependable miles without a single major repair ( engine, transmission, differential, etc.). Will almost certainly bust well over the million mile mark before this truck is finished.

[@rodrigocoockiemonster4460]

So crappy indeed that if it didn't existed you wouldn't have a channel nor a blog, how nice!

[@littlearsehole75]

Narcoleptic horse... omg... I'm dying!

[@Jalopnik]

Can you find the very subtle joke in this episode?

[@luke_darga]

+Jalopnik The entire car?

[@hermannessert43]

+Jalopnik About not wearing a prosthetic turtleneck?

[@FrequencyOfThought]

+Jalopnik If it wasnt for ford there probably wouldn't even be a Jalopnik Change the title dip shit. Oh yeah PS fuck you too

[@DeepDuh]

+FrequencyOfThought Ford wasn't the first to build such a vehicle, it was the German Karl Benz. I.e. we'd have cars without Ford, maybe they just wouldn't have been as cheap as soon.

[@dugg117]

+FrequencyOfThought That Frequency must be pretty low.

[@wildimpo]

What time in the 1/4 at the track? 1 hour if it makes it down the track

[@ColtonBlumhagen]

Why unlisted?

[@alexstern3583]

+Colton Blumhagen Yea I almost missed it

[@NikoxD93]

Internal combustion engines were so crap it's a shock they replaced the simpler DC motors!

[@themockalove]

it would be fun to see more of him driving it

[@guildrich]

If the speed limit back in those days was equivalent to the top speed of this car, I'd probably get several speeding tickets by walking. lol

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

I collect maps. All kinds of maps. Road Maps, too. My earliest are 1909, maps of Calif, New Mexico and Utah. They are "pocket maps", maps that are in little booklets with towns, ads, statistics. Some have 2 maps, train and car maps......The big question is, when did "stage coach" and other travel maps become "road maps" for cars? My earliest travel Book would be c1912 for car travel. My very earliest map is an 1849 Preuss-Gunnison map, covering from St Louis Missouri to west of Salt Lake. measures approx 36"x 58"

[@larrylentini5688]

I wish there were more well made reviews of really old cars like this. The more terrible the car the better lol

[@miriciousvespyre]

"Foreskin detector" my god

[@szili76]

OMG are you a JEW???

[@mspenrice]

+szili76 Many more boys get circumcised than are jewish (or indeed muslim), especially in the USA. It's almost like some weird tradition that's escaped the original religious enclave (where, at least in their land of origin, there was some kind of reasoned argument for it on grounds of hygiene and reduced irritation) out into wider society.

[@lukesylvester2022]

Even the oil wasnt good. This was an abused replica that actually ran good for how worn it was.

[@matthewcox7985]

Can't think of a more appropriate shirt than the 24 Hours of Lemons!

[@MrSapper21]

Why is Jason wearing driving/racing shoes? tanker boots might be more appropriate . Jason, I am a HUGE fan of your videos. love the voice and love the enthusiasm.

[@nightlightabcd]

Considering the original was built in 1896, and a prototype, is is a real wonder! You dishonor Mr/. Ford and his great accomplishment by calling it "crappy! I bet YOU could not have constructed it in 1896! I bet you could not build it now!

[@ryanbrandt3374]

I can't believe he drove every car ford ever built

[@randynoble3336]

A true marvel of engineering I would love to build one myself

[@oscare.quiros6349]

Yet, Benz was making in Germany pretty remarkable vehicles at that time.

[@Ryvucz]

2:11 I'm more impressed you had the balls to say you know what that's like.

[@billbright1755]

Sure they laughed at Ford and his horseless carriage, but wait till they get a load of the EDSEL. That thing had all the bells and whistles.

[@BraveRock]

It looks like a time lapse video even when sitting still. Such crazy vibration.

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

The only time I ever saw one of these running was John Wayne's last movie The Shootist! One of the bad guys had that instead of a horse! Is it true only about a dozen were made?

[@Sloppyjoe96]

someones gotta make a replica of this, and put a go cart engine on it, u know that would be a death trap

[@erikas8781]

where you get this?

[@nelsona779]

Is this at a museum in Tennessee cuz I swear the parking lot looks familiar

[@joro8604]

I want Jason to write my eulogy when I die someday. At least my crappy life could be made to sound halfway interesting.

[@jacobmcgrady2010]

Why does everybody hate Ford so much? It's an American brand, just like chevy, why not just like both. I'd like to see one of you build a running vehicle from scratch

[@JonathanEvans1977]

But to folks in those days this was awesome cutting edge technology.

[@xXxDeamonlordxXx]

well, what about the mercedes motorwagen from germany? who was earlier?

