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After 30 years of being in and around this field I can count on one hand and have fingers left how many women I saw working in any mechanical field. Note all the pictures they showed that wasn't about "women in the industry" how many women you see in those pictures? Yeah, that's how many I saw too. Ever increasing pressure for better fuel mileage made the cars smaller and smaller until it was like working on motorcycles, I switched to trucks. The automotive repair industry is extremely unhealthy, dirty hard hot/cold work, definitely underpaid, and generally treated like crap. For me it was a bait and switch, the cool cars of the 60s got me interested in the field, then I got to work on 80/90 cars and hated it. Why guys get into it today I'll never understand?

Started at 15, 77 now. All of this is gone today. Technicians have no real repair knowledge at all. High school courses in all service trades were shut down starting in the early 80's. When my generation is gone how will they fix anything?

Getting a kick out of women one, working, making a repair, under the guise of a mechanic, I question that, in skirts and high heels. Then the assembly line with the women in dresses and heels. Reminds me of the old time moves where women had to run across fields and such, in heels.

Interesting, this starts out something about mechanics started in Europe. In 1870, Seldon built the first gasoline engine. A one- cylinder - that did run, the rest of the vehicle was only on paper. In 1876, the Corliss gasoline engine powered the centennial. In 1894 the Electrobat was introduced. Did any other vehicle on planet earth outsell the Electrobat? By 1900 worldwide automobile production was something like 4,400 automobiles. The Columbia produced over 2200 of those. Electrobat and Columbia were both produced in Hartford, Connecticut. Columbia had bought out Electrobat by that time. We all know about Ransom Old’s Fire in Detroit, in 1900, then everything really heated up.

A piece of good news has finally happened. Our annual automotive swap meet has moved back to the original fairgrounds from which it started on. No more travelling in heavy traffic (much of it tandem gravel trucks) for about 50 miles on the freeway. Now it's only about 20 miles away. And free parking is back. So there's still hope for the Model A hobby and the old car hobby in general around Vancouver, BC, Canada.

How many auto workers today go to work wearing a white shirt and bow tie?

Excellent compilation of photos, videos, and information. You really should put all this material in a book. I would definitely buy one

Seems like there had to be at least one strawboss in each segment.

Iowa State College (later became University IIRC) was where the guy from "Junkyard Digs" went to school.

Im a heavy maskin mecanic and i really love the job bercuse you never know what you are going to do the next day 😁 Sure somtime ist really heavy and sometime you are fixing a hard electrical isue and the next day you are doing regular maintinens. 🫡 Sometime i must fix the part and sometime just a easy swapout🤷‍♂️

Years ago a co worker told me about buying a V 12 Lincoln, after a few days it started knocking..... he dropped the oil pan to check it, someone had used Pabst Blue Ribbon beer can to shim the bearings.........

Amazing video so well done with the music and appreciation for all the techs from early days until today. Thank you.

Glad I learned to work on vehicles at a pretty early age! Started buying tools back then too! USA made. Not the cheap a$$ stuff they sell now!!

Today as a mechanic you need to be a computer tech as well. Ive been turning wrenches for nearly 15 years. The industry is trash and things are getting bad. I dont recommend this job.

Wow! The first three minutes show what appears to be an endless gasbag discovery. If we had that energy source today, there would be no fear of shortage.

Thank you for the excellent history lesson on auto repair as the automotive industries changed. For those today that say the computer has taken over you hands on skills. In my humble opinion, I think back to the blacksmithing that thought the 🐎 less vehicles would never replace the reliable horse. They had to adapt to the huge change sense Henry Ford was making a very affordable vehicle ( new to the American) mode of transportation 😊 bet you lots of blacksmithing though the same way many of you people today think about the computers taking your hard earned skills you learned, then these changes came faster than you expected. It means you had to go back to school. WW-2 teaching, especially on motorcycles, started huge motorcycle groups after the war. So these guys could WORK on their own bikes 😊 and take to the open road as a group and travel around. My own military ( AIT) in 1975 in class was full of these early type troble shooting devices that found engine faults. I remember the big building we had full of static Detroit Detroit 6-71s that were all there to run and trouble shot. One soldier would put a problem on an engine, and the other soldier would have to find it. We got tested on these early type electronic tools to tune GAS Jeep engines

i liked that it wasn't themed like usually car tech vids are. good video. but obviously the bad theme is right. these days being a car tech is a dying field. only way i could see it being worth it really in the long run is to open one man garage and that one man is a tech. pretty much best way to be happy in this field is to be your own boss. you need to build your own one man company. cause haven't seen a single company that isn't trying to rob you. if you ask for a raise then they say "sorry, no can do" when you put the leaving paper on the table then somehow they can give you a raise. the shit you have to go through is not worth the money most of the time. fleet tech is okei too in a good company.

