Ford Model T - Fifth Gear Legends
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Over the coming months, we're going to drive some of our favourite cars of all time and we're starting with an absolute cracker. In this video, Graham gets to grips with the backwards controls of a 101 year old Ford Model T and tells the tale of the car that revolutionised motoring.
It's a work of art. Such a beauty. Id really love a Ford AA truck.
Great car and video most modern cars struggle to last 10 years and are made out of cheap and nasty materials .
Little-known fact. Ford Model-Ts used engines and many other components made and designed by the Dodge Brothers company. Eventually Dodge Brothers merged with a newer company called Chrysler, and the rivalry continues today. Ford would be nowhere without Dodge, and Dodge would be nowhere without Ford.
Thanks for the history Lesson :0
the dodge brothers were ford engineers before forming their motor company.
Charles Bledsoe I believe Henry Ford started at Oldsmobile before starting his company. Walter Chrysler started at Amercan Locomotive. That might explain the 300C.
***** They ran an independent machine shop which made parts for many of the various car companies around at the time, most notably Ford and Olds. The Dodge Brothers Company was founded in 1900, Ford Motor Company in 1903.
***** Yeah, I don't dispute that. But it's worth noting that the "parts" they made for Ford included whole engines and altogether made up something like half of the car.
Great video, just one suggestion though, it made me cringe watching you crank with your right hand - big no-no! A model T should ONLY be cranked with the left hand when starting, as if it backfired, you could break your wrist and possibly arm too.
Otherwise, very good video.
You are right about that. I have had a lawn mower kick back on me before, not fun. Btw, love your channel mate.
Nice car! Mine is a 1916 touring. Nothing drives and runs like a T! Thanks for posting!
So it was an aFORDable car? ;)
The first massed produced automobile was the curved dash Oldsmobile. But I digress, the model to was more important.
Olds roundash was the first mass produced car, half of all cars in 1916 were Model Ts, and the Chevrolet 6 rendered it obsolete in the 1920s. This was a fast changing time.
Really interesting video. Actually Ford was the first mass produced car!
No, automotive historians generally agree that the first mass-produced car was the curved-dash Oldsmobile. It was built on an assembly line (but not a moving one) with interchangeable parts. In six years (1901-07) 20,000 were made.
The two-cylinder Rambler was also in mass production before the Model T.
1432CW- depends on your definition of 'mass-production'. Ford produced more cars in its first year without the assembly line- of Model Ts. The first year of 'assembly line work' saw over 308,000 built. To see those numbers see flic.kr/p/FE9ke5
I really need to find a way to drive one of these. I’m curious to see how it is to drive such an old car.
This is probably the best review I've seen of the Model T, and I've seen many.
The only other pre-WWII people's cars to come close were the Austin Seven and the Fiat Topolino. Both were great efforts to liberate their own people from motorcycle and sidecar combinations and cyclecars. Here's to the unique engineering and attitudes behind these machines.
This car will be working fine after 100yrs but our modern ford won't be working till 2050 without major overhaul.
Im a self-proclaimed minimalist. I view the Ford T as a perfectly simple vehicle that I would be happy to operate and drive today.
Use your foot to start it. Just don't drop the crank. ;)
Only descent car made by Ford.
this calls for a drag race! oh wait this isn't top gear :(
Great vid! I like those old brass models. I have a 27 Coupe that I enjoy getting out from time top time.
Thank god for the electric starter in 1919-1920
my 1914 T is crank start, after a year owning it, i love it, and often when the timing is wright the beast starts on her own, when cold ,gears stick at times, the monster might try to drive right over me, never mind, i am a big guy, love the challenge, once you know, it is a great driver,
Great episode, we could learn a lot buy trying to once again copy Ford's system, cheap, well built cars, built in your home country and sold for a fair price....oh to dream..
"Foot of the pedals, and we're still moving forward" - owwh not a fan of that! ... Most cars do that.
Couple of suggestions, as a Model T owner myself, 1. NEVER start the engine with the right hand, as if it were to kick back, you'd have a broken wrist. 2. Pulling away, the action on the clutch pedal must be quicker, rather than gradual, else you will burn out the transmission bands faster. The throttle should be at low revs for pulling away.
