1948 Davis Divan - Jay Leno's Garage
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Curator Leslie Kendall takes Jay under the hood of this aerodynamic, three-wheeled Petersen Museum rarity, masterminded by Gary Davis.
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1948 Davis Divan - Jay Leno's Garage
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"Honey I saw Jay Leno driving around today." "Oh yeah, what was he driving ?"..."A blue suede shoe."
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I was thinking it either looked like a blue potato 🥔 or a shoe.
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Don't step on my blue suede shoes!
I loved this. Leno directing traffic? Just another day in the garage.
Never knew you watched Leno's garage, cool!
+Lazy Game Reviews wow didn't know you watched Leno's Garage very impressive
Your presence pleases me.
@@hampusgunnarsson8389 Hes everywhere. I loved it once I see he commented on a video.
@Samir Franklin Samir you're breaking the car!
This is my wife's father's car. Her father was Gary Davis. She's got an incredible story that goes with the car, it's manufacture and Gary's life. She road in the car at the Petersen. Gary named the car "Baby". That's what he always called her.
Wow. This is really interesting. I can't believe in two years this comment hasn't gained too much traction! If you happen to hear any other stories regarding this car they would be awesome to hear! Thanks for sharing.
That makes the bit where Leslie Kendall talks about her father hiding in her closet all the more real and poignant , that would leave something of an indelible memory . I do love that ' have a go ' spirit of the age .
rode not road
@@willg4802 Turn the car upside down, put paddles in it, and it could be “rowed” like a boat!
Woah, this is quite fascinating! It would be great to get more insight about Gary Davis from a close source!
I like the fact that they don't edit out when things go wrong. That's just a part of owning something unique like this car.
When I watch this, I think of Jeremy Clarkson flipping the Reliant Robin on it's side around every corner.
WaybackTECH I think of him punching a guy in the face because he couldn't eat steak
WaybackTECH Jeremy Clarkson would flip a W35B duce-anda-half.
mike spence I think of him going through a divorce, losing his mother and not knowing whether he had cancer or not. That's not an excuse for punching someone, but the whole "fracas" isn't as simple as the media portrays it.
Henrik Stevn Nielsen
He was already under a lot of stress because of these issues, and it just came out in the way it did unfortunately.
WaybackTECH I think of him dishonestly saying that the Tesla had run out of charge when it really hadn't. He deserves all his bad karma and more.
Love this guy from the museum. You can tell he's a real enthusiast, and he speaks well, too.
The Petersen is the best museum in the world
Thanks for the help Jay Leno! Here's the link to our project on Indiegogo www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-s-build-this-3-wheeled-car-together
Jay's enthusiasm for this car was so fun to watch. He could pick out taillights, steering wheel, etc. that were like those parts on a Plymouth, Cord, etc. And his mechanical knowledge of old cars was quite apparent. World famous millionaire who still knows how to have fun while broke down on the side of the road, helping out directing traffic. Just another day at Jay Leno's Garage. You're awesome Jay!
It looks like those sponge Bob boats/cars
Ibrahim Bedwan haha
looks like a shortened and sectioned 37 Ford put 4 wheel sup and a flathead in it and you got scale down Ford the back looks a little Mercury Zeferish
or it looks like a shoe, lol
@@leeross5633 BREATHE
Floor it?!?
The guest was really great. You should bring him on again to talk about more cars.
Front looks like a mechanical shark, that shoots missiles through its eyes
More like submarine, which shoots torpedos.
Vanila Kung more like a angry shoe
DUKE NUKEM That's ready to chew bubblegum...
Vanila Kung Yeah, but does it have a freakin' laser on it's head? lol When you see the front, the bumper guards do look like teeth.
Vanila Kung, reminds me of Phantom Corsair
ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Corsair#/media/File:1938_Phantom_Corsair_Pebble_Beach_Concours_dElegance_2007_01.jpg
Jay leno is so polite..he always finds something nice or funny to remark about anything that runs, good upload!
the reason for the 3 wheels was the 1948 wheel shortage. The Drought in the midwest caused Wheel farmers crops to fail.
my sense of humour
Oh, cos rubber don't grow on trees?!
@@annother3350 a wheel is not a tire Ann.
