Ford Model T - How to Start & How to Drive

[@mansouralabbas9499]

Nice to know that 1.8 million people need help starting their 100 year old Ford.

[@prenomnom9848]

Lol😂😂

[@narcislabes7231]

Good one

[@quarterded]

1.9million

[@marcfoster715]

Darn Kids nowadays don't even know what a REAL car looks like. T-Ford was my first, and I'm still sorry that I had to sell it in the 20's .

[@toinimoore3463]

Mister My husband built his own car from parts in junk yard bet you sure couldn’t oh and he’s now 101 years old and doing just fine 😁😇🙏gets around our home fine oh drives a T Bird now 😁bet you have a put put car enjoy 😊

[@agoogleuser6139]

My 95 yr old grandpa enjoyed this.

[@jgunther3398]

He was only 5 when it was built. But license not required...

[@djb0110]

He and my dad are about the same age. Dad restored some model T's in his day and I watched him start them. But I would have to view this video to see how. I was too young to do it then. He still has a '24 Willis Overland in the garage he restored about 30 years ago.

[@tobiaszistler]

Well the t model was built until 1941

[@busterthegreat1195]

Z T Actually, the model T was manufactured until 1927.

[@SoundShinobiYuki]

@@busterthegreat1195 Replacement parts were manufactured until 1941- not everyone wanted to or could go out and buy a brand new Model A in 1928!

[@ethanweaver5116]

Friend: “what car do you drive and what are the specs on it?” Me: “1910 Model T 4-door, 2.9L 4cyl engine, 2spd trans, 20hp, 0-60 in 8 hours”

[@danielsteger8456]

Squishy 0 to 60 in 8 hours lol

[@Panagiotis1991ify]

Don't get me wrong, but I think 0 to 60 in 8 hours, is too fast for that car.

[@radivojjelenic3952]

8 hours if you even reach the downhill

[@nyuztov]

My car: 1966 Alfa Romeo 8C Model Pizaa, 1.4L 1cyl engine, no gear, horse power= A 3 years old kids leg. 0-10, 2 years in downhills

[@xEmsXPhiiltzx]

Squishy u had me rolling when u said 0-60 in 8hrs 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mounir9899]

thanks my wife had difficulty starting ours now she can finally go to school by herself

[@afidelis7477]

Your wife is still in school? You sickfuck

[@allywtf7789]

A Fidelis maybe there young you sick fuck don’t jump into conclusions or they are old and re attending school idiot

[@pietrosmusi9613]

shes a teacher

[@clarkstrange2142]

Everyone needs to calm down

[@cervantesdecina9221]

@@afidelis7477 hahahahahahahha you're a idiot

[@ares9304]

This 100 year old beast starts easier than my 2007 Saab...

[@willburke5384]

now did you really think you would actually be able to start Saab easily!

[@bleh6615]

ares9304 what kinda Saab u have?

[@101Volts]

Maybe you got a fuel injector problem? They do get clogged over use.

[@ilovesheen7446]

thats because its a saab

[@javierortiz82]

It still starts easier than my three years old bike lol, I dunno why is it so cold, I always have to use the choke lol

[@Maddin1313]

This knowledge will be quite useful, once I've finished my time machine.

[@the-chillian]

You can get a Model T in good condition for less than $15,000 US. As classic cars go, they're fairly affordable.

[@T-Bag13]

Maddin1313, So you seem to be interested in time travel. Well if you are serious about this, meet me *here* last Wednesday!

[@shafeem.s.a.9204]

I have secured a time distortion module just before Tesla was killed. Meet me behind the 13th Blockbuster ever built, at this time now on a Friday post midnight, but no later than the first hand striking the second hour. It is imperative you bring your time machine or the module will be ineffective. Yes. Come alone. *sips tea while prepping the silencer*

[@JuanDaMajikOne]

Can you drop me off right around 1984ish 85ish?

[@xxtravisxxify]

Just to let you know that when you time travel back in time the Earth won't be at the position which it is now, because Earth is actually moving through a direction in the universe. Don't get yourself chocked with no-air dark space. lol

[@stevegreedo5687]

You gotta wear one of those leather caps and goggles while driving this. Whenever you pass a pedestrian, just shout, "HELLO! I'm a motorist! This is my horseless carriage. Good day to you, madam!" Vroom! ... I would do that every day

[@noneck3099]

lol...100 years too late on a bumper sticker idea... Zero Horse Power!!...I'm a Motorist!!!

[@SL_RivviN]

I don't even own a model T now, definitely never will, but I feel the need to watch this.

[@mr._sharpe]

Luke Yeeterman I think most of us are in the same boat lol

[@RileyTRC]

Same

[@xxunknown_legendxx8199]

Luke Yeeterman literally nobody here does 😂😂😂

[@Ihacksthisll]

Same but its educational

[@clydearnold1931]

I’m watching this and I’m 9 years old... so I definitely don’t own one.

[@rf8driver]

Thank you for this video. I never learned this as a kid. (Was born in 38.) I knew an old guy who started one in the high mountains of Nevada, it ran over him and went into a deep canyon. He said " the hell with it" and walked away.

[@dandagames6030]

rf8driver underrated comment 😂😂

[@kostaftp]

"...then, I'm going to give it a Doug Score..."

[@jayzcoverz1809]

It's a 10/10

[@junkiejackflash]

But he's Australian, so it'll be a Bruce Score

[@saxopio6280]

@@jayzcoverz1809 - That's not how Doug Scores work LOL

[@kayleefreiling14abv19]

Lmao

[@TheLiteralTitanic]

Doug is the type of guy to complain about the poor handling and bumpy ride of an 100 year old car

[@kylemcgrath5796]

Me, an American, learning how to start an American car from an Australian. I love Australians

[@richardfowler3254]

And politely to boot...

[@ieartmusic]

As an American, I sometimes don’t even hear the “accent”. Some pronunciations are the same as ours. Great video. -- InspirEscape.net

[@AlexG-xl1cc]

Sounds like a kiwi to me NZ

[@LilGhostlyX_X]

I love kangaroos

[@LilGhostlyX_X]

I love kangaroos

[@m3528i]

Can you imagine how cool dude was rolling up in his Model T 2.0 electric start?! Bloomer dropper for sure...

[@lynestrotheconqueror5010]

Electric starter aka bloomer delete kit.

