The Automotive Mechanic A Historical Perspective From 1890s to Present-Rare Photos and Video Clips

[@williamoneal2763]

A good, honest mechanic is a special person indeed. Under paid and appreciated. 😊😊

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Well said! Thanks for watching!

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

👍🏼👍🏼

[@henrysmith8012]

Thank you.

[@michaelmartin488]

AMEN TO THAT ❤ ~From a guy whose at the mercy of mechanics. GOOD ONES to me are just as necessary as doctors or nurses for what they do and have to deal with. God Bless those great men and women!

[@albertapeet]

My mechanic is dead honest and I think well paid. He runs his garage from his home and though he is cheaper than the big commercial shops he makes a good living and you never have to worry about him fixing things that don’t need it. I will be very sad when he retires

[@williamoneal2763]

I am not a professional mechanic. 85 years old but enjoy working with my hands. I am self taught and do my own mechanic work and work on my families cars. I try and encourage maintenance before a problem happens. Over the years, I have been able to accomplish. But, I have a bit of trouble with cars built after 2015. Too much electronics and very difficult to have room around engine to get to the part. In other words, just a hassle to do repair. Made this way and I reguard todays mechanic a special people indeed. Whenever I must use them, after job I show them my appreciation by telling them a giving a good tip. My only car is my 94 Buick Park Avenue, I bought when new. Looks sharp with 275,000 and always get many compliments. I keep it because I am able to work on it. It is my old, dependable friend. I 😊😊😊

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts!

[@billharden7127]

👍

[@doylebrockman8225]

I retied in 2020 due to exhaustion and health reasons mental and physical, personally was and always pissed off. I end every job that treads on me i could not work more 7 yrs. Some places i worked 2X

[@doylebrockman8225]

My start was a Nebraska,country. Dad was a smart jack of trades. I started out approx. 12 yrs through 19 then 4 yrs. In the Army where i was exceptional in the Motorpool . After, i took a job worhing on forklifs and heavy equipment. Went to school at night 6 sem. hrs. T0 BUSINESS MNGMNT,Accountant.., Got promoted 2X ended up on the road and responsibiliiesar the shop. Got burned out and quit bus. school made 2X normal,while i was advancing. Aii out work, i worked,, about 5 yrs, in the office and road, with 2 co s, ,.To

[@doylebrockman8225]

Ended going the rest of my career as heavy, ugly stuff. All componants made a good living. Had to buy about 75 000 of 2 setsof tools ,storage, and special equipment .20yr.s stolen. Self,insured co gave 1G. I just wasnt qualified for pizza,delivery. I woukd rethink the choice wrenching after 2000 in automotive, stayed with construction equipment,alot of trucks and 7 yrs. on Agricultal red tractors, from the newest to the oldest. Looking back, I made the correct moves and am proud of my path. The moves i made, i am PROUD of my CAREER.

[@paas624]

You got to be nuts to be a automotive technician today, under pay, almost no benefits, know more than a doctor, but your own tools (50k not unreal) just to have a basic living. Last i heard the average job life of someone coming to the business is 5yrs. Factory dealers are responsible for this. Use to a mechanic got paid 50/50 commission hour. Now down to 20%, And time cut to do job, not counting diagnose. Add to all that things are not ment to be repaired but replaced so Factory can make money.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I understand how you feel. It's a crazy expensive field to be in now and the pay has gone down over the years. Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@michaelwalsh98]

I went to Automotive Trade School in the late 60's, but after graduation I got into Trucking. I worked 24 years in a Private Company owned House Fleet Maintenance Garage. I was in the Machists Union, so I. Was paid hourly, with Benefits and a Pension Plan, which I am retired 12 years and still collecting the great Union Pension. The only good Mechanics jobs, are Union Represented Mechanic jobs, the rest your just used and Abused.

[@OzarkMarine]

Chicago Automobile Mechanics Local 701 IAM

[@david-hf3dk]

I went in to the trade when I left school in the very early eighties. When I started I saw one old mechanic retire as I was starting and then thirty years later saw another so that is two in the forty odd years I have Been in the trade. Do they die off or do they leave ? I now hate working on cars. I can do it all but don't want to.

[@DonaldShifflett-b6z]

As with A lot of professions in america.

