Early Automobile History # 9 1907 Stevens Duryea Model U & Ride on My Car Story with Lou Costabile

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On "My Car Story" we're in the Suburbs of Phoenix, AZ on 2-1-24.
We're looking at a 1907 Stevens Duryea Model U in Green Paint. The car comes with the 360 CI inline 6-cylinder engine and has a 3-speed manual transmission.
The car's Owner is Alan Travis. Alan’s had this car since 2009. Alan shares this car was owned by Conrad C. Fletcher who loved this car so much that he put a picture of this car on his gravestone. Alan knew Conrad and asked him if he would honor him by selling him the car to be the next Caretaker. Conrad called Alan a few months after their conversation and sold him the car.
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@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi, If you like this video, please click on SUPER THANKS ❤ with the $ in the middle which is the SUPER THANKS button under the video. Thank you! Lou

@alexkalish8288 6 ай бұрын

A superb automobile - a decade ahead of it's time. It's immaculate, with the perfect owner, the first time I've seen this model. It's a shame more were not saved , even in a barn. This car had love all it's life. It's very original and a power house with no carburetor, like a jet aircraft. They had some impressive cars on the road by 1907 - . Thanks Lou -

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi Alex, Happy to read "A superb automobile" :-) "This car had love all it's life." I agree. Glad to share this one with you. You're welcome, Lou

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar 6 ай бұрын

You people always say that. Have you studied behind design in 1907, because I'd sooner refer to this as a 1904-1905 era Tonneau design, something akin to Lozier or Pope Teledo in America. But I'm sure it's a - decade ahead of its time, definitely a 1917 design... Why does everything impressive have to be sectioned off and seen as too good for the era it's made during, inturn making it possible for the full era itself to be impressive when you keep secluding every impressive thing about it..never giving it a reason to be impressive when every positive trait is seen as too good for it.., really who are you flattering?? I've never heard a more offensive term than "Ahead of its time" as a person who "studies" that time and _knows_ how modern it is. Just the other day, there was a shot of 7 vehicles parked in a row in 1904 in Manhattan.

@budgetaudiophilelife-long5461 6 ай бұрын

🙋‍♂️THANKS LOU,ALLEN ,FOR SHARING THIS EXCEPTIONAL VEHICLE 🤩ON AN EXCEPTIONAL DAY FOR THE DRIVE 🤗💚💚💚

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi Budget Audiophile Life-long, Happy to share this "EXCEPTIONAL VEHICLE" with you :-) Lou

@JaimeSalcedoA_72 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic to see this splendid 1907 Stevens Duryea Model U in operation (and on the roads, as it had to do 117 years ago!) The green color suits it very well, highlighting its wood finishes, its enormous Gray & Davis brass headlights, and its large grille adorned in that golden frame and the ingenious ornament in the shape of an airplane engine with a propeller that rotates when the vehicle is gaining speed. I should also mention, those attractive white rubber tires! Nice interior, with ample space, elegant shiny leather seats in a wine concho tone (including its container), its wooden instrument panel, and, finally, the rare Veeder speedometer next to the aviation steering wheel! I liked the final shots; like when you rode down the road, in addition to the sound produced by the huge 6-cylinder inline engine (in fact, it seemed as if a train was running, but without rails, haha). Congratulations to Mr. Travis for that interesting story of how he became his next caregiver, and his great knowledge of it! Best regards, Lou!

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi Jaime, You're right, you don't expect a car this old to run, however great fun to see this one in action. Thank you for sharing what you see, Lou

@hrc5534 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful video, gorgeous car! Alan is certainly an interesting guy. We are lucky to have people like that to keep these amazing pieces of history maintained and still running. We get to see what life was like back in those days. Same era as the Titanic and going strong. Real quality! Thanks Lou.

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi HRC, Happy to read "Wonderful video, gorgeous car!" :-) "Alan is certainly an interesting guy. We are lucky to have people like that to keep these amazing pieces of history maintained and still running." I agree. You're welcome, Lou

@JeffKing310 6 ай бұрын

Fascinating car! And quite a Car Story. Interesting technology - no battery, unusual flywheel, no traditional carburetor and pretty wild oil delivery system. Thanks Alan and Lou for letting us see this piece of history.

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi Jeff, Happy to read "Fascinating car!" :-) So interesting to learn about the early automobile. You're welcome, Lou

@ldnwholesale8552 6 ай бұрын

Standard fare for an injected and dry supmped engine in that time.