Otherwise, excellent video! :)
Did that guy just seriously start a model T with his right hand?
He's trying to break his wrist on the kick-back..
You did notice he tucked his thumb. That guy has started many Model Ts, he knows what he's doing.
Lol, they can't say 'Top Gear', they have to say 'High Gear'
COOL!!
i own 2 ford model a..
Beatiful, and even more beatiful when the engine starts. I wouldn´t let the air touch if in my hands.
the handbrake does not select the gears, the far left pedal does that, the hand brake has 3 positions, back means brakes on, middle means you can only set into first using the pedal, and handbrake all the way forwards means the pedal can how engage top as well as fisrt
Cool video, I want one!
Goosebumps, mate. That was a great piece. Nice to have a younger folk engage with such an old piece of kit, to give some perspective on how different things were. I'm off to Boston for annual Porschefest, for a very different kind of experience. And taking the MGB. Cheers.
My grampa remembers a farmer who used a Fordson, and had a team of horses hobbled, so they could pull the tractor uphill.
the green paint on this car is bad ass
There's an age limit for cars in the UK question. Mark my friend drives in 19 0 8 Ford on the road every Sunday.
Is that really the footware we were wearing 11 years ago ... thank fu** I'm developing Oldtimers !!
it's amazing to see how the automobile evolves through the years, this has been one of the greatest reviews I've seen... good job 5th gear...
This car used to be stored in the Ford Apprentice School in Harold Hill when I worked there in the late 60s, a lot of the restoration work carried out by the apprentices
my dream is to make my own manufacturer and sell excellent cars in affordable price like model T and Skoda
Cheap, well built, domestic. Pick two.
Cheap and well built? Honda Fit.
Cheap and domestic (for USA)? Chevy Aveo.
Well built and domestic? Chose a truck.
Nice segment
Grew up with a Dad trying to explain how this was the best car ever made
Pops would have been 105 today
Knew everything there was to know about keeping a T running. Which in a cold Cleveland winter, was not an easy thing to do
whats with those shoes!?!?!?!?!?
they look like they are off a movie set for somewhere between star wars and something about the roman empire.
I like my "T" because it forces me to drive and think. I don't think in my modern car. That is hazardous.
This is the car you’d drive to Sunday church ⛪️🚗
Besides the ford f series trucks I think people in uk and Europe like ford more than americans
yes you are, one went thru henley in arden the other sunday, four passengers aboard
I can't tell if your being sarcastic, but model t's come with a low and high gear.
is that a model t built to uk specs? or were the first ones all right side driver?
Wonderful little built to last forever car for the American people. Possibly like the cars had become 50 years earlier in Britain particularly but also France.
+Andrew Lohmann All country's had peoples cars later; 2CV, Beetle, Austin's Maurice’s and Ford's in the UK. But the Mini was the only classless car Royalty Celebrity and working men had them.
clarify if you would: 50 yrs earlier than today or 50 yrs earlier than the Model T?
+S Tho 50 years before the 1919 Model T with the electric start. That is about when the Steam Cars started to have a flash boilers.
+S Tho 1850's in Britain steam cars were getting quite popular so you could also say 50 years before the Model T.
I made some notes at the bottom of this page;
www.andrew-lohmann.me.uk/engineer/dr-who-classic-estb-1963/Doctor-Who---The-TARDIS
+Andrew Lohmann.
Well I couldn't stretch the imagination to say that early steam toys were becoming a practical "people's car" in 1860, five decades before the T, any more than Ford's Quadracycle was used by the average person. That's more of a steam punk, wild wild west alternate view of daily live in Dicken's time. When you can pull up a London street scene from 1860 with 100 private automobiles in one photo, then I'd take notice.
However you should watch Jay Leo's web shows on his steam cars, having a actual working collection. The White in about 1909 was the first really usable steam car for the people (w/o a house staff) that did not involve all the of work the earlier steams did, just to drive 2 miles down a rutty road. The vids are entertaining and real use on the road. You may enjoy.
I think this man's reviews and presentations are quite pleasant as are Leno's. Good companion segments.
Yeah! One should never start a clockwise rotating engine with their right hand!!!! If the engine back fires it could break your wrist. In this application one should use their left hand and never wrap your thumb around the crank.
-Stan Fischer
That's why I love Ford's.
History of "T" is much nicer than VW Beetle...
It was a 100% engineer marble ,before the model t only the wealthiest could afford a car ,it wasn't cheap like most people think 600$ was a lot of money but the reat were around 2000$.
My dad has a model T truck with a 3 speed warford gear box and a rukstell 2 speed diff he drives it all the time and we also drove it from Sydney Australia to Adelaide Australia
Oldsmobile was the first to use the production line!!!!!
@MrEricMBlack so is the internet, you better get out man
wow, first production car came with cruise control
back in the day, it was either this or walking, this was the first car that the common man could afford, when it came out in 1908, it cost the equivalent of $21,000 when a similar car cost over twice as much, and over the years the price kept coming down, the result, America fell in love with the car and transport was so easy
01:58 that's why Cadillac initially called their electric starter the "ladies' aid". I make sure every car i ever bought has one.
Remember to only compare it to a "horseless carriage" . But good honest show!
if you think you know how to drive,think again
this guy goes on about not having his feet on the pedals as if he doesn't test modern cruise control systems pretty much every day... a showman at heart
the problem is stopping fast. if a lorry has a problem and you're around the bend in a model t, that whole downshifting/mixture control thing isn't really practical.
I have a model T 1919.
Definitely requires some serious multi-tasking. I'm still learning how to drive mine.
Think about where your arm was when you cranked. If it had "backfired" you would have been injured. You should have used your left hand and faced the car cranking from 9 to 12 o'clock positions.
It's still hard for me to comprehend the fact that car is over 100 years old.
Crankin' that engine up seems like a dangerous chore, thank goodness for modern technology. Appreciate the history lesson tho'.
the model a (1928-1931) was the first modern affordable car every built. you could start the car from the inside. you had a clutch pedal, brake pedal, and a gas pedal. it had roofs available. you could order a heater as an aftermarket accessory. also was the first car to ever have down payments. kinda cool to know that some things never change.
LEGENDARY!!!! (such a beautyful car)
Awesome vid. I got to visit the original Model T factory and Detroit and it was awesome.
I can't wait to see what the next "legend" is, although I'm not looking forward to the Beetle.
Lightweight, no roof, 'loads of torque,' green...
Ladies and gentlemen, the Lotus Elise Model T!
@frdyn8tr There's only two gears......high and low. Top Gear doesn't come into it. ;-)
It was created accidentally... haha
The sound quality is really good on this video.
@t
as Henry Ford said it was best car ever,and i only agree.
Like the focus and the mondeo, the model T was the best handling car of it's class. LOL
it's rare to say this about webclips but im really looking forward to what future 'Legends' are lined up :)
@Adj19888 lolz
lets take that bad boy on the highway!! (great car)
@mastifiorulamitongla
Or just declutch and brake...
Well, that IS the correct term for it in a Model T, and most other 2-speeds...
Is that a 1910 Model-T?
What the hell is up with that rear wheel wobbling all over the place?
still better than the Fiesta
73nd guy to view the video.
next legend may be the mini
My dad has about 5 model T's. Love every single one of them!
1st guy to view the video.
Lets go ride in a mota ca!
wobbling wheel at the back
haha that car cant drift
That's old timey, Leon !
Yes ! I have the license plates to prove it on my 1914 T Touring.
On vehicles, you mean.
Fifth gear legind lol
@peterhejlejensen
pffff its called active camber. :)
A model T looks like fun to drive
Edsel's bones are in the motor
Sol arka tekerlekte balans var
but can it drift?
Put it on 1932 Ford frame rails, dropped beam axle, 1932 Ford grille, finned Buick brake drums, Duvall Windscreen, then anything from a Ford v8 to a Mazda 16v. Wheels? Steelies, hubcaps, trim rings and whitewalls.
sir_mittens No, that's a traditional hot rod.
thats the point you ruin the car
sir_mittens What part of Hot Rodding don't you get?
WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD FANCYPANTS!!!!!!!!!!
i got a ford ad on this video haha
OUTTA MY WAY TREE HUGGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!