[@leesherman100]

38 long, miserable years as a Cadillac tech from '71 till '08 made a believer 'outa me! Retired now and I don't really think about it much. It was a tough, filthy, underpaid line of work. To be honest, I don't miss it!!

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I can appreciate how you feel. Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@johne189]

You covered the best and the worst.

[@michaelwalsh98]

Every Dealership Mechanic/Technician I ever knew, eventually hate the job, and wanted out of it. Underpaid and unappreciated by the Dealer and the Customer!!!

[@OzarkMarine]

Computer control systems got me out of the trade. Too old for reeducation.

[@user-tk4gc9jn3n]

me also 68 and wont miss it lasted till i was 67

[@robwatts4623]

I spent 40 yrs as an auto mechanic ..I suffer from dilbilitating back pain from collapsed discs and advanced arthritis of the spine..24/7 pain..on disability these days..make sure you drink lots of water and workout daily to keep your muscles strong so they can take the load so your bones don't have to..

[@kensmithgallery4432]

It is hard work indeed! Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@henrysmith8012]

6 operations in 65 years. 47 years wrenching on everything. Low pay, long hours, not much time off. Not much respect. Made others rich. The industry is being destroyed now. Greed.

[@broughxtreme]

I'm waiting on an operation on my lower back as we speak. As soon as the specialist showed me the MRI scans of my back I said "is that mechanics back".

[@robwatts4623]

@@broughxtreme I'm glad something can be done for your back. Unfortunately, mine is beyond operations. The discs are compacted fractured and a condition called spondylolisthesis and facet. Joint syndrome has caused extensive arthritic buildup and puts pressure on nerves resulting in pain. They said there's nothing they can do

[@broughxtreme]

@@robwatts4623 Best wishes mate, from New Zealand

[@deltafreshrelics1660]

As a 20 year diesel mechanic in the truck world, I left the dealerships behind and got in with a reputable ma and pa shop. Love it. Some of these comments don’t align at all with my experience over the years. You gotta do this because it’s a passion not for a fat paycheck. The ones who get trained and do all the school and that don’t always make it. Some do. I have made a career off of deep wiring work, emissions and engine related repairs. But I’ve always loved mechanics and was raised around AG and truck equipment. But yes the dealership environment actually really sucks. I was never flat rate and never salary and especially never Union. I’ve been “lead mechanic”, shop foreman/ service writer/advisor, best just to be a mechanic. I bought tools every paycheck for the first 4-5 years and simply don’t anymore unless necessary. I’ve never upgraded my 20 year old snap-on box. Don’t get caught in the trap of buying crap all the time. A real mechanic don’t need an apartment sized toolbox and sure won’t be in debt over his tool set after the first few years.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for your well written comment and for watching!

[@deltafreshrelics1660]

@@kensmithgallery4432 I loved the video, man. Love the old photographs. Reminds me of seeing all those places when I was little and they were mostly gone by the 90s. But still to this day, especially in the south, I stumble upon time capsule shops that are remnants of a better time.

[@DavidSmith-fs4nt]

My grandfather was a master mechanic starting in the 1st decade of the 1900s. He was part of a team that built the Maxwell car. As a team they manufactured every part of the car and assembled it. When Chrysler purchased Maxwell he became a shop mechanic for the local Chrysler dealership. All mechanics were required to have their own tools, which they kept locked up in their own tool chest. My father didn't become a mechanic, but my grandfather taught him and my father used to overhaul car engines on the side back in the 50s and 60s. I learned mechanics from my Dad and still do as much as possible on my cars/trucks.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

It sounds like you learned some great skills from him, too! Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@OzarkMarine]

Retired Chicago Automobile Mechanics Local 701. After I was discharged from the Marines I lucked out and got a job with International Harvester in 1973 and retired in 2016 from a Ford truck dealership. You couldn't offer me enough money to work on today's vehicles, damn computer controlled everything.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I understand how you feel. Thanks for watching!

[@andyfab65]

701!