[@carlsaganlives4141]

Bloomer Remover. First use of the term "pimp ride".

[@jacknasty6940]

Bloomer 😂

[@itsdaniyaal]

only 1900s kids will remember!

[@mariocisneros911]

DanReezY no the model was readily available to buy used as late as the 1950's. .so anyone born from the 30's '-40's could have had this as their 1'st car .

[@marsattacks7071]

Hello kids ! Oups, sorry. HELLO KIDS !!!! (do you hear me ?)

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

I think if a young man in high school pulled up in one of these today he would pull chicks with it although it might be the quirky ones which is nice too. Inversely if a young lady in high school pulled up in one of these today the guys with any brains would be all over that like flys on (yeah).

[@nyx3969]

Ya I remember and now I'm 119 yrs old

[@mefoy3766]

Gaming guru your comment is probably a joke but instead of ya, a 119 year old person would most likely use yeah or yes because yes is more polite

[@jclasiter8782]

I remember my grandmother telling us how her brother got his arm broken while starting their Model T. Now I understand how that happened. OUCH!

[@tc19948]

Always keep your thumb on top of the crank.

[@ericl8743]

My great grandmother rode horses until the 40s. We were poor out here in the Midwest

[@easygoing2479]

My grandpa told stories from his younger days down on the farm in S. Illinois when a family felt rich owning a Model T. He said the roads were terrible, but the Model T could handle bad roads. He said it'd take them 6 hours to get to St. Louis from 120 miles away. He also would recall seeing people walk around with their wrists and thumbs wrapped in casts - everyone knew they mishandled the crank while starting the engine or forgot to retard the spark.

[@dguy0386]

@ericl8743 the 40s is roughly when my family got our first car too, we lived nearby Johnstown Pennsylvania

[@fewerbeansplease]

I would like to personally congratulate the person who selected the music for this video...just absolutely perfect!!

[@Louise-1927]

Yes!

[@errorerror4412]

I don’t know why I’m watching how to start a model T at 3:00am

[@ellielopez1615]

Error Error same here

[@lordarkay272]

Same

[@leonardolarusso5274]

Chill I jus looked at the time and notixed it was 3:22 am 😭😭

[@septembrrr]

Everything good happens at 3am

[@jewwhovotedfornaziparty]

welcome to youtube

[@nunyabiznez6381]

The year after my grandfather returned from France after fighting in the Great War he bought a used model T. I don't know the year. He drove it regularly until 1942 when he moved to the city to help build battleships. He sold his model T to his brother in law who also bought his farm. Sometime after WWII his brother in law took out the engine and mounted it in a stationary housing and used it to power various equipment on the farm as well as a generator. He in turn sold that farm around 1965. The person who bought the farm later broke up the property into smaller parcels and when they tore down the barn they found the model T engine still mounted and recently used. The model T engine was then sold to a museum who hired a mechanic to remount it back in a restored model T car which was then driven around to give children rides from around 1970 to about 1995. Last I heard from one of my cousins is that car is in another museum somewhere on Cape Cod with the hood open to expose the engine and you can still see my grandfather's initials carved into the engine block. Meanwhile my other grandfather also bought a used model T as his first car around 1928. He was the first in his family to own an automobile. He traded that one in around 1946 for a 1939 Ford and in 1955 traded that one in for a 1949 Ford which is the car I remember him driving when I was a little kid in the 1960's. They seemed to last a long time in those days. Around 1970 he bought his first new Ford and then bought a new Taurus I think around 1985 or so. Those were his five cars. My great grandmother was the first woman in her county to have a driver's license. She had an old Maxwell which she eventually traded in for a Ford. model T and then drove that until her death in 1948. I have a photograph of her from 1920 behind the wheel of her model T. It had a back seat and some sort of third seat because there are six women very fancy dressed with parasols and big fancy hats. They had just been in the parade for the 300th anniversary of the founding of Plymouth. The model T was integral to the history of America in the first half of the twentieth century. Everyone had one or knew someone who did and it was the first car driven by most of the first generation who drove.

[@trevordavies2196]

great story, thank you !!

[@chilly3528]

nunya biznez I've been to Cape cod but didn't see it in live near it in fact

[@TheDiner50]

To bad KZbin fuckt with the comment. It ends where the engine is taken out :c I can only hope the T got a turbo and some big rims XD

[@__z1nh0__]

see if you can find "more" on the comment, click on it to see the rest of it.

[@alexdelrio45]

nunya biznez, Thank you so much for your awesome story of your family history! :)

[@donnovicki9771]

Man, if you were a kid in 1908 and your old man tossed you the keys before church and said "get er started for us" you better have been paying attention. What a great video this is. Always have questions about stuff like this. Got a sub.

[@joesphx19]

My grandmother's family home was on Bagley Ave., nearby Mr. Ford's home and workshop. As my grandmother and her brother told the story to us grandkids, my grandmother and her brothers used to hang around Mr. Ford's shop out of curiosity. One day he was out back near his shop with a new invention, the quadricycle. He offered her a ride and she took him up on it. As she told it, they went about a block and returned. Much later my father would work for "Old Man Ford". I was born in Dearborn, just a few miles from the plant that made most of the T engines. One of my uncles had a keen interest in the model T and A cars and trucks. As a young man he would correspond with Mr. Ford about various manufacturing ideas, being a rising star at the American LaFrance heavy truck plant. My uncle would restore many Model T and A cars on his farm in New York. I was lucky enough to visit for a few summers and ride in all of these glorious vehicles. My favorite was one of the oldest T trucks made and at the time in the early 1960s still did duty as a farm truck. I believe your video is one of the best I have ever seen with just the right approach to explaining the T car. I hope you still have the car and are enjoying it.

[@GamePlayWithNolan]

+joesphx19 That is awesome.

[@boojaballs]

joesphx19 dude no one is going to read your life story on the KZbin comment section of some weird video

[@boojaballs]

However I do think I am related to “old man ford”

[@garychambers6848]

I just did....Just saying.

[@Jack-hg1hq]

Well I read it and found it very interesting as was the video, if you find it so weird then why are you even watching let alone commenting. Go away if you have nothing nice to say.