[@kevinf5354]

What's that soundtrack from the start to about 00:50?

[@roxykattx]

People here in the comments section who see Ford's first car as a holy icon need to chill a little. I think this video was funny.

[@rage9one]

Might be crappy but this thing is history on wheels

[@jarodthorman9161]

it kind of reminds me of the "vehicle" i built out of two old bikes and an engine i found in a weed eater someone threw out. It also couldn't make it up steep hills

[@drummerdriv-r0571]

Think about it, if Henry Ford hadn’t lived, we wouldn’t maybe even have cars!

[@humbleevidenceaccepter7712]

My Fiesta goes well over 20 MPH faster than that car!

[@octane613]

Humble Evidence Accepter until your transmission dies

[@humbleevidenceaccepter7712]

Tyler Coates That's why I always carry spare Lego gears and rubber bands with me.

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Are they bicycle wheels?

[@mauricemotors8207]

Why hate it? he came out with the 1st car basically thank the supra and everything else.

[@Cutlerylover4life1]

shouldn't this be in a museum somewhere? I would assume it would be worth millions if Henry Ford actually built it

[@JoshuasRecordings]

+YesIReallyDoLikeZebras I think it is a replica. That is probably why it sucks! I am sure the original would be much better!

[@1908Rick]

@@JoshuasRecordings Its a replica. I built it. It's mechanically identical to the one Henry Ford built. Part of the reason this buffoon has a hard time driving it, is because he didn't take the time to learn how.

[@bernlin2000]

Very much looks like an antique car they simply haven't added the chassis to yet 😂

[@bboge762]

YOU GOTTA RESPECT WHAT THEM GUYS DID BACK THEN. I AM A HUGE FAN OF HENRY FORD. GREAT ENGINEER!!!!

[@beatersho3497]

why does everybody say that ford is shit? you don't really have an arguement other than "it's a ford". i have a 89 f150 and it still runs okay after 300k miles.

[@XZenon]

Still better than the Hoffmann.

[@derekobidowski5784]

the first true car is the Benz Patent MotorWagen. the worlds first true car in 1996 is when the US celebrated 100 years of the automobile in America with the 1896 Durya then the curved dash Olds

[@malfattio2894]

I'd love to see a replica 1760s Cugnot Steam wagon on this show

[@diesrabb]

"It's like buying a nice narcoleptic horse."

[@Batman-lg2zj]

Henry Foward did built it so to the people that said he didn’t needs to lol it up but be careful

[@Jefff72]

That might be the first crappy car Ford or other American manufactures have built, but it certainly wasn't the last.

[@blackbirdpie217]

It's easy to be critical now Jason but where were you in 1896? What kind of car did you build? Engineering anything is a process of evolution where new ideas are added to the old as improvements. But it may not work as well as you want- kind of like your first four marriages. But even if it shakes and vibrates and you don't think it's going to last very long it's already lasted well over a hundred and twenty years which is coarse unlike any of your first four marriages. Ford went on to have a 75% market share which is better than whatever you drive because no car manufacturer as ever matched that score dope.

[@Aikaramba12]

Benz is still 10 years ahead

[@SlayingBB324]

Whats the song? 0:10?

[@thrillbylg]

It’s like buying a musket for daily carry

[@G56AG]

All that and an Armstrong reverse gear to boot! LOL

[@jorasaveminiaturas]

Jason, have you notice you have a dangerous live driving all these old and undsafe cars for us? Awesome videos !!

[@marc639]

You girl friend will have a organism in the first mile with all that vibrations. She will be happy

[@StevenMayer6]

That's not crappy! It's awesome. I'd drive it to the grocery store.

[@Zerodghjj]

Nice how things don't change.

[@alexgillman8576]

he has to keep in mind it is like 120 years old or so and build in a kitchen and tiny workshop

[@aseheavyindustries798]

anyone know the music?

[@ThriftStoreHacker]

Great video. I just built an electric quadcycle on my channel and it's so much fun to race it around the back yard.

[@justinreedflynn]

Listen, you can't judge something invented 100 years ago by today's standards. This was the first commercial horse-less carriage available? Don't call it "CRAPPY", it was invented before anyone you know existed; celebrate it, because without this you wouldn't have your silly hybrid PRIUS. Oh, and thanks so much for talking about your privates. That was totally necessary and important to the video. Good job! (not really though, was I not clear on that?)

[@mr.sandman5311]

At the beginning when you said "Quadricycle" I thought you said "Watercycle"

[@fatfox6706]

Semi-Deep Thinker actually, I think with modern materials, etc. quadricycles would be a good move towards solving our transportation problem.

[@6h471]

It was a start, and remember, Henry went through all the letters of the alphabet before he got to T.