[@DominikQuesnel]

My grandfather wasn't in a mechanic, but after he graduated high school in 1960, he worked on his parents' farm working on John deere and farmall tractors until 2022. He sadly passed in January of 2024. He taught me how to drive stick shift and how to operate a bucket tractor and do land maintenance. Miss hum dearly. Rest easy, Pete Quesnel

[@kensmithgallery4432]

It sounds like you have some great memories of him. Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@90762709]

My father became a mechanic in the early 1940’s. He told me about the unsafe practices used in repair shops scared him. He quickly learned which shops to work for and those to avoid! He also learned quickly who were the fly by night crooked mechanics and who were the great ones. His stories were fascinating to me.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Wow! Sounds like your dad had some great stories to share too! Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@kennedysingh3916]

Watched from Old Harbour Jamaica, I learned my auto.mechanic skill from my father .

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Welcome! Sounds like your father taught you a great skill. Thanks for watching!

[@ezerod1858]

I learn auto mechanics in a vocational school. It was the early 80's so I saw the transition from the old school mechanics to the modern technology. Working as a auto technician I could paid my college degree. Now 40 something years later I work as industrial robotics technician but I still doing auto mechanics too. I'm happy to be an auto mechanic, like everyting you will get good times and bad ones too. But I treasure the good ones, and the good friends I made it on the way. I still enjoy when I saw someone bring back to life an old iron or when I saw an old car disrupting the landscape of souless computers on wheels in the middle of the road. Yes like a every old mechanic I got the same atches and pain inherent to this job but I don't care I'll try to keep going wrenching until the end

[@kensmithgallery4432]

It can be a great occupation! Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@OzarkMarine]

Amen brother

[@KurtKoster-s6t]

Followed my dad as he was a mechanic,loved doing things with my hands,had several places I worked,but still follow my dad got in the front end business and frame work,hit so tired of it got into the service writing and management,but can still do anything,looking back on it I loved it , now retired,lots of tools,still follow the trade, good video

[@kensmithgallery4432]

It is a great trade. Sounds like you have some great memories following your dad. Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@andrewalmeida3029]

Fantastic documentary. Unique in the sense nobody ever talks about mechanics in automotive history. Fascinating. Thanks for creating and posting.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@JohnHarrison-o5q]

I have been in automotive all my life. I was taught by some of the best mechanics to ever put hands on a car . Now days they call them technicians but there is a different between the two.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I would agree! Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@JulianKeller-om6wz]

That was really cool. Amazing how things have changed. I was a diesel and hydraulic mechanic for a John Deere dealer from 1977 to 1987, and then became a service manager for another 12 years. I still work in the agricultural equipment industry, but in upper management now. Farm equipment has also changed immensely. GPS and autosteer can keep a tractor pulling a 60' air seeder or 48 row corn planter or a combine with a 50' header within less than an inch of where it needs to be while going down the field, without the operator touching the steering wheel. Just sit back and let it drive itself. The technology on the equipment is probably ahead of the automotive industry. It's pretty wild. It's only a matter of time until autonomous equipment will be available and farmers will be sitting in their office running their tractor or combine with a joystick. The technology is already there and being used. Thank you for posting this video. I love watching the old stuff like this from times when things were so much simpler. Keep the videos coming!

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I remember talking with a farmer back in 2016 about that technology, and he said the same thing. Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@kevinsellsit5584]

The Science of Grading. The tech is awesome indeed. I had a few years on an old school CAT 988 no tech and a steering wheel. The new stuff blows my mind, took out the skill only a few had truly mastered. I was never that guy, my goal was just being the best on our crew. :)

[@Fred-mp1vf]

Unfortunately, John Deere is now one of the greediest, most corrupt and short-sighted companies in the world, and it's headed for disaster because they've lost all their values that they once had, and they no longer care about customer satisfaction!

[@dmandman9]

My Dad was an auto mechanic. I chose that field also. But it’s getting to be less enjoyable because the working space is so tight. Also we’re just diagnosing problems and changing parts. We’re doing fewer and fewer actual REPAIRS. I get satisfaction from actually fixing a part. I remember rebuilding a wheel cylinder, grinding valves, deciding to replace a starter drive or solenoid. Now it’s mostly swapping the entire component

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I get it. Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@glenmclendon9209]

Been a professional automobile technician since 1981 . Man have things changed . Tools are paid off for the first time in 40 something years .

[@kensmithgallery4432]

It's a crazy expensive field to be in now! Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@david-hf3dk]

Worked at a Vauxhall /Opel dealer in early to mid eighties and they still had one of those single ram hydraulic lifts and it tended to stick half way as it was old so you had to rock it from side to side as it went up. One day somebody called me over about something and I left the valve on and then there was an almighty bang as it had obviously built up pressure and hit the extent of the ram. The car jumped two or three feet in the air but luckily landed back on the ramp with no damage😊.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Wow! That sounded like a scary experience. Glad you were safe! Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

That was fantastic. I love the old pictures and history.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for watching!

[@tonychavez2083]

As a lifelong shade tree mechanic and body guy these vintage photos are heartwarming

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I'm glad they are! Thanks for watching!

[@soarornor]

That was a superb documentary on an important subject. Great photo selection. Vintage photos are the most beautiful thing. A Time Machine. Thanks for this. Really well done presentation. Music too.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@robertmcfadyen3492]

Excellent presentation I really enjoyed it,I’ve been a mechanic in Australia since 1976 and cars have certainly changed over the years I now work as a roadside technician doing breakdowns mainly replacing Batteries,flat tyres and lockouts for the last 32 years,hopefully will retire in another 2 years .

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing and for watching "down under"!

[@brianspangenberg9598]

Enjoyed watching this. I’m retired from wrenching after 34 years and now a service advisor before I fully retire. Seen the ups and downs of the automotive repair business and technology.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

'm sure there was much to see over 34 years. Thanks for watching!

[@gerhard6105]

Dutch here. When i was a teenager i walked to my aunt during the big pause. I eat there. They always had an insurance company. She was born in 1900 and she told me she already drove a car in 1922. Her brother ( my dads dad) had a big laundry factory but sold it in 1941 because he did not want to work for the occupying Germans. I once asked my dad what kind of car his father had. He answered: you name it (many). In any case a DeSoto ( before ww2), Cadillac and many others. i have 6 cars. My oldest is a 1940 Opel Kadett cabrio-limousine.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Sounds like all of you have had some great cars! Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@malcolmmarzo2461]

This is a superb account of an under-reported area of automotive history. Please do more. Perhaps on the tools and machinery of garage work.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Those are some great suggestions! Thanks for subscribing and for commenting!

[@NathansMoparGarage]

You have some really cool early pictures and film clips.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for watching!

As a much younger man, back home in Vancouver, during the 1980s and 1990s, I was spinning wrenches full-time. This presentation both warmed and broke my heart. Also, I suddenly feel very old.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I completely relate to how you feel! Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@daveallen8824]

One of the gas stations I worked in in the 60's was a VERY old one, and still had a rail lift and a pit.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@curtisbacon7856]

I used to love being a mechanic.Forty six years later I hate it with a passion.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I understand how you feel. Thanks for watching!

[@OYisit]

The flat rate system was adopted for the factory to standardize warranty claims. The dirty secret it allowed them to dictate what to charge themselves. The other loophole was it got dealers out of paying overtime hours, as they say were looking for good mechanics with poor math skills... 😅

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@painterboy454]

My great grandfather was born in 1889 in Zurich, Ontario. He past in 1972. I remember the stories he told about becoming an auto mechanic as Ford Model T's were first introduced. You were self taught.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I bet he has some great stories to share with you. Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@chrisbrown3925]

Ive been a bmw tech since 1986, i still love the job. Seen alot of changes, but money is getting better, and pride plays into it. It's very rewarding to be able to repair a modern automobile!

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Pride and satisfaction of a job well done is a darn goods thing to have. Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@markmichlewicz5141]

I love the chainfall lifting the front of the car and the single post i beam hoist.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

@@markmichlewicz5141 me too! It's crazy to even think about lifting a car that way!

[@photogeek2987]

What a great vid! Loved the music too! Just the right amount of narration and I learned something about women in the auto industry I did not know. Thanks for making this!😁👍🙌👏

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks so much for commenting and for watching!

[@terryeustice5399]

Thank you Ken. Great video. Especially about women in the industry. And contributions. 💯👍

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Glad you enjoyed it Terry! Thanks for supporting my efforts!

[@RW-kd4gxwhiteshaddow]

I would never suggest to anyone to take on that evil as a profession. The customer or mechanic gets the shank , but the house ALWAYS wins

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I understand how you feel. Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@gregorymalchuk272]

Flat rate has turned shop owners into landlords with guaranteed profits, and turned mechanics into sharecroppers.