[@zoiedumlao6065]

Is it just me or the background music gets you pumped up to watch vintage episodes of Tom and Jerry? 😂

[@mdptyo]

And donald duck episode with goofy stranded in the desert 😂

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

I heard once that when the Model T salesmen went out to these small country farm towns to sell the Model T, they'd have to teach people how to drive. And when they did, when people wanted to slow down, instead of using their break, their first instinct was to yell "Whoa there" because they were so used to using horses. Lol.

[@azopene]

Brake.

[@blowndome]

I saw the same documentary at school 🤔

[@kelharper7971]

It's actually true. And it's understandable. I think it's hard driving an automatic when I'v used to a manual, always hitting the brake thinking it's a clutch when I forget myself...it'd be 100% worse for people without any prior experience in driving. It's hard to think straight in a stressful situation, as I found out when I was about 16, trying to drive a standard, and ended up futilely pressing the clutch pedal trying to stop myself while rolling faster and faster backwards down the hill. I could think enough to try and drag my foot out the door, and I recall trying to put the car into first gear and start it, but I apparently never managed to think far enough that I was actually hitting the clutch pedal, not the brake, and that's why the car wasn't stopping (it eventually ended up deep in a snowbank, back first).

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

Well, I'm glad you're alright and all you hit was snow. That could've been much worse. It is kind of understandable. I've never driven a horse and buggy so it seems odd to me but when you're used to one thing and you're learning something else it can get confusing.

[@Gizmowerks]

I seem to remember this exact description in a John Steinbeck novel. “Cannery Row” maybe

[@justinlafon1709]

Fords. 110 years old and still starts up first try like a charm

[@rafamones96]

Justin LaFon stfu

[@josiascy243]

What happened to modern fords 😭😭🤔🤔🤔

[@MRincognito007]

You mean unlike modern Ford's

[@damianfurino3691]

While it may be true that the mighty 20hp engine usually turned over, that is if the crank did not snap your wrist. It is also true that Henry Ford did not equipt these cars with front brakes. Also Ford Motor Company paid out a sizable sum to the survivors of the easily ignited under the seat metal gas tank. The petcocks (to check the motor oil level) we're located under the car. Many a misfortunate owners legs were run over by passer by tyres. The only color was black, while the transmissions primitive operation caused the lubrication to become tainted quickly. The vehicles had a concrete stiff suspension that rode frightfully hard. The rubber sidewalls we're equally stiff and the steering required the wrist strength of an Olympic athlete. So yes, the cranky engines usually started after a few tries, bit most found horse drawn safer than horse less. Since l omitted 24 other safety issues, one can safely assume that model T we're just another highly flawed product that the corporate decievers created to make the creaters rich at the physical expense of the public.

[@Quidditch2888]

Damian Furino Not bad for a first try

[@imdeplorable2241]

That is the best tutorial I have ever seen about the Model T. I had always wanted to know how it all worked. I now know. Well done, sir. Well done. Thank you.

[@elkabong6429]

Wonderful. I once parked next to a guy getting out of his Ford Model T in Falmouth, Massachusetts in a supermarket parking lot. We talked for a little while (he liked my 1984 Pontiac Sunbird, this was in 2014) and as he was getting ready to go into the supermarket, I noticed that he wasn't locking his door. I asked him if he was worried about someone stealing his car. He said that there were so many things to do to start the Model T, that he never worried about anyone stealing it! He didn't have time to show me the sequence, but now I know what he was talking about, thanks to your video.

[@monelfunkawitz3966]

This is the first video I've ever seen of someone hand cranking an engine PROPERLY. My grandfather always drove it into my head to never wrap your thumb around the crank handle. If it kicks back, it will break your thumb or wrist. Nice video.

[@bdrichardson403]

...break thumb, wrist, arm, teeth or nose.

[@stevenp3176]

I wonder if he saw someone who was “cranky”

[@marktruso5718]

My Father and Grandfather sternly advised the same about never wrapping your thumb around the crank handle and using your left hand to start

[@onebad-zl4mi]

If the engine has a spark retarder it will never kick back/ back fire

[@mantisnomo5984]

My grandfather oft repeated the same thing, although I was never in a position to start a Model T. When I lived in New Zealand, my only transportation was an old Yamaha 550G single-cylinder motorcycle. It had no compression-release. One day when I was visiting Auckland, it kicked back while I was kick-starting it, and threw me over the handebars. I limped for a long time, and now, decades later, my ankle is still sore. At 177 cubic inches displacement, a single cylinder in the in-line-4 Model T engine is nearly half-again bigger. I'm sure it could easily break your thumb or wrist!

[@wadesirekis8153]

Simple, cheap and reliable... The exact opposite of everything made today.

[@potatopilot16]

Wade Sirekis Are you serious?

[@HudsonGTV]

@@inncc Simple in design, not necessarily in use.

[@andyng1209]

Lmao, buy a Japanese car you’ll see how reliable cars these days

[@tomash_354]

@@andyng1209 says a guy with a camaro name and image 😄

[@Ynek237]

Tom Siem 😂😂😂LMAO

[@spanish111japan]

Lovely car! Also I like that you are explaining it like everyone had a Ford T and you were giving instructions lol

[@rocketeerPM2500]

Beautifully put mate.

[@straight2dapointD]

I thought the same, i almost went outside to start....oh wait

[@jbaumun]

My mother told me that her father broke his wrist on one of these things once ; promptly traded it for a electric starter !! And as a sidebar note , my father in law used to deal in antique model Ts - even had customers in Australia . Thoroughly enjoyed this , thx for posting !

[@cowboy6591]

Dude no Model T is complete without the classic AaaOOooGAaa horn!!

[@beccalyn9196]

cowboy6591 I heard that in my head 😂😂😂😂 weird

[@moosetracks656]

Why did I make that perfect sound in my head

[@DV-zv4ox]

Ooooh... somebody stop me!

[@LeonMare49]

HERE IT IS : kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqLGZ6yIfq2cjZI

[@buurman2635]

im strapping one on my moped lol

[@kavensku_baudejas]

100 years from now, these kind of videos will be about cars of today.

[@zackstaa7826]

“They actually burned fuel from fossils, and they thought it was gonna last forever”

[@cthulhumetalheart182]

How to drive a car

[@HP_line_cook]

How to drive a manual transmission...... oh wait some people actually are searching for that in this year still.

[@MrYfrank14]

back in my day, we didn't have self-driving cars, i had to drive myself to school. in the snow, in July, uphill, both ways. and we couldn't just say "Alexa, start the car". i had to go outside and turn a key.

[@angelonicassio7131]

Cars from today would never last 100 years.

[@RickSanchez-jr1ef]

You guys are just getting the model T? Jesus.

[@aeriol-]

Rick Sanchez old time tesla😂

[@aeriol-]

Retromonous yea I agree. Running over chevys and dodges. My dads got an F-250 himself

[@aeriol-]

Only 1925 kids will remember 😂😂😂😂

[@aeriol-]

Yeah lol

[@Peregrino1611]

The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

[@CCWP0251]

Model A guy here. The model T is definitely a different breed, even compared to the Model A. Thank you for the informative video. Although I am not a model T owner, I do love everything Henry built. Enjoy the ride, and cheers from America!

[@blackopsfan00]

Where's the aux port?

[@rastajuan7]

blackopsfan00 Next to the Bluetooth connection.

[@shaquanbranch8702]

blackopsfan00 there is no radio cars didn't have a radio until the Early 40s

[@theothergtgeek9407]

Shaquan Branch it's a joke dude

[@awertyuiop8711]

Shaquan Branch r/wooosh

[@BPJJohn]

next to the crank start.

[@StephenDanielAddeo]

This was a great video. Its rare that I'll watch a whole video without skipping through. Great Work!

[@ModelTMitch]

Thanks for the positive comment Stephen :)

[@jenpromojepoteseni2263]

***** Yeah I dont understand cars that much and I obivously dont have a Model T but I watched whole video too :D. It was awesome. Your voice is great !

[@notsosilentmajority1]

That was an extraordinary video. You gave everyone real insight into the Model T and took the time to do the things that most people want to see. Your Model T runs fantastic, it sounds strong and smooth. You took the time to show us how to actually do everything necessary to start and drive the car without being boring. Thanks for a job well done. Oh yeah, I had to edit this post just to tell you that the music you chose really was the icing on the cake !!!!!

[@perfectblue8370]

Thank you for this video. I was making a 3d model of the Model T, but had difficulty understanding the pedal layout and purpose of the lever, etc. This cleared that right up and I was able to get the internal wiring modeled to boot! Cheers from Detroit.

[@Theroadaxe]

My mother (born in 1914) learned to drive in one of these. She tried to explain to me how to drive the model T. Thanks to this video, I think I could get one rolling.

[@thomaskessinger2114]

Tad Barnaby Say, my maternal great-grandmother was born in 1914 also! She was such a sweetheart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) A real peach! I loved her so much!

[@styldsteel1]

Mitch, I can't tell you how much i enjoyed your video. I thought after your opening sequence i almost expected a television show to start!! Exceptional. Such a simple yet elegant design and immensely reliable which is a lot more than I can say about modern cars. Keep up the good work Mitch, and thanks again.

[@ModelTMitch]

Thanks so much for your positive comment, may I reproduce it on the website? Just need to know what city you're from if thats ok :)

[@styldsteel1]

***** G'day mate! I reign from NYC, USA. Actually about 35 US miles north of this great city.

[@styldsteel1]

***** I'm not exactly sure what you mean by reproducing it on a web site means, but it would put a lot of amateurs to shame lol

[@ModelTMitch]

Just means, is it OK for me to publish your KZbin comment on the testimonials page on my website :)

[@styldsteel1]

Mitch Taylor I'd be honored my friend. yes

[@donalfredisaac]

I´m from Mérida Yucatán México and when I was young ( 71 yesterday ) there were many trucks of this very same model. Myself I learned to drive on a model A which my father had to sell and up to this date I miss that car, they were so cheap at the end of the 50´s, nobody wanted one. Nowadays you can not get one unless you have around 30 thousand US Dlls or more and this is if you can find one. I love them. Pancho Villa was shot dead in one of this. Thanks for this video.

[@firefist8511]

Hi, if you give me some basic search criteria, i'll have a look for a Model A.

[@nicolassolorza9158]

Who's watching this during quaranteen? This is one of my fauvorites KZbin videos, I think it's the third time watching it. Very well explained, well edited, etc. Thanks for this, I'd love to own a T one day. Greetings from Chile.

[@RealLifeWorthLiving]

I liked this, have always been curious about this automobile. My father, born in 1903, had a model T as his first car, also true of my Uncle Carl Cullers. Thank you for sharing.

[@JarmalK]

That doesn't sound right

[@dariusanderton3760]

@@JarmalK what doesnt sound right ? the 1903 ? its completely possible. I was born in 1965 and my Dad was born in 1920. He was 45 when I was born. So, a guy born in about 1945 could have a Dad born in 1900.

[@rconger24]

Mitch, I'm not from Australia "mate," but I sure loved your show! I am 57 now and my father was born in 1921. He would tell me that certain precautions needed to be taken while hand-cranking a Model T. Namely, that the thumb of the hand is kept next to the index finger knuckle. In other words, you would not grasp the crank handle as you would the handlebar of a motorbike or a bicycle. Failure to correctly close the thumb could result in one's inability to remove his grip from a wild-flying crank handle. He made it clear that back in those days, one could be injured while cranking an old Model T! I have a photograph of my grandfather's family seen proudly with a Model "A" Ford that he owned.

[@sherwoodchevy]

Mitch, I have been restoring cars (chevy's) for 40 yrs and I never knew how to start a model T. Thanks your video is SUPERB.Guess you had to hold camera upside down so I could view it right here in the states! ha!

[@AV8R3]

I got the chance to drive a model T in a parade years ago. After two hours practice I was ready to go, but have to say it was a ton of work, and thank heavens for the model A, or I'm not sure cars would have caught on😅 much easier sticking with horses. You'd finally get it up two speed, but then see a stop sign and the 8 step procedure for accelerating would now start in reverse. Lots of fun, but I wouldn't want to be in heavy traffic.

[@mqbitsko25]

What if the Check Engine light comes on? Where do I plug in my laptop?

[@Debraj1978]

As per the user manual, the suggestion is to plug the laptop right under the rear left hand side wheel and wait untill the car wheel is right on top of the laptop.

[@4TheRecord]

The user manual does explain another method "...stand firm, using right arm grab the usb connection and then proceed to insert usb cable up your *******..."

[@Astrophysix1]

Are you stupid? Check engine lights, OR laptops, did not exist in 1908, nor did cellphones, shockingly enough.. catch up with yer fuckin' history, idiot.

[@shadowfan982]

In the fuel tank with a match

[@rexcruciatus2036]

I can't believe I have to actually say this, but he was using sarcasm. It's a literary tool. You might want to look it up sometime.

[@fericyde]

Go figure, In order to get the best tutorial on a car built a couple hundred miles from my home I gotta tune into someone down under :) Thanks for sharing -- I've seen a lot of these cars at shows and have never had someone explain so much so clearly.

[@Mirsab]

I'm turning 18 next month, and even though I'm all for electric, I can't help but admire this piece of genius innovation. Thanks for the video.

[@darnit1944]

Electric cars are not very price-friendly. Wait until 10-20 more years to get a cheap electric car

[@hayesmurphree2603]

@@darnit1944 what about the model 3?

[@darnit1944]

@@hayesmurphree2603 Oh wait, im living in a country where the currency is not very strong. In here, new cheap cars cost like $8000+ So a $35.000 like model 3 seems like a car for the higher class to us. Not to mention lack of charging stations.

[@Tva1ka_unofficial]

But how about RS or ST versions?

[@Condamine123456]

sorry those are pretty much a sperm in it testicle motor

[@smallboihaterstage1834]

Theres non

[@Akanzora]

icewallow cum is there actually non there is no way there isnt

[@rosaamarillo2110]

Had to preorder a ‘32 V8 Model A

[@elonlovesyou]

Sooo, drunk driving wasn't much of a problem in those days.

[@morsteen]

No shit. Imagine any dipshit drunk being able to A. Start it, or B actually drive it with all the controls that needed to be adjusted just to get moving and stay moving lol.

[@Sirdiggar]

You'll be sober by the time it takes to start the fucking thing, also, you'll stagger home faster than this thing drives.

[@Lucas-qb3bs]

Sirdiggar wouldn’t doubt it

[@jonnihard1090]

I don't think they had cupholders then.

[@obfuscated3090]

Drunk driving like drunk everything else was a problem (alcoholism was epic in that era!), and that car is no more complex, just different, than a manual transmission auto through the 1950s. People back then were not the scornworth helpless pampered naive silly anime-worshipping snowflake adult children of today and their normal tasks included caring for a horse and wagon (also more complex than auto ownership and as any horse owner knows requires a lot of work). The transition to automobiles was immensely popular because it made transportation SIMPLE.

[@oddball0045]

Now a days people are confused at even the sight of a clutch pedal.

[@ModelTMitch]

oddball0045 Especially some bus drivers I used to know - never bothered with the clutch at all! haha

[@WachdByBigBrother]

+oddball0045 I like 4 on the floor. More control on the curves.

[@BubiStopMotion]

+oddball0045 in europe all know how to use the clutch!

[@VampireKa1n]

This actually looks simpler than a standard transmission to be honest.

[@ohger1]

@KE5WL To push all three, you either need big feet or a big .... never mind.

[@xxunknown_legendxx8199]

It’s honestly crazy how it’s still around ...I wish I could go back in time

[@rafaelkiquefajardo5492]

I've learned so much in a short period of time. Well done sir. If I ever come across one and someone asks " does anybody know how to start a Ford model T?", I DO!!! Thank you.

[@robj7481]

I'll never take the modern starter motor for granted ever again.

[@gihrenzabi7271]

Yeah! *Proceeds to take every other innovation for granted.*

[@bowbeuphonium]

Basically a sports tractor.

[@AtomicFire1972]

Pretty much. At least as far as the column mounted throttle lever goes. This was common on farm tractors until recently.

[@Affordable-Guts]

Steve Reach thats exactly what I thought of.. like a hydrostatic

[@Antsa15]

yes it's a cart which looks like a tractor but it's actually a car and great car it is

[@herbderbler1585]

I find it quite unfair that I have two thumbs, yet KZbin only allows me to raise one for this comment.

[@bowbeuphonium]

hehe

[@rickrussick4673]

I think it's interesting. Makes us appreciate what we have today even more. I did get a huge kick out of how he kept saying, "very simple, really." I thought starting it was quite complicated compared to what we have now...

[@christophersine84]

I have to say, I love that you not only imported that car in Australia, but that you actually drive it.

[@stacycooper2412]

I must be old fashioned or something because I love these cars more than the modern day car. You're so lucky to own such a beautiful piece of history Mitch. Love your videos and keep up the amazing work. Hopefully I can own a ford model T someday. :)

[@wtfhappened661]

Very Nice! I grew up with my uncle's 1915 'T' Roadster (last brass radiator year) that was basically an early hot-rod... Frontenac overhead-valve head on the engine for power, a 3-speed "brownie box" behind the transmission for speed, AND a 2-speed Ruckstell rear-end to climb the very steep San Rafael Hill. He used to claim the car could go 70 mph, but he never went over 50 because of the wooden wheels... (he had a speedometer that ran off of the right-front wheel.) Come to think of it, he had a lot of aftermarket goodies: A hand-plunger Ooga-horn, two-tone paint, the obligatory radiator cap with the thermometer in it, picnic-basket carrier on the drivers running board, and even a brilliant-sounding brass bell with a plunger on the floor right where Mitch's starter-button is.) Sighhhhhhh

[@kelharper7971]

Those overhead valve conversions are really rare and valuable today!

[@ModelTMitch]

1,000,000+ ... ONE MILLION VIEWS on my First Model T Video, thankyou so much to all my subscribers and to everyone else who has viewed this video, I couldn't have foreseen this outcome, it's blown me away... Thankyou so much too all of you from the bottom of my heart :)

[@PrayudiSatriyo]

Thank you for this very informative video! Greetings from Indonesia.

[@nmcg2587]

G'day from Canada, eh. It was a really interesting video Mitch. Thanks for sharing mate! Simple, yet elegant engineering for the day. I want one.

[@Mamdouh_]

Great video

[@altairprime7895]

Three days ago I saw a Model T on the road and wondered about this very subject. Opened a youtube browser today and saw this. Karma.

[@arfyness]

One of your audio channels is inverted though... the waveform is upside down.

[@johnmccann3964]

Thank you for posting this video. Just picked up a 1928 Model T at an estate sale; winched it into a trailer. Now I know how it works as I continue to get the car ready to start and drive.

[@johng7974]

I've just bought the new model T and this tutorial really helped me! Thanks bro!

[@tom7601]

My mom b:1915, remember her dad having to back up hills when the gas was too low in the tank.

[@PaulBasso]

My mom was born 1921, and her dad had to do the same thing. One thing he did, though, and you'll probably never see it done again; when the Willamette River froze over during the winters in Portland, OR, he would remove the front tires and install sled-type runners. Then he would drive across the river without going over a bridge. My mom and her siblings would enjoy themselves driving up and down the river until it was time to go home, mother having done her shopping, and time to get dinner started. That sounded like fun in those days.

[@Edgerunner-eDw-Ver.93]

11:31 this is how the Engine Start/Stop button worked 100 years back

[@silverpony1]

I worked as a service writer in Southern California in the mid-late 1990s. At trade shows of the time, Ford gave away copies of the owner's manual of the Model T. They were a fun read at the time (you have to lubricate the car where again, and how often?) but those OG manuals did not make clear what actually starting and running one of these involved, at all. I think the oldest car our garage ever saw was a '34 Ford. In later years, at a car show, I saw an oil-soaked all original original barn find Model T that had never been restored through the early 2000s. Amazingly, it start and ran despite who knows how many decades of countless neglect. I'm sure it bled oil freely. Thank you for making clear what start these cars actually involved, and from half the world away, much less. Your love shows and is appreciated. - Sincerely, a service writer who saw an amazingly thoroughly grenaded 1961 Studebaker pickup truck.

[@unavailableusername9694]

Sure took a long time to ship that car to Australia!

[@mindbreak666]

Greg Sines that happens when you send something to a place that doesn't exist.

[@aharcourt3137]

Well them sailing boats took years to first of all discover the place before they could take a car there. Then no one could think of a reason why you would want a car when there was no petrol to run it on. Exactly like electric cars today. Where are we going to get all the electric from when we cannot even supply current demand? . . . . current . . . . get it? :)

[@crowiecrowbar1986]

And they can ship it back Go Holden

[@Mason-zp8yb]

@@crowiecrowbar1986 lol, thx to this car and the man behind it you can own your American copies

[@mrpapagiorgio5404]

@@aharcourt3137 🙄🙄🙄

[@kelharper7971]

Note that it really is important to put the handbrake on. If the transmission is worn, or it it's cold and the fabric clutch bands are stiff, the car will start to move forwards as soon as the engine starts up. If you start it with the car in gear, it will lunge forward and run you over as soon as the engine fires. That's one reason the handbrake and clutch are made as one unit! Of course you'd have to roll the car forward slightly with your own starting crank, since in that case the engine would be engaged to the driveshaft, but I think you wouldn't notice quick enough to prevent the engine from firing and driving itself forward. Anyway, yes, the whole "start it up and run around and jump in before it drive too far away" technique was well known in colder climates, although most cars were put away in the barns for the winter back then, since the roads weren't plowed anyway. If you were smart you had someone crank it for you while you held a foot on the brake (which only worked on the rear wheels and were 100% mechanical, BTW). And it wasn't just people who lived in cold areas; most drivers had to deal with running around to advance the spark, because the engine would run very roughly until the spark was advanced, and would often stall if you didn't get to the lever fast enough, so you'd have to start over again! All I can say is that although it sounds like an enormous amount of work to us now, it's still far simpler than owning and driving a team of horses (although there were those who rightly debated this, since BOTH were terrible pains). Horses have to be fed, cleaned, exercised, kept in health, stalls mucked out and cleaned. They have to be trained, and there are all sorts of personalities, some good, some bad, some lazy, some willing. To go out you have to get up and fed and brush the horses, and then put harnesses on them, which most modern people would find a baffling and frustrating job, involving dozens of strange straps and buckles and hooks. Then you've got to get them to back together to the tongue of the cart, and hitch it to them. Then while driving, you'll only go as fast as you can get them to go, and they'll only go where you can make them go...if they really want to go somewhere else, goo luck stopping them! They also get hungry and like to stop and snack on grass if you let them. They also get distracted by mares/stallions along the way, and fight with other horses. And if something startles them and they decide to run away at high speed, there is literally nothing you can do expect jump off or hold on and wait for them to stop. Carriage accidents were not rare, and were no joke. Horses also kick with deadly results, and I know a man who lost his ear to a horsebite. Once you arrive you can't just park horses beside the street and leave them for 4 hours, you need to stable and feed them, and wipe the sweat off them and cover them with blankets if it's cold (and I'll mention that there are NO heaters in horse-drawn vehicles, and you don't know cold until you've ridden 5 hours in 20deg F weather, or worse, sitting still on a moving vehicle. I love horses, and wouldn't mind using them for transport from time to time. I think if everyone was forced to go back to carriages tomorrow, I'd be content enough. But even a Model T seems like a miracle of convenience compared to horses! Same thing with tractors and ox teams.

[@paulmanson253]

Kel Harper Terrific response. Thing is,if people treated horses the same way they treat cars,they would kill the horses. It has been that way for decades. Equines as you say require daily maintenance whether used or not. Vehicles nowadays require enormously less than even 15 years ago,but still. Points and condenser era vehicles benefited enormously from being tinkered with minimum every three months,and lasted longer yet if that was halved. Adjusting a distributor by ear was something older mechanics could do that I could not. Late sixties several models had ball joints without grease nipples that promptly required grease. Big flop. There were others. Each era has its own attitudes to transportation I guess.

[@sleb99]

Kel Harper Enjoyed your thoughtful insights.

[@Nerflover10097]

Thank you for sharing. Growing up my family would visit a ranch in the middle of nowhere with a horse stable and I would always be nervous getting close to the horses because of their size and strength, even though they were used to people.

[@T4C0T0RN4D0]

Kel Harper - you wrote more than 3 sentences. I can’t read that much

[@Thankz4sharing]

Very good points, Kel. Also, no modern antifreeze for cars driven in cold climates. Alcohol based antifreeze evaporated quickly and had to be frequently renewed. Lots of flat tires, too.

[@MM0SDK]

Just goes to show how gearbox oil level checking should be easier than it is today. Checking the manual transmission oil on some cars even today, you have to use the same method the Model T does for checking engine oil. If oil drips from the fill hole of your manual transmission of a modern car, it's full.

[@azopene]

08 Mustang GT. To check the lube in a manual transmission GT you unscrew the plug and if no oil runs out, stick a finger in the hole. If it comes out wet with oil you're generally OK to go.

[@johnmorykwas2343]

I purchase a 24 TT about a month ago. I had a friend who has 3 Ts, educate me on driving. Your video was spot on very educational. These Ts are addicting once you learn how to drive.

[@ModelTMitch]

Welcome aboard!

[@rajdeep19rathore]

At 2:30 AM ME : It's time to sleep now. KZbin : wait first look at how model T engine starts 🙄😒

[@gabrielsandoval4994]

Nice video, I always wondered how these cars operated. I love how mechanical older cars where and how involved they are to drive. In your care this beauty should give you another 100 years of service. Thanks

[@Drifterrrr]

Looks like it would make a great 2jz swap

[@pyromaniac354]

Was thinking a 440 big block

[@twistedyogert]

Flathead

[@wyattfollestad8872]

No

[@steelcantuna]

This is the car my dear old beloved mother (Saint Theo) grew up in. She was born in 1919. My grandmother (Nanny) was born in1888. My Grandfather on my Dad's side of the family was born in 1800 & 71. Billy the Kid was shot on down dead when Hiram Sr. was 10 years old in 1800 & 81. Both sides of the family go back to the 1850's here in Texas. Then, Jamestown VA. in the 1680's. I have a picture of the old family model T from the 1920's.

[@crs9128]

People brag about being able to drive a modern stick shift car, but can they drive a model T?! lol

[@briancrawford69]

Model t might be easier. A lot of people struggle with the hand eye coordination of constantly changing gears is the issue

[@TommyTom21]

@@briancrawford69 Shift stick is very easy.

[@briancrawford69]

@@TommyTom21 never said it wasn't

[@roadmaster720]

3 on the tree or floor stick easy. learned on a 3 on the tree back in the early seventies. kids look at you funny when you say 3 on the tree now.

[@casinondn9032]

david wells Haha three on the tree jk

[@Henpitts]

I really enjoyed your video. A functional piece of history.

[@dagwood64]

Very well done video. I get a kick out of it, today's cars have fuel injection, computers and all that to get around 30 miles to the gallon but I get 28 to 34 miles to the gallon in my 1913 T speedster. It will also go where most other cars can't go other than 4 wheel drives. Very fun to drive and very simple to work on.

[@alexunfiltered5756]

Almost makes me wish I had such a car. If I had one, I'd do whatever is in my ability to maintain it and to ensure it stays is good shape. But... No one has ever taken the time to teach me how to drive.

[@amass16]

Alex Ehlers good luck mate keep them alive!

[@constantdarkfog49]

I'm AMAZED how many details there are for starting & running a Model T. My hats off for all the millions who owned & used these first cars by Ford.

[@electronicsNmore]

Great job! Loved the video.

[@mastercheif1989]

USB Dock? Bluetooth? Cruise Control? Anything!

[@Szarus123]

U have cruise control

[@Szarus123]

Right lever man

[@GirishGiriChandra]

Has engine and seat if that counts!

[@littleturtle1610]

You have to get you a chauffeur that sings. 😉

[@kevinruble6858]

AC, just be sure to keep the top down

[@ModelTMitch]

250,000 Visitors to the Model T video! I think this calls for a celebration :)

[@robindegen2931]

***** Almost 500k now :)

[@calvinshaw777]

+Mitch Taylor (PremiereDirector) 433,200th viewer =)

[@isham7920]

+Robin Degen top speed? lol

[@TRUCKERS7]

+Mitch Taylor (PremiereDirector) wait the fuel tank is under the seat its a ticking time bomb I wouldn't be caught dead in that thing

[@JimmyKraktov]

+Logan Dorsey >> If you were dead, why would you care? You wouldn't even know you were caught.

[@eleventeenmachine5991]

I'm 41 and my father was born in 1913. He had kids late. Anyway, I've always wondered how you start a model t. Now I know. Thank you.

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

Your dad must have been 65/66 when you were born, respect to him don't think I'd want kids around in my retirement years.

[@eleventeenmachine5991]

@@armchairgeneralissimo he died in 91 so I never got to really know him as I grew up. I consider anyone who had a father who was alive beyond their childhood very lucky.

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

@@eleventeenmachine5991 That's sad I kind of feel you my parents seperated when I was 4 and the last time I saw my father was when I was 6. Not as bad as what happened with you since I really did not know my father so didn't have the heart break of him leaving.

[@michaelkennedy8573]

Can't get over how convenient that Electric starter is!

[@Schroomei]

finaly i found a vid to teach me to drive one of these.my grandpa gave me his when i was 11 but i had to wait till i was 16.now i can finally drive it

[@ModelTMitch]

Enjoy the hobby... it grows on you!!

[@Schroomei]

@@ModelTMitch , its been two years since i last started this , and you are 100% right, it really grew on me.

[@mobius-1965]

Thats so cool always wondered how to run one of these old guys thanks a million and good on ya mate.

[@josephdenver1612]

Thanks for the video. My dad drove one on the farm in the 1940s. The controls were basically the same as a farm tractor back then. Thanks again from the "Detroit area". Great video keep it up

[@ModelTMitch]

500,000+ views on the Model T video! I blinked and missed it :) I can't thank everyone enough for all the support :) Please keep it coming, please like, subscribe and share!

[@RAKITHA9]

Mitch Taylor today on Mighty Car Mods , we are going to swap in a Twin turbo EJ20 engine from a Subaru on to this Maaaaaaaaaad! Ford model T....

[@stevencsawyerss]

Very happy to see this, very well done. I wish I could go back in time when cars and trucks where a lot simpler. You have a beautiful model T. Thanks, and greetings from TEXAS :-)

[@ModelTMitch]

Thankyou for the comment :)

[@ChristianArreguin]

XD just buy a T and use it as a daily driver. parts are cheap, car is fairly cheap

[@Southpawarsenal]

Were in 2019, this dude in 1919.

[@uva999]

2020 though

[@allywtf7789]

me series 1920 tho

[@GalacticGamerYT]

2030

[@Jackmorvin]

@@uva999 r/wooosh

[@1987VCRProductions]

I knew a woman who was born in 1914, her first car was the family Model T which she used to drive to high school. Her dad made sure she was strong enough to repair and replace the inner tubes in the tires before he let her drive it. She remembered it quite fondly and said that the controls were closer to that of a tractor than a modern car.

[@maogu1999]

Me: KZbin: Wanna learn how to drive a Ford Model T? Me: Sure, why not.

[@dogsbyfire]

Fascinating video, and very well produced. I have seen several Model T’s and always wondered how the controls worked. Thank you!

[@dekay461]

Google algorithm is going crazy. And i like it

[@sovietbearprotectorofrussi4861]

KZbin algorithms lol

[@xyndijade2864]

Great video! My grand daddy had one when I was little, but he warned about me about starting it; he told me if I wasn't careful, it'd bite me, lol. Wonderful video and a wonderful piece of living history

[@mattthambirajah4422]

What a great video! Never knew all that about the ford model T - and Im supposed to be a huge car enthusiast! lol

[@jameshadden14]

"You can have ANY car in ANY color as long as it's black" Henry Ford

[@MikeDragon]

What an amazing machine! Utterly complicated (by today's standards) but definitely great. And your Model T seems to be extremely well maintained, too! Looks about brand new. That is simply fantastic! This video made me want to drive one of those, just for the experience. Though I'm pretty sure I'd be quite scared of it. Not because of how complicated it is to get it going but mostly because of the fear of breaking something. Or crashing it if I managed to get it going. Hahah. Still, definitely something I wish I can have the chance to experience some day. :)

[@livewire2759]

COMPLICATED?! You're obviously NOT a mechanic. ;) Sure, they took some more effort and knowledge to operate, but mechanically, these are some of the simplest cars ever built. Modern car RADIOS are more difficult to operate than this car. The simplicity is why I love old cars.

[@celticfury7328]

About the only thing you could break on these amazing autos is your arm by not starting it properly...these cars were designed to last FOREVER and to weather the brutal punishment of the non existent roadways of the early 20th century with aplomb. The Model T was the very definition of elegant, efficient simplicity, and with basic maintenance will continue to run well into the next century!

[@mikeries8549]

True and it'd only take me a week to drive from Southern Illinois to Arkansas...a mere 300 miles or so.

[@riccardoscavo8485]

You would've had to shodd your horse now and then, saddle and hang a feed bag before Model T appeared on the scene. Where is the complication here?

[@celticfury7328]

@Riccardo Scavo You're forgetting a few minor points about genuine horse power's "simplicity" of ownership and use. Let's look at a few of them, shall we? You need to provide a clean, warm, dry place for your horse to live/sleep, especially in inclement weather. Horses have a nasty tendency to not like little distractions like thunderstorms (and other loud noises...they're quite tempremental), get sick when they get wet and chilly, and have this really bad habit of dying when they get too cold, too hot, too ill or just because they've reached a certain age! Along with shoeing them, you need to care for their hooves too, as well as regular grooming and veterinary care when needed. Neglect this required care, and your horse will respond by becoming lame, getting sick, and generally falling apart at the seams, which can result in that irreparable condition that horses tend to experience...dying. And when you "just hang a feed bag", you need to remember that a horse needs to be fed and supplied with water throughout the day, every day, whether you're using it or not. Running out of feed, hay or water is most assuredly NOT an option, if you'd like your horse to not do that nasty little "dying" thing when you least expect it. Speaking of use, there's a finite distance/time one can use a horse before they become physically exhausted. If you exceed that limit too many times, your horse will respond by (once again) doing that rather inconvenient "dying" thing at the most inopportune moment. (Have you noticed the reoccurring theme yet?) Then there's the little matter of the horse's "exhaust"... every city in the world had a small army of full time employees who worked 24/7/365 to clean up the literal MOUNTAINS of horse turds that clogged the streets! This "exhaust" is a regular thing as long as you continue to feed your horse, and needs to be dealt with wherever the horse is, whether you use it or not. On the plus side, horse "exhaust" makes great fertilizer! Horses are beautiful animals and can be extremely useful for a host of situations, but to say owning one is the height of simplicity shows me one thing...that you've never actually owned and/or cared for a horse! @Mike Ries...yes, it may have taken a week to make that 300 mile drive in the T's heyday, but you need to consider the roads that this fine automobile was designed to be driven on...they didn't exist! At best, you were in a city that had cobblestone streets. More likely, you were in a small town with dirt roads (mud). If you lived in a more rural area, those muddy, rutty dirt roads were the height of luxury...if you needed to get anywhere beyond "the beaten path", you were literally roughing it through mostly undeveloped territory! No roads or paths of any sort, full blown off-road conditions...and it was this way all over the country when you wandered beyond the "civilized" confines of the cities. This is precisely why the cars of the early 20th century had such tall wheels/tires and had so much ground clearance...they were the very first off roading rock crawlers! With all this in mind, the week long drive to get 300 miles becomes a bit easier to understand!

[@mwilly172]

Where was this video when I needed it 100 years ago.

[@MrRobot-ry7ky]

Welcome to another episode of : Why is this video released in 2011 and it's only now showing up in my recomandations ?

[@egeo.9645]

Because ford Model T Yes.

[@paulhorn2665]

Because Ford Model T.

[@AkramBaig2689]

Because it came from future

[@fazexx_sanic420_xx5]

Under the hood you'll notice the V12 engine

[@timbob3689]

[FaZe] Xx_SaNiC420_xX thats an inline four cylinder

[@ziggybadans626]

its a joke

[@mysticgeneie4668]

V18 you may find.

[@samuelberry3330]

r/wooosh

[@JonChenTS13]

Looked like a W16 to me

[@bobvaldez9258]

remember my pop telling me his folks had a model t pickup that when the gas got low they had to back uphill

[@ScottMcCulloughBmax419]

My grandpa told me similar stories about a steep hill near a town where they lived in the '30s. He also told me how one time he broke the front axle on a rough road. He dug up a nearby fencepost and used the fencing wire to strap the post to the axle. It held long enough to get him home!

[@aishayana4298]

Thank you for teaching me how to start and run a model T. In Boston Ma. America I’ve balanced 10 or so engines. They are probably the toughest engines to balance because they were so crude. Each one was different and had its individual problems that I needed to deal with. Thanks again !😊

[@ModelTMitch]

Thank you 😊