That was a nicely put together piece of history. Thanks for putting it together. On a side note, I've been working on cars for 32yrs, started my own business a decade ago. I know several small and large shop owners, I bet it's been 15 or so years since I've even heard about a conversation regarding ASEs. There is always more to learn and most things made in the last 7yrs have more lowest bidder, creature comfort garbage in them than anyone why's to admit to. Stuff that can't even be opened to fix it, just have to replace it. I find it very very sad. It's actually taking away from the mechanic that could figure out how too fix most anything. I hope that trend ends soon. We need our cars and trucks with simplicity, longevity, and souls, not multiple touchscreens and cup coolers.

I went to school to be an auto mechanic and then I never done it except for working on my own vehicle. The hell with that nightmare. I became a contractor Carpenter and made far more money than I ever would have been doing mechanics.

Absolutely fascinating! I wonder if the guy with the bowtie doing the upholstery is named Maxwell - he's an expert at using his silver hammer!

Nowadays they charge like $300 per hour and that's not even going by the book everybody's just getting ripped off these days by most mechanic shops it's so sad... The oil change place here in Florida was trying to charge me $240 just to change out a belt that cost only $45

In 1970-72 I worked in a full service station as a gas pump jockey but I also learned to repair tires, change oil, and lube cars. It was really educational about people. Several times I was told to fill it then they claimed to say just one dollar even after sitting their for a prolonged time while I filled their tank. My instructions from the owner in these cases was to offer to pump out their tank or pay the amount which ever the prefer. All of them elected to pay. I finally learned to respond with what they stated and had one that said fill it but when I repeated it as a question he looked at me and said "no just a dollar" kind of sheepishly. There where also the flimflam artists that would hand you cash then change their minds several times trying to confuse the situation ending up getting free gas and more cash to boot. I was taught to hold the original amount handed to me wrapped around my middle finger to keep it separated as proof of the amount handed to me. They would hand me a 10 for a couple dollars of gas then claim they handed me a 20. This is the education you can only get in the wild and can't be taught or isn't taught in a school setting. This is one of the drawbacks of today's life. Kids don't have the opportunity to learn these things early in life when they don't have as much to loose.

I was about 8 years old in '73. I remember full service pretty much disappearing after the embargo. Seemed like gasoline made a huge move to convience stores after that.

Pittsburgh, PA makes sense. The Drake well was in Titusville just to the North and is considered the first crude oil well in the U.S. My grandfather worked for Pennsylvania Refining Company for 40 years and was headquartered in Butler Pa and facilities in Karns City, Pa.

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.

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 . 😤😤🤣🤣

These worker's didn't realize they were making a piece of history, and not only a living. Beautiful car's.

Wonderful film, but despite all the handwork and craftsmanship, it is worth remembering that most of the workers in auto manufacturing - like my uncle back then - worked long hours doing repetitive tasks in a dirty and dangerous environment all of which they hated.

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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 .

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

Should do one on tire technicians being separate from auto technicians

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How wonderful to see this documentary and how this craft has grown into a craftsmanship and mastery in these times. I was the youngest member of a large family in the garage world at the time. I attended my first vocational school for the basics of mechanics and car electricity. But I learned the training and craftsmanship at home in our workshops. This from my 12 year in '75. We were then known not only as a bottom factory, where we manufactured bottoms and covers for silos and tankers, but also for the better second-hand luxury cars and imports of new American cars. We had our own mechanics who were already specialists for a specific brand such as Citroën, Peugeot, Renault and Opel and a complete bodywork department for repairs and finishing. A complete workshop for custom parts, as well as a separate company for interior renovation. All in one family... Unfortunately, modernization and consumer society has put an end to that. I still keep myself busy with the complete restoration of old cars today as it was back then... I also provide training and advice to volunteers and members of our workshop where they can learn and help to their heart's content. If we can't find parts anywhere, we make them ourselves.

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.

Why is it so suprising to you all that humans are problem solvers and can build things, and were also able to before electricity was invented.. before this videos timeframe included..?

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

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

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.

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.

It would be nice if the commentator could explain what’s going on in the picture .

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!

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

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

Ford is the only one of the bid 3 to still cut there own gears

I’m thankful for a 42yr career , mostly as a lift truck operator for Ford Motor Co, I thank the good Lord

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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.

I was an auto tech for 30 years, the money was the only good thing.... Everything else is toxic and soul destroying both mentally and physically...