@JONMEREDITH 6 ай бұрын

WOW! This fantastic car is an engineering marvel! It is so fine that it is breathtaking! That car is also amazingly fast, too! The engine is absolutely ahead of the automotive world game! Lou, thank you for another awesome video!!

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi JON, Happy to share this "fantastic car is an engineering marvel!" with you :-) You're welcome, Lou

@TheGunfighter45acp 6 ай бұрын

What a great looking car. I enjoyed seeing the propeller hood ornament and imagining the marvel of it all from a young, well to do child's perspective, back in its day. Mr. Travis has an amazing and an inspiring collection! Thanks, Lou!

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi TheGunfighter45acp, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) " imagining the marvel of it all from a young, well to do child's perspective," I think it's the same perspective I have, and I'm working on the "well to do part" :-) You're welcome, Lou

@TheGunfighter45acp 6 ай бұрын

@@loucostabile 😆

@СергійШамін 6 ай бұрын

Захоплююче відео! Авто просто чудове! Цікаво,як змінюються технічно авто! Дякую!

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi Сергій, Happy to read "Fascinating video! The car is simply wonderful!" :-) My pleasure sharing with you. You're welcome, Lou

@motorTranz 6 ай бұрын

Fascinating history! Fascinating and beautiful car! 😍😍😍😍😍 Thanks Lou!

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Happy to read "Fascinating history! Fascinating and beautiful car!" :-) You're welcome motorTranz!

@donaldthetruthseeker-es3nu 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting vehicle. Never heard of this kind of car before. I guess hardly anyone could afford a car like this then. Thanks for showing this beautiful car guys and your guest is always very knowledgeable and interesting.

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi Donald, Happy to share another one of Alan's early cars. Stya tuned, next Sunday another amazing car, and let's see if you've ever heard of that one. You're welcome, Lou

@robertcounts5300 6 ай бұрын

thank you Alan and Lou

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

You're welcome Robert.

@briansmith9707 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this incredible video Lou. And thank you Alan for the beautiful details from 1907! I love this period and everything is so authentic down to the white tires. It's so nice to see the original white color tires on these early cars-- isn't it beautiful?! That's a whole topic, isn't it🙂 about car tires with zinc oxide until ~1923. Incredible restoration, Alan. Thanks for the inspiration

@loucostabile 3 ай бұрын

Hi Brian, You're welcome. Yes this one is great looking. Good news! This a series on the Early Automobile History and at the end of each episode you can see the next one. Here is the opening episode. Enjoy! Lou kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYqXm2yOm5l5ba8

@royer54 6 ай бұрын

I guess this was an early "Big Block" This guy is a hoot! Thanks lou

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

"I guess this was an early "Big Block"" You're right. You're welcome Roy.

@terryeustice5399 6 ай бұрын

Know it’s a rare car. Hard to believe it would go as fast as 55 MPH. Nice presentation Lou. And s good history of the car. Thank you for Sharing! Happy Easter 🐣

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi Terry, Happy to share this rare car with you. Yes, a surprise it goes 55 MPH. Glad to read you enjoy the presentation. You're welcome. Happy Easter. Lou

@johncornell3665 6 ай бұрын

So ahead of its time. What a fine automobile. Thanks Lou!

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Happy to share this "fine automobile" with you :-) You're welcome John!

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar 6 ай бұрын

Blah.

@jd4harley 6 ай бұрын

I was amazed how expensive that car was for back in the day. It was a lot of money, and not many of them made anyway.❤

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi James, I'm sure very few could afford a car like this, and that's why few were made. Thank you for viewing and sharing what you noticed. Lou

@bruceh92 6 ай бұрын

Amazing, a 117 year old Stevens Duryea running like a clock. Credit Alan, a great caretaker keeping this old beauty alive and well. Thank you guys, this was avery special feature today!

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi Bruce H., Happy to read "Amazing" :-) "Credit Alan, a great caretaker keeping this old beauty alive and well" I agree. Glad to be able to share this car with you. You're welcome, Lou

@CreatorCade 6 ай бұрын

I’m really loving the old brass era content. Happy Easter!

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi josh, Happy to read "I’m really loving the old brass era content" :-) Happy Easter!

@jeeper5264 6 ай бұрын

Great Video Lou...thank you for your videos!!!!!!

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

My pleasure sharing with you Jeeper...you're welcome!

@ACatal-dx3hv 6 ай бұрын

This is very interesting car, it looks runs wells too. I read a story about Duryea brothers built earlier cars or first American Cars, not Henry Ford.

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi ACatal, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge, Lou

@stevebyrne4235 6 ай бұрын

Hipper than hip; wonderful to have this perspective on early automotive history; do you folks have a Duryea GEM? Thanks to you both.

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi Steve, Happy to read "Hipper than hip" :-) My pleasure sharing with you. You're welcome, Lou

@madfemurfast 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful car!

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-)

@randyguyer 6 ай бұрын

Great job on another incredible video! Thanks again.

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi Randy, Happy to read "Great job on another incredible video!" :-) You're welcome, Lou

@stevenzeiser7081 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful !

@loucostabile 3 ай бұрын

Hi Steven, Happy to read you appreciate the looks of this car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

@danam0228 6 ай бұрын

Lol, what a perfect Easter mobile. Love it! Happy Easter, Lou and crew!

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

This car has an Easter Bonnet on it :-) Happy Easter danam0228!

@danam0228 6 ай бұрын

@@loucostabile Lol 👍

@elosogonzalez8739 6 ай бұрын

What a magnificent automobile! Is this shown in car shows in the Phoenix area? I live in Glendale and would love to see this in person. Enjoyed this video very much.

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi Eloso, Happy to read "What a magnificent automobile!" :-) Alan does bring them to shows in AZ. Usually he can be found at the AZ Concourse in Scottsdale Art Center in January. Good news, next couple of Sundays I'll be sharing more from Alan's Museum, Lou

@elosogonzalez8739 6 ай бұрын

@@loucostabile Happy Estérel! Maybe you could include the dates in an upcoming video. Thank you!

@garycamara9955 5 ай бұрын

Wil Stevens was my freind. He died in the late 80s. He recieved a couple of million from his father's will. We built cars together. His old shop and ranch in Santa Rosa are still there. He had a son, I think he's in the Virgin Islands.

@loucostabile 5 ай бұрын

Hi Gary, Thank you for sharing details about your Friends. Lou

@giuliopedrali4794 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic like all Brass era cars, i make, for 2024 / 2025, few scale models of american veteran and brass era cars, in brass and wood in 1 : 20 scale, now I'm make a 1902 Northern rounabout, then Oldsmobile Curved dash, Ford A 1903, 1902 Rambler model C etc etc maybe also this Stevens Duryea U.

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi Giulio, Happy to read "Fantastic" :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

@giuliopedrali4794 6 ай бұрын

@@loucostabile Thank you, I'm a fan of cars of brass era.

@Biokemist-o3k 5 ай бұрын

Super cool video!! I have been assembling a machine shop to support my KZbin channel that I will be starting with the build of a 1928 Morgan RIP GN special 3 wheeler with 4 wheels. I am using an experimental aircraft opposed twin supercharged engine. This will be mated to an MG 4 speed manual gearbox with a 2 piece hand cast aluminum adapter. This will be connected to an MG differential with beautiful wire wheels. The frame I stood over steel and will have aircraft cloth stretched over and sprayed with plasticizer. This will have a boat tail look and is essentially a 20's airplane without a propeller or wings. There is only one other in existence and Charlie Martin races it in the UK. The next project lined up is the building of a Brooklands style cycle car similar to the Pembleton. This will have a BMW R-100 engine in the front and four wheels with gorgeous leather interior and even space for luggage. I look forward to seeing everyone over at the channel when it gets warm out enough to be in the barn in Pennsylvania .....

@loucostabile 5 ай бұрын

Hi John, Happy to read "Super cool video!" Hope your project and KZbin Channel to well. Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZbin Channel, Lou

@2509498788 6 ай бұрын

Wow...way cool..

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Happy to read this one is "way cool." :-)

@juanasanelli6831 6 ай бұрын

Es un automóvil muy adelantado,para la época . parece un vehículo de 1920 Dime Lou, me pareció con arranque eléctrico .? El generador es un Delco de los 60 . Será que le adaptaron el arranque?

@danam0228 6 ай бұрын

The owner said that, "the starter/generator on the car is from 1914-1916." You use crank on front. The starter/generator is connected there with leather belt and is connected to a magneto that is connected to the spark plugs. There is no battery, outside supply of electricity to help start the engine.

@loucostabile 6 ай бұрын

Hi Juan, I see your question has been answered. Lou

@danam0228 6 ай бұрын

@@loucostabilealways happy to help, Lou 😊

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar 6 ай бұрын

@@danam0228 You should help him realize that it looks absolutely nothing like a car from 1920 and isn't ahead of its time, just a luxury design like the many others from 1900-1907 time frame.

@danam0228 6 ай бұрын

@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar you just did