[@Go4Corvette]

GM/DELCO ASE Master Automotive Technician Drive Ability and Electronics for 44 years now retired. Loved ❤ my job.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Right on! Thanks for watching!

[@chrisrenfroe6773]

I always loved the cars,and felt that they were mý meditation. The owners and shop foreman ruined it for me.

[@lauramildon-clews7850]

I started as an apprentice mechanic in 1970. Since then i have worked for most of the European manufactures and some of the Japanese Manufactures to. I moved into design about thirty years ago right up till i retired five months ago. To say that the industry has not changed is an understatement.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Sounds like you had a great career! Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@planetwisconsin9901]

I like the history of the hand tools.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I do too! Thanks for watching!

[@armedhippie]

Thanks. Enjoyed that a lot. I am 69, been ihevteade all my life, after acjourneyman father. One of if 3 of my sons is a ase master tech. Told all 3 if you pick up a tool i will beat you with it. I do antique motorcycle work mostly the last 30 years though.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

[@KeithFinkFamilyFarm]

Another fabulous documentary, Ken. Thanks. Not sure I'd make a good mechanic. I tried to help a friend fix his model T once but I wasn't even smart enough to find the port to plug in the scan tool.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks so much! I appreciate it very much!

[@P.M.O.S.69]

Cool Video 👍🏼🛠

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@brianmeek5236]

I wouldn’t swap my 1925 Buick roadster for any Buick made today. Great selection of photos here.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I bet your Buick is a great car! Thanks for watching!

[@johngibson3837]

A fabulous video mate thanks very much my first one ov yours and good enough for a sub thanks again

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for the sub and for the kind words!

[@johngibson3837]

@kensmithgallery4432 no worries mate loved it

[@marclandert9603]

I was in LA visiting my swiss aunt in 88. She had a problem, the work shop couln't fix and it was a simple rear light bulb which power did not match and the control light went on. When she talked me about the problem, I asked her if we can go to the workshop just around the corner. I fixed the problem in a few minutes and they were ready to hire me the same day as workshop manager. So I think, in Switzerland the apprenticeship was a little bit advanced. But they all were called "technicians". To be called technician or ingeneer you spend 8 years of education to get this title in my country.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Sounds like you have a great set of skills. Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@gregorymalchuk272]

Occupational licensure is rent seeking and cripples economic productivity.

[@kravin74]

Started at a Dodge Toyota Dealership in the 90's out of Diesel Mechanics College washing cars! Then to oil change and tires and finally to mechanic. After 20 years of it and living hard I was to beat up to keep going so I went to Service Writer and now in parts. Been all over dealerships. I saw it go from handwritten tickets to computers. It's been an interesting journey.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I bet it has been interesting! Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@curtisbacon7856]

ASE IS A JOKE! Us old mechanics have an old saying, "ASE" Just means "ASK SOMEBODY ELSE"

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I never heard that saying before!

[@JaughnDough]

Finally a video in my recommendations that isn't some AI generated BS narrated by a computer. Subscribed.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for the kind words, subscribing, and for watching!

[@davejobe6282]

I just retired after 50 years of doing nothing else but mechanic and metal fabrication. First 20 as a employee and last 30 self employed. I would not have changed a thing if i had to do it all over again.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Sounds like you had a great career! Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@allareasindex7984]

As far as I know, heaters for Ford Model A’s were aftermarket only, not offered by Ford on the A.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

@allareasindex7984 i believe they were offered as a dealership option when the car was purchased new. Thanks for watching!

[@Rick-S-6063]

I remember seeing an ad for a heater for the Model A and it was described as a feature "that Henry forgot." So it definitely wasn't a factory option.

[@DanKavanaugh-jo8zl]

They had option south wind heater.

[@Rick-S-6063]

@ My dad and mom lived in Toronto before I was born. He knew several people who had a South Wind Heater in their cars and they all spoke well of them.

[@donald8354]

I wanted to learn how to fix starters and alternators there was a school in Tenesee not able to attend!

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for watching!

[@chrisrenfroe6773]

A real tradesman here,my grandfather was a mechanic, my uncles were mechanics, my older brothers are diesel mechanics. I have worked numerous mechanic jobs ,and have quit everyone that was a dealership or repair shop, due to overcharging and outright lies. Sooner than later mechanics will get respected, when everyone is walking and pushing there cars.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for sharing your experiences and for watching!

[@garyradtke3252]

I have as much invested in tools as the crybabies that want us to pay for their college has in tuition and I most likely have as much if not more schooling than the average college grad. The last I checked I have over $100,000 in tools and the boxes are a small part of that. I suppose I should consider myself lucky if I get 10% of the tool investment back. By the way, I glad to hear that others besides myself say mechanic instead of technician. I started as a mechanic and will someday retire as a mechanic at about 75.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I appreciate how you feel and you commenting. Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@jeffdriver3000]

I have a Drake repair manual from the early days. I was a ASE master auto tech

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Way cool! Thanks for watching!

[@nonelost1]

16:17...I do believe that is the late future Queen Elizabeth II during WWII.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

You might be right! Thanks for watching!

[@donald8354]

It was her I have seen many photographs of her! She was in the British military during ww2.

[@SADFORIAN]

16:15 Pretty sure that's the future Queen of England. Always thought it was cool that she could hold her own with at least basic maintenance and repairs of a car.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

That's awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@donald8354]

How good was the day field of truck mechanics on diesel?

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I don't know to be honest. Thanks for watching!

[@madmike225]

Should do one on tire technicians being separate from auto technicians

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for your suggestion!

[@2009Berghof]

Some very interesting images of WWII female (British) Royal Navy "WREN & of Queen E II in the ATS. The WRN is wearing a cap with HMS Dadkins ribbon. Let's not forget that US marked American Red Cross automobile, likely of WWI vintage.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@someonethatwatchesyoutube2953]

Government mandates along with always adding the latest “trinkets” to wow potential buyers and the desire to earn an extra 1/2 penny out of every part sold has really made new cars much too complex and unreliable. The public is just going to have to accept that they’re going to have to pay Chevy and Ford techs the same as Porsche and Ferrari techs if they want to get their car fixed.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@robertmoncur3781]

I turn wrenches now for a trucking company it’s still pretty hard to make a living on it but I enjoy it for the most part just wanna point out Some of those woman turning wrenches wearing heals and skirts times have definitely changed from just doing something simple like adjusting points in a distributor has transformed into needing scan tools that are thousands of dollars that some techs actually pay for out of their own pocket

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I appreciate you commenting. Thanks for watching!

[@raitshots]

😉👍 history video arhiv

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for watching!

[@Hooptierescue]

What time to be alive back then. As my dad would say men wore men and sheep wore scared. Easy to work back then also. Dad was mechanic then my brother & I came one but it getting harder out there. And soon it be all electric cars like or not.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@StudeLark]

Forty five years now being an Auto Body repairman and still at it. I once worked inside one of those 1920's buildings and always felt the history of the walls around me. As far as ASE goes it is of no value to any body tech anymore. the last time i took the test it was very outdated and insurance companies give it little value instead i-car and their endless testing is the assurance that insurance companies want.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I bet those old walls would have much to say! Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@johnhege6502]

When I finished high school in 76 fixing cars was a pretty good gig. A man with good instincts and a box of tools could make a middle class income straight out of high school. Not so anymore, I would not recommend to any young person to make it a career. it will destroy your body and when you finally retire on disability you will look back on your career and realize that for the most part your best intentions were badly exploited.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I can appreciate your experience and feelings. Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@ssilva9510]

new cars are not designed to be taken apart they are designed to be assembled as fast as possible . its a tough job. hard on your back, hands, eyes, lungs and ears. protect your body

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Protecting your body is a must! Thanks for watching!

[@JohnLazzaro-p2u]

40 years a ford tech . Had a great career for the most part.. but it’s a terrible way to make a living .. make better choices for yourself. That business is a thankless slave driven society. Your only as good as the last car you fixed . Ford can give a rats ass about you and the product that’s been in the tubes for years. And any manufacturer will be the same

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I can appreciate how you feel. Thanks for watching!

[@teddymullins3706]

Today's mechanic Has to be crazy to enter the business when a scan tool can cost $10,000That's not to mention the other tools that have to be bought costing $70,000 Making a little more than a minimum wage,

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I appreciate how you feel. Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@brianwhelan5382]

Is it true if petrol or diesel fuel is vpourised the mpg of the car will go up by 3 to 4 times, emissions also come down, auto commentators keep forgetting to mention this

[@kensmithgallery4432]

That's a lot to unpack to create a KZbin video. You would have to start at the laws of thermodynamics first and then you could begin to discuss the differences between gas and diesel fuel engines, how they burn or ignite the fuel in order to turn that into a power and then from there, what possibilities could happen if it was "vaporized", how it is done, where in the combustion process it was done. etc. Then there are other factors such as weight and aerodynamics, and thrust, and energy, gear ratios, all to which attribute to increasing the MPG, not just fuel burn. Honestly, that is way more to unpack then what I am even interested in. I appreciate your question though! Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@todddenio3200]

Some say yes and others say no but the majority say they don't know. I fall into the last group and haven't been able to find a definitive answer to it.

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

Stoichiometric efficiency

[@joecummings1260]

No, none of that BS is even close to being true. Anyone who believes in it has to be be borderline retarded, no free energy, no stan meyers BS, no 200 mpg carburetor.

[@andrewread154]

I was a mechanic in the 70’s and 80’s. I think we had better conditions in Australia.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for watching!

[@mohammedshaji9785]

I am Btech Degree Civil Engineer now 61 years old,But frankly tell I am highly interested in studying the work procedure of All type Automobiles including two wheelers Mohamed shaji Kochi,Kerala,India

[@kensmithgallery4432]

@@mohammedshaji9785 welcome to the channel! Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@NASCARLSON]

My great uncle worked at the Columbus Auto Body Works in the 1940s through the 60's. R.i.p. Clyde McCoy.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for sharing and for watching!

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

working on engines was pretty straight forward on an OHV or flat head. OHC were kinda rare. In 1964 something called a "PC" valve appeared. It was easy to disconnect. And in 1966-67 smog control really began. Chevy smog pumps in Calif. It was easy to remove. But by 1973 all kinds of pollution controls were being foisted upon us. Toyota's were very obnoxious. Dodge was good. Chevy was like Toyo. I didn't want to work on giant smog pump devices, I wanted to work only on Engines. So I quit it and got a psych degree. I'm pretty much fixated in the mid sixties and back. My carb doesn't need a computer, my differential doesn't need a computer. I prefer mechanical to electronic fuel injection. Like the 5.9 Cummins pre 1995. mechanical fuel inj and 2 valves. Etc.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I know exactly what you mean! My favorite era was the 60's to work on. Thanks for commenting and for watching!

[@frankjgornickjr3676]

Back in the old days they made vehicles were a regular person with common knowledge could work on the vehicle themselves! Back in the 70s and 80s when I grew up I never took my vehicle anywhere I did all my own stuff maintenance oil changes changing the clutch for the transmission. Nowadays there is no bumpers on vehicles hardly at all! And they want 10 times sometimes 20 times more in price! Quite honestly it's ridiculous! The old days they made them better even though we have all this new technology.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I appreciate how you feel. Thanks for watching!

[@mikeray1544]

My dad used to say " you will have a sore back and a empty wallet if you choose to be a mechanic" i say you will not get wealthy but will allways be " handy" ..lol

[@mikeray1544]

P.,S. ..I'm driving a 40 year old Dodge- ( old US Chrysler)

[@kensmithgallery4432]

That's pretty true for some. Thanks for watching!

[@danbooher5843]

Im a shade tree mechanic

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Nothing wrong with that! Thanks for watching!

[@lar4305]

Good for you. Today people can't pound a nail in the wall to hang a picture, all they want to do is sit in the house and play on the computer with games.

[@bukajkeramczak]

no i pickup tak zbudowaliście potęgę tego kraju ciężką pracą. Pozdrawiam

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Tha is for commenting and for watching!

[@malcolmirving9485]

Was this sponsored by the FoMoCo?

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I wish it was sponsored by Ford or anyone else for that matter. Thanks for watching!

[@advjoe2]

12:49 is that Betty Davis ?

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Honestly, IDK. Every picture I have seen of her with her hair parted, the part is on her left. That picture shows it on her right. I can see the similarities though!

[@johnhenke6475]

ASE is nothing but a scam. I know because I was an ASE master tech.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for watching!

[@charliemagoo7943]

So true.. customers have no idea what ase is. Want to buy a 50c patch? Please send us $12.99 plus $9.95 shipping and handling

[@Go4Corvette]

ASE are tests of your knowledge not of your honesty or professionalism as a technician. Sounds like you were around the bad apple's.

[@chrisbrown3925]

Ase keeps you thinking...the online recertification are great because you go in cold, and find out what you really know....BTW few techs in my shop want to take the L1 test...

[@Go4Corvette]

@chrisbrown3925 I took every test available including being a California state emissions inspector. I told all the kids to quit crying 😢 about things and make the effort to show there employers that they deserved the pay. I was never tuned down for a raise or worried about finding another job if needed. Also ran my own business and managed many others over the years.

[@2dogsmowing]

I remember my dad and I working on a vehicle I had when I first started driving. He asked me, would you like to be a mechanic someday. I told him no. I would rather run it and wreck it than have to fix it. That's when I did not care to much to work on vehicles. The issue I've always had about becoming a mechanic was that I would have to work on vehicles that I didn't care about working on. If I knew a little more about custom cars and trucks. I know I would have gotten into the trade. I'm not a mechanic by the meaning of one. I am very mechanically inclined and love working on my stuff on the other hand.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Welcome to the channel. Thanks for subscribing and for commenting!

[@Bodgemiester]

Got off the spanners 20 years ago, still do my own stuff. You can keep the modern crap

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I hear ya! Thanks for watching!

[@hondaxl250k0]

I would never higher a woman into my shop.. I enjoy a peaceful work environment and no victims.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for watching!

[@StephenLaw-mp2jk]

I know some great female mechanics. Are you afraid they would do a better job than the men in your shop?

[@hondaxl250k0]

@ lol not a chance.. I’m afraid they would sleep around the shop and distract the men from their work.. and every time I turn around she would once again be a victim of her own choices.. the lack of accountability and responsibility id never higher a woman for anything other than a nurse or nanny

[@StephenLaw-mp2jk]

@ You are delusional. You might seek professional help. You sound like you are afraid they would do a better job than the men you hire.

[@winker-g6p]

When did a mechanic first dupe a customer ??😮

[@kensmithgallery4432]

IDK. Thanks for watching!

[@Fred-mp1vf]

2:04 No, actually they were still way out of reach for the average working man!

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for watching!

[@jonsellards4678]

mechanic shortage is the dealers fault who wants spend thousands dollars on tools work in shop no heat got take pry bar to tire machince make work do tire change and make flat rate i work 8 hours got paid 3 bidonmics

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I understand how you feel. Thanks for watching!

[@clayton1439]

Mechanical

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for watching!

[@luisgordillo1695]

As a tech of 30 years, the late 70s all 80s and early 90s Cars were the worst to work on, all that smog crap and issues. And today Everything is just crap. cars today make mechanics look bad. I hate todays cars. Not just all the tech but even mechanical sucks . 😤😤🤣🤣

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I understand how you feel. Thanks for watching!

[@Rom3_29]

Without Mrs. Benz mechanical skills and marketing mind. There might not be Benz in Mercedes-Benz. Peugeot could have been be very first motorcar or some other French company.

[@kensmithgallery4432]

That is very possible! Thanks for watching!

[@willstansbury3747]

We don't have car mechanics these days we have parts changers they just plug in a computer and change the part computer says is bad

[@kensmithgallery4432]

I get it. Thanks for watching!

[@Flussig1]

Unfortunately it doesn't work like that.

[@jasonkoplen2554]

😂 thats what happens when consumers don’t want to pay for diagnostics. Modern vehicle headlights have more circuits/control modules than the Apollo 11!

[@andya857]

Great video,,

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Arizona-mb8hg]

Auto repair is a factory scam now,parts that break at set miles,, techs that cut your belts,fail to tighten the oil drain plug,it's the worse racket in America..

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for watching!

[@chrisbrown3925]

Us tech HATE a hack technician...they give the rest of us a bad name. We can spot them a mile away, and they usually don't stay around long..

[@Алекс-в9щ]

!!!!!

[@kensmithgallery4432]

Thanks for watching!