@X X - Any other shape than around was a no good.
Yes. This is because so much foreign aid money went into supporting the floundering Italian spaghetti orchards, in the wake of The Second World War.
This may be the PERFECT STORM of Jay Leno's garage episodes… GREAT car… I mean you had the top dog at the TOP automotive Museum at least in the US, if not the world… AND the threat of having run out of gas, the PITCH for the kick starter... with that palm tree in the background… all SO classic… And THEN they get on the road and explain about the vented gas cap situation. All around with the unusual automobile & adventures etc.: I feel this makes for a close to perfect JLG episode!
If anyone might pass this comment along to Jay, let him know that I was the dude who did character voiceovers for him from 2000 through 2007 for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He will know who I am...
So Jay actually diagnosed it. More proof he is a car guy.
That was the first thing he thought of, you see him take off the cap and say it's not ventilated, usually you can hear a sucking sound when you take the cap off if it's venting, I've actually had that happen to me.
With cars of that vintage, the fix is usually something simple.
@@mjlucey-zm7wp no if you got to change the tires in that case ajajajaj
Best episode I've seen so far : ) Real smiles from real hearts ! And a random lady getting Jay Leno as a traffic manager…lol The Petersen has a nice face ???
Thank you for the laughter and the smiles and good luck with the renovation drive !
I'd like to see a Messerschmitt micro-car!
***** Your channel is awesome keep it up.
Thanks! Most people just call me names, I should ignore the troll comments. haha
***** One of the most interesting channels on youtube
Thanks! I'm trying to get Jay Leno to come play with mercury with me but.... he keeps thinking I'm talking about a car.
***** Haha
The funny thing is that "divan" means "couch" in several Slavic languages. And it does looks like a couch on 3 wheels dressed in a streamliner bodywork :)
***** The wide, "4-passanger" seat was probably the concept expressed in the "divan" model labelling.
***** It means that in English, as well.
***** C`est vrai.
***** or spanish...only with the accent: "diván"
Divan was a word in common use in the US in the 19th and early 20th century. Pronounced die van. I am surprised that it fell out of use, these guys never heard of it.
I saw one of these on a trailer at a rest stop maybe 10 or 15 years ago in Illinois or Wisconsin. It was non-restored and attracted some curious onlookers. I knew exactly what it was ! A rarity.
Jay, I like you. But Preston Tucker was acquitted and never went to jail. He died of cancer in 1956. You might want to correct that comment in a future video.
Looks like it jumped out a Dr. Suess book.
Thing 1 and Thing 2 would be the drivers of this rig!
The Cat in the Hat would be following close behind in his moss covered three handled family Gredunza.
My father worked in the Consolidated Aircraft plant in San Diego during WWII. He put a deposit down for a Davis. Obviously he didn't get one but we still have the brochure! ^_^
Divan mean Sofa on russian
@@alanmalan3819 in Dutch too
@@fukpoeslaw3613 In Texas too.
In Italian, sofa is called divano
Jay Leno, you are the refreshing antithesis of the average rich guy; so normal and unassuming, and infinitely likeable. Would love to meet you in person one day!
I've met some rich guys that are very Jay like, not Jay rich but north of 20 million. It often the guys there are doing ok and living it up to create an image of higher wealth that are up themselves.
That Hercules motor was also used for welders, mine had a hand crank, so, by the time you were ready to weld anything you were either worn out, or had a broken arm.
Continental it seems had different versions of the same engine. One for motor vehicles and one for stationary engines. Stationary are usually set at maximum torque and economy where the car engine [or small tractor etc] had an engine a bit more tractable and more useable rpm. Though I suspect that 3000 is max useable power but probably went to 3500 for the uphill drives!
Stationary engines were probably 1500-1800 rpm.
Though take a 350 Chev, 2bbl carb, wont rev, decent bottom end torque. Just a torquey old slug. Change the cam and valve springs, add a 4bbl intake and carb and that slug now wants to rev far nicer. Then better heads with more compression, hotter cam, better exhaust and now we are talking. Though then most of the bottom end components are suspect.
True
Looks like a wind up mouse.
It's like a Reliant Robin on steroids 😀
wayne burgess On burgers more like. ;¬)
lol :)
It's the reliant robins grandfather lol
wayne burgess lol, I just thought of Top Gear's review of the Reliant Robin.
Me too lol
doesn't Jay just have the best life as an old car guy, good on him. I love that I get to see and experience all these old cars, bikes and what have you, thanks guys.
DON'T RESTORE IT!!! You can restore a car a million times but It's only original once. That car looks good, runs and drives well enough and is a virtual time capsule from 1948. Fix the door hinge, hood cable, safety stuff, etc.. but leave everything else exactly like it is. I'd give money to a kickstarter campaign to NOT restore it!
You'd pay money to see this car end up being a dead shell? They wont restore it to some show car level that it was never meant to be, they will fix the faults and allow it to be kept alive for many more years and those things are expensive on cars like these.
@@volundrfrey896 This car obviously isn't a "dead shell" and restoration generally means being bought back to original new condition, not just "fixing the faults". Things break on old Ferraris, Jags and Rolls Royces, that's part of owning an aged, limited production vehicle. Fixing that stuff isn't restoration, nor should it require "donations". The fact the engine is missing, the bonnet won't open and they "ran out of gas" looks like a set up for begging for money. A competent person could have had the car gassed up and running on 4 cylinders before bringing it on the program.
In deed leave it be....
Just tidy up the obvious faults, it was running poorly, the exhaust had a hole etc. A mechanical tidy up and it should be as good as it ever was. And a new PETROL cap!
i loved driving this in LA Noire
I did too
Ditto.
Love the attitude of 'Hey, this is what happened, and we're not editing it out!'
What a great old car, and Jay and the Petersen are great for sharing it with us.
It's easy to show off some glamorous Deusenberg or Ferrari on a golf course -- but THIS is what old cars are about for most of us: aftermarket gas caps, little snapped cables, and calling for backup on the side of the road. Keep it up, Jay - and thanks for taking us along for the ride!
This is my topgear show!
Agreed.
maistro2t True. A show where they appreciate and love cars, not mock and wreck them.
maistro2t look for Chris Harris channel too.
thesmokingtire is a great car channel
Roadkill on motortrend channel is an amazing show.
"That's how you know it's a real Davis, is something's broken on it"
Ryan McIntyre I was like 🤦🏻♂️
Jay is just a 60 something year old kid with tons of money and a great mind.
70s
The car seemed alot cooler looking with the top off,great shade of blue paint to.
Ya can't find a more nerdier car than this one.
Jay buy it!!
Found the donation link:
www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-s-build-this-3-wheeled-car-together
Put a $1 in for giggles to get it done
This car makes me think of Tom & Jerry. This is definitely one of Jay's better guests. You can tell he's been on camera before and is well mannered I would say. It always makes watching the show a bit better but its of course not a "requirement". Today I have learned something new in automotive history, thanks Jay Leno!
Casey M : very polished and articulate guest...
haha. it looks like a clothes iron driving down the road.
Imagine the carnage that would of resulted back in the 40's ; turnovers, no seat belts, roll bars, crash testing.
it was a futuristic looking car for the times though, but poorly thought out from a safety standpoint
What a fantastic car to show off!
When I was a kid, "divan" was another word for "couch."
No Divan is a bed type thing (cot) you keep in living room..
Some people say 'davenport' for couch/sofa...
still is. that's what it was named for
It reminds me of a giant bumper car LOL 😂
My wife, Jill Davis, said that after Gary got out of jail he designed the cars for Disneyland autopia. Incidentally the car shown was named “baby” because that’s what Gary called his little girl.
Good video. Leslie Kendall added to it with his quips - "that's what happens when it's out of warranty". He He good one. The car looks like an oversized dodgem. Great to see the Petersen collection featuring these vehicles. Look forward to more of them.
Just silly. Very silly. The Easter bunny drives one of these. A great eggsample of automotive engineering. That joke was even too cheesy for Jay. Lol. :-)
Kevin Dilke look like a baby frog car ie citrion
What would've been really funny when you broke down is if someone would've yell at you to buy an American car!
Looks like a toy boat I used to have when I was a kid
Makes me think about the thunderbirds, this design, looks like a fun car to drive
I love this channel. Thank you mister Jay Leno for making these awesome videos.
OMG...yes I would drive this!!
Spilled my coffee when he pulled the headlight lever control. Fun looking car, thanks for sharing Jay.
VintageTexas59 :the old Opel GT also had a mechanical lever to pop up/turn on the headlights...
Your local lawnmower repair shop derives 90% of its business from clogged gas caps. Everybody should know about this scam!
I'm not kidding. It's a scammmmmm!!!
This is now one of my favorite episodes ever! The guy that brought the car is hilarious
This makes me want Jay to check out the Elio even more... With all the start-ups and odd-ball cars he's had, I would love to see his take on the Elio!
NEAT STUFF............... I love these Oddball cars!
Jay's the man. He went straight to the un-vented gas cap. Only real motorheads figure things out & never sweat the small stuff.
Ohhh that was brilliant, priceless!
Thanks for showing us the car Jay, I've never seen one before :o
Here's the indiegogo page for anyone interested
www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-s-build-this-3-wheeled-car-together
The Glamourus Reliant Robin
What a SUPER model Jay! It could have been Citroën, because the front has a bit DS in it.
Jay, I love the show. I would love to see a Bricklin in an episode if possible. Thanks for the great work.
The old car guy in me immediately said "they just slowly turned around. Sounds like vapor lock"
It looks like a car from Fallout
Yes, because back then they played fallout to! :)
lol
ubbgn no
WHOA! Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. Sorry Jay, check your facts. Preston Tucker NEVER went to jail. He was acquitted of all charges in 1950. To my knowledge, and according to the book: "The Indomitable Tin Goose", nobody on the Tucker board of directors was ever charged with anything and never spent a day in jail. Maybe it's time to do a JLG episode on the Tucker?? That would be awesome!
Alfred Neuman : I think he did with Francis Ford Coppola
20:32 "Can you really put 4 persons in it = ) ?" and she chooses Kigo ( or whatever is his name : ) ) , the biggest and fattest guy there : ) .Well,in 1948 there was hardly anyone that big : ). Put 4 fit or slim ones,like the museum guy or the dude in checkered flag,not that big dude = ) .
Lol, Jay looks tiny next to that thing.
While we are on the subject of three wheeled cars AND possible fraud (Tucker and Davis), why not do something on the Elio Motors story, which sounds a lot like the Davis story. They are driving examples of the Elio around the country to drum up interest and have been quite successful in that regard. Would featuring one yourself seem too much like a promotion? But along with the interest there is some controversy with pushed deadlines, evaporating production facilities and lots of frustration. I know this may be too much of a hot topic, but it is a comtemporary car story. Just saying.
Now I know where CITROEN DS came from :-)))
Out board motors have gas caps with shut off vents. We kept forgetting to open the gas cap vent. I bought a new 1967 Jeep CJ-5. They didn't come with a radio, passenger seat, back seat, or windshield washer. Those were extras.
0:01 love it when Jay sings at the start of these videos. What a beautiful voice.
Jay always comes across as a really genuine guy. He brings the best out of all his guests. Along with his vast knowledge and love of cars this to me makes this the greatest car channel on UA-cam
Wow beautiful love it
Donny lamb u like this??
Great looking car...reminds me of a "bumper car" from Coney Island amusement park.
That shot of the factory Davis bought and used to build this car is wonderful. Look at the farm land, the empty fields, no rows and rows of houses, no illegal immigrants/gang members, no homeless folks....man, California really was once a beautiful place...
Vented gas caps are getting hard to find due to the closed venting systems for emissions control.
Nolo Fumor
This is why I love those classic cars. They got design.
I had a 250 Ducati that I polished to a fair-thee-well only to have it quit running about a mile from home. Start, quit. Same deal, I had waxed the vent hole shut in the gas cap. Sure was shiny though.
I love it when the fantastically rich ask the working class for donations.
Ok you must read the history of the Dale Car Jay Leno mentionned, it's just too good !
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentieth_Century_Motor_Car_Corporation
25:05 awwwww that was cringe worthy
lol i definitely would have done the same thing that guy did
Right after WW2 Americans seen what the other side of the W🌎rld had to offer and we're so eager to build what they seen than realised that Americans we're just strapped for c💸sh and couldn't afford them so thