112 Year Old Race Car: 1911 EMF Model 30 - Jay Leno's Garage

[@keithhoughton4308]

I love that it doesn't matter what it is, Jay will drive it on streets of LA.

[@blubb7711]

When you’re used to it, you don’t fear it anymore.

[@xb5883]

Even the McLaren F1

[@michaelbenardo5695]

To me, there is no point in having a car if you are not going to drive it.

[@AliceWonders22]

I mean it's WOKE Cali lol degenerates all over that place ha ha

[@MrWolfSnack]

Car museums have a heart attack when Jay drives 3/4 of a million dollar irreplaceable cars in rush hour LA traffic.

[@Cogglesz]

It's seriously a pleasure to hear a car of this age running, nevermind getting a history lesson and actually seeing it drive. Absolutely adore this kind of museum tiered content.

[@marvindebot3264]

I love the way it sounds like crap but is probably running as well as it ever ran. Pop, burble, sputter bang.

[@mountainjeff]

@@marvindebot3264 I don't think Jay was adjusting the timing.

[@Daveinet]

Its sounds like a two or single cylinder, but no its 4 cylinders turning really slow.

[@JP-su8bp]

"museum tiered content"

[@markmichlewicz5141]

This episode is exactly why I follow jay.these type of cars are amazing

[@urosb82]

Couldn't agree more

[@steamandsmoke97]

Same here!

[@asimplehorseman4648]

I was thinking the same thing

[@nobody617]

No. You are not telling the truth. I'm here to argue. I am new to internetting and trying to fit in. I think this is what I am supposed to do. Jerk.

[@glypnir]

Cmon Jay, they got a train up to 90 mph in 1891. Cars were not the first speed demons.

[@PeterWiernicki]

One of the best episodes of Jay Leno's Garage yet. EMF was a little known company that did big things. Walter Flanders (the F in EMF) was a genius engineer and factory designer that ultimately saved the Maxwell Motor Car Company, the forerunner to Chrysler. Detroit wouldn't have been the same without him.

[@jamesengland7461]

Jay casually admits to going 92 in a Mercer on the highway 😂 Love it!

[@bbb462cid]

_But officer, it wasn't me, it must have been some other Mercer that you clocked_

[@user-vg2eg7oo5n]

Letterman got all the speeding tickets in Connecticut.

[@marvindebot3264]

Or a chartreuse Stutz Bearcat 😂 @@bbb462cid

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

I'm sure no one is giving Jay Leno a ticket.

[@MichaelSayer-sf7gu]

My prayers to Jay as he recovers from his burning accident with that dang gone Stanley steamer that always used to blow up on tv. Jay is the man. His people are great. His collection is great. His passion for cars and automotive history is great. Couple that with his reach and unique personality, Jay has the capacity to inspire people. young and old to remember our history through his museum, his KZbin channel, and his team’s ability to incubate and keep these relics in everyday drivable form. The way cars were intended to be. Hats off Jay and crew.

[@TheBTG88]

It was actually a White steam car that he was working on.

[@ralphlazio505]

Jay and his crew do amazing work.

[@Westcoastgs]

Jay couldn't say it better...wink wink

[@AmericasChoice]

Those early race drivers and ride along mechanics were incredibly brave men.

[@Rom3_29]

"Brave" might be a subjective term. Depending who we ask.

[@AmericasChoice]

@@Rom3_29 Objectively, racing in those cars, with those brakes, with that speed, on those tracks was a brave thing to do...

[@bobroberts2371]

Safety was not a consideration back then.

[@AmericasChoice]

@@bobroberts2371 It wasn't really a consideration until the late 70's, and even then it took decades to bring it to the point where it is today.

[@basshead.]

Life was boring back then, that's why people didn't fear to die.

[@mike36dc]

Jay's so great at this. His knowledge of earlier car production is amazing.

[@dennishutchinson]

My great grandfather owned a 1909 EMF 30. We have 3 photos of it when new, and photos of it as Pickup truck about 8 years later. The back seat was removed to make a pickup. The acetylene gas generator tank was removed and a pressurized acetylene tank was added. Loved hearing an engine I’ve never heard before. 👍

[@ThomasThomas-wn3km]

Episodes like this one is why I like this channel. Jay, you're one of the true car guys that love all automotive vehicles. Thank you for sharing the really old stuff from the beginning.

[@johndavey72]

Jay . Your mastery of the early motor cars is exhilarating . And Dale had no problem letting you loose on this very important vehicle . I suspect he was picking your brains ! Thankyou Jay and THANKYOU Dale ! 💕

[@mousearebec]

He is often so immersed in vehicle history..... it is neat to just sit and listen to him.

[@The_Joser]

Having Jay get behind the wheel and dedicate an entire episode to it probably bumped up its value significantly.

[@paulfoster4686]

Full respect to Jay for jumping into this piece of history and driving it round LA like it was a modern car.

[@matthewavery]

Jay, please don’t ever stop what you’re doing. The world needs to know and appreciate the amazingness that is cars of the past. Keep it up!

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

I've heard of EMF. They're Unbelieveable.

[@negativeindustrial]

OH!!!

[@gamingwithzan4654]

I see what you did there brilliant.

[@808mauna]

Jay lenos passion for Cars is contagious. He has so much car Knowledge/Experience

[@geepeerces]

Love these rare antiques and cars with actual history so much more than the latest shiny thing.

[@kevinrhodes8410]

This man preserves cars for history.

[@email4664]

And preserves history for cars- His space is a living museum

[@jsh-bv7ll]

This man perseveres car for a tax write-off!

[@TadWonky]

THIS is the kind of Jay Leno's Garage episode that matters. Jay SO knows his automotive history, and no one tells it like he does.

[@marcoluoma3770]

Mr. Leno is national treasure. Thanks for bringing us content like this.

[@jimgoodlett5304]

Well done Dale Critz in continuing to share not just this Great Savannah Races EMF 30 racecar, but keeping the history alive by showing it constantly and when the iron strikes his fancy, racing it as well! Privileged to know this car, the gent who owns is, and all the Critz Motorsport team that care for it!!! Thanks also to Jay Leno for featuring the car!!! Proper show, this one!!!!

[@dennisdose5697]

Love it when Jay takes out these old crocks. They were still figuring out how to get reliable combustion. Always trying different methods to make the stuff work. I grew up with old tractors and listening to those slow turning, low compression engines has a certain music to my soul. Thank you, Jay, for all the variety of things you share with your fellow gearheads.😎😎😎😎

[@InZaneKicks]

Great to see Jay recovering from his injuries so well.With every episode he seems a bit quicker and agile.

[@aaronmcconnell7358]

You can't call yourself a carguy ,if you can't appreciate something about all cars from all era's .this is a beautiful car ,and it's over a hundred years old running great . give cars another hundred years, this car will still be running while people are looking at pictures of cars from today.

[@calnative4904]

What a beautiful piece of automotive history. Thanks Jay 😊

[@mousearebec]

So impressed with Mr Leno's knowledge of history of automobiles, and his way of describing situations of the past from many different times...... Just so interesting to listen to him.....

[@scootermann83]

15:00 just an excellent shot! That's a wonderful piece of drivable history. I dig the guests SMP on sharkmesh also, nice watch.

[@tubsboathouse]

Just amazing what they could build with what they had back then. I cant get enough of the early stuff you show. Thanks sooooo much.

[@jean-jacqueskaselorganreco6879]

fabulous looking car in black and brass, sounds superb too. Many thanks Jay, a highlight again!The Jet moment was epic!!!

[@peterkull8354]

I can listen to Jay all day long. All this knowledge about cars and their history + this friendly attitude of a real petrol head..........just wonderful !

[@DavidHinson-t5l]

This shows you every automotive advancement comes from racing and engineering love this EMF racer 😊

[@scottimusgarrett15]

Wow, that's minimalist! Beautiful car; it's amazing that after all these years, the basic design of the automobile has essentially stayed the same. Thanks for bringing this car out for us, Dale, and thanks to Jay and the Crew (who must've reeked of burnt oil!) for another great episode! ✌️❤️🙂🇨🇦

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

It doesn't get any better than watching and hearing these cars actually running on the roads they ran on. The history lesson is also a treat to us novices. Thanks for all your efforts.

[@cartmanrlsusall]

That vintage sound is incredible

[@PapaFozzy]

My Grandfather loved watching Jay's Garage. He was a mechanic and car enthusiast. I have memories of watching the tonight show with him also.

[@RayLabs]

How cool would it be to be driving down the street and see Jay out for a drive in one of these amazing vintage racers.

[@MrIslandman59]

That's really cool, thanks for preserving and sharing such an iconic piece of auto racing history!

[@DerrylTaylor-d1n]

Love to see this piece of history and these two gentle men enjoying this together!

[@angelzaragoza9952]

-Makes me want to go back through the watchlist and see the steam engine automobiles to compliment this video; like the Stanley steam Vanderbuilt Racer. Way Cool Video Jay!! Just awesome!! Hope you and your whole crew are doing well!! Take care.

[@vectrexer]

100% YUM! Love this episode. Could have been 20 minutes longer and still would have felt too short.

[@Pkron]

I spent part of a summer scanning and cataloguing all of the provenance for this car. I wonder if any of my scans will be used 😂. Looking forward to the video! Edit: They definitely are! My high school summer job's handiwork is part of a Jay Leno's Garage video lol.

[@celtic2000]

Jay Leno is a genuine artist. He is able to drive any car exquisitely! And unlike each owner, he drives any car from any time with incredible expertise.

[@davehue9517]

I really love the amazing cars Jay reviews. Jay's really livin the good life with these amazing cars 👍

[@paulhammons7077]

2:24 that windshield was amazing.

[@ronitsingh85]

this is my jam right here! Love the early cars, all you see is the chassis, tires, leafs, axles, only the engine is hidden, my kind of car, love everything mechanical being exposed.

[@Daveinet]

Its hard but fun to try to put your 1911 thinking cap on, to try to imagine the technology. It makes you ask about solutions that seem so obvious to us today, that is it difficult to understand how it was not thought of earlier. We know there were brilliant men back then, but it is difficult to imagine not understanding certain concepts - things we think of as perfectly logical today.

[@JackCecil]

Jay is seriously the most inspirational car guy in THE WORLD. I hope to meet you one day sir. You’re a LEGEND.

[@SimpleCarGuy]

Love this video! A car I’ve never seen or heard of, a little history and a nice drive in the real world.

[@leegoddard2618]

Beautiful car. Hilarious, the flywheel looks like an actual 5 spoke wheel. 🤭👍

[@piotrnaliwajko9834]

Amazing piece of history and one of the best episodes in a while!

[@doohuh]

Love this guy's classic accent

[@rpapy]

We're from Savannah, Ga. What do you expect😂

[@vermontguy7692]

Thanx for another great video, Jay. I saw this car many times when Gordon Matson owned it. I have some pix of it from those days. I sure wish KZbin allowed photos to be attached to comments!

[@jenshaga4256]

That is one awesome machine. Thanks for sharing.

[@eeblatter]

I also heard "every morning fixit" for EMF. They merged with Studebaker. Great to see it run. Thanks Dale and Jay.

[@charlescain5838]

Thank you for the ride along. It brought back memories when I rode in my father's T speedster.

[@teamracing6]

I had the privilege of driving a 1918 Winton Touring car once. Amazing experience. Thanks Jay, i really love these vintage cars.

[@brianmay3669]

I couldn’t help but giggle every time they showed these gentlemen from behind. Was expecting/hoping Jay to “stop-short!” Beautiful automotive History right there.✌🏼

[@terryeustice5399]

A amazing old Race Car. 1911. Love seeing this old car. Thanks for sharing this Jay! Very cool 😎. 💯👍👊

[@silvermikeGA]

Fantastic! I had to listen twice to that sound of history's march.

[@TyTyproductions]

Miss when you used to drive by my neighborhood all the time! Keep at it, J!

[@brucewestoby]

Raced my friends 1928 Bugatti for 5 years st all the VARA sanctioned race tracks, Aways was the highlight of racing at Monterey then Pebble Beach on Sunday. Great times, great prople...really miss being there and being the mechanic !

[@notvaporlocked5479]

That car is just freaking awesome!

[@brogeoti]

Great history! We used to go to the Dixie Speedway when I was a kid growing up in Savannah, Georgia.

[@zach_diecast_mansur]

Man, thats cool! Im always blown away bybthe engeneerimg solutions those guys came up with back then!

[@heatherwhatever7714]

Random comment,I know, but the outside engine belt reminded me of my husband and his father going to Baja in a truck with a little trailer. The hitch was causing problems so my Father in law took off his belt and used it to pull the trailer the rest of the way. 😳☺️Ingenuity, necessity and a whole lot of something.

[@jimmime]

Necessity is the mother of invention. Duct tape anyone?

[@ericohara2582]

Thank you for sharing. I had never seen or heard of EMF. It looks so purposeful with rakish proportions.

[@thewebcentral]

Thank you for all the Good times Jay

[@adawil2002]

Dale Critz is very well versed in the Savanna Grand Prix & Brass Era Cars. Always a delight to visit Dale & Larry Koch when I'm near Savannah for The Hilton Head Concours. I have a 1914 KisselKar 4-40 Touring which is on display in the Wisconsin Auto Museum in Hartford.

[@paulsthormes251]

Love the sounds of the valves thanks for sharing another great video.

[@jasonvandervalk3679]

I always love sound of old engines and transmissions.

[@cudaman-yq7pq]

EMF - Every Mechanical Fault, Every Morning Fix-it. I have a 1912 Flanders 20, little brother to the EMF 30. The primer cups work great. Mine starts easily on battery, then you switch it to the Splitdorf low tension magneto.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

LOL! I like the unsplitdorf magneto!😂

[@aussiebloke609]

Your Flanders looks pristine. Must be a bit of work keeping it that way - especially those wheels. 👍

[@johnhupp8444]

I love it. I have a 1929 Hupmobile and it is only comfortable to drive to about 50mph.

[@aaronmcconnell7358]

I'd never heard of a hupmobile till recently while reading a book on murders in Washington pa. One of the killers in the book, used his father's hupmobile as a getaway car after murdering a girl in a loft above a theater.

[@johnhupp8444]

@@aaronmcconnell7358 My father’s side of the family were some of the first settlers in Washington County PA. The first meeting to found the NFL took place at a Hupmobile dealership in Canton OH.

[@aaronmcconnell7358]

@@johnhupp8444 small world I live just across the state line in wv. when lil Washington was first settled it was called catfish camp, then natural gas was found and the rest is history.

[@johnhupp8444]

@@aaronmcconnell7358 My father grew up in Bethany WV. I still own the farm which has never been in any other family’s name. On route 40 just outside of Claysville there is a historic marker telling about the Indian raid on Miller’s blockhouse in 1782. It mentions that Ann Hupp fended off the Indians. Ann Hupp was my 3rd great grandmother.

[@aaronmcconnell7358]

@@johnhupp8444 even smaller world I spent 15 years subcontracting maintenance work at bethany college I was very good friends with Bob chambers that owned the general store in bethany, he passed away a few years ago I'm sure your father probably knew him as well . I know the sign that your talking about I've seen it many times.

[@user-gc1zn5mn4p]

Jay, great brass car. I subscribe to Classic Motorsports magazine & in a recent issue I think your buddy Tim Suddard test drove that car on a track in Georgia.

[@Paul-gm2pc]

I love this stuff. Changing gears sure was different. Thanks for the video!

[@XantoS771]

it runs so smooth for a 112 year old race car

[@DaBossk]

Mister Jay Leno! you are an absolute car enthusiast Icon. I love your passion for cars and I love this very entertaining youtube channel! I learn so much here and I appreciate your enthusiasm so much... Cars are my life

[@scottdiamond7133]

So Wicked Jay drives these things on the street in traffic! What a Beauty!

[@danam0228]

I love old cars like this

[@AndrewsGMC]

Best feature in a while. Amazing piece of history!

[@mindjal19]

Wow look at those double tanks in the back!! It looks amazing

[@OmarDenarzi]

After so many boring and uninspiring cars that were featured on JLG, This is a car that is actually worth to be featured on Jay Leno's Garage ❤❤

[@codin-sorelureche2925]

Very good Mr. Leno!👍👍👍

[@nallie10]

I love it! Critz is a Mercedes Dealer. Beautiful car.

[@richl9049]

This is just awesome! Thank you, Jay!

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

Great episode, Mr Leno. Nice to see a real owner that knows what he's doing. You must have some real clout to drive this without getting a ticket. ;-)

[@paddyoak1]

He could afford it.

[@SunShine-dk6rk]

Jay and team really appreciate you sharing your passion of cars with us ❤.

[@jellydiablo8573]

If it was 2011 that car would be 100 years old, I love your content Jay :D

[@Prewarpostwaramdmore]

Love Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life.

[@19BUG69]

My absolute favorite type of episode!

[@crosspean]

Jay knows more about the car than owner, jay got it started. Just from looking at it and listening to it.

[@neildorey3978]

Looking forward to this episode, i love these early race cars from the day race car drivers had to have some grit to drive these at any where from 60 to over 100 mph. No safety net with thse cars, wide open setting and only rear brakes.

[@momnc4721]

Thank you Mr. Leno for another amazing car review🙏🏽

[@ronlynch7744]

Zero Safety Equipment, not for the faint of heart. Good one Jay, thanks. 😎👍😎

[@gotham1-ken588]

Brilliant- interesting watch on these Veteran cars - such Character 👍

[@theautohistorian]

Excellent car and racing history!

[@craigcolavito5606]

Friction Dampers were surprisingly advanced on these old 90+ year old race cars, you'd really be surprised by the engineering and adjustability of those things.

[@steven.h0629]

❤ Very Nice.. thanks Dale and Jay 👍😎✊

[@nobody617]

The black and gold looks awesome. Inspired me with my current design. Im going to go with black chrome and gold annodizing. On a billet cnc emtb.

[@williamsherer2580]

Fantastic.. Love the historical commentary that is a vital part of history. I personally like this type of show vs the 1000hp vehicles..appreciate all have a place

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Put a Hellcat in it!

[@dwe4]

Yeah, but what if we put a crate e-motor in one of these early racers? Kidding, of course. Thanks to Dale and all the collectors who preserve, maintain, and run these early pieces of automobile history.

[@johnnymason2460]

Jay Leno, you are a brave man. I could never drive a car like this. It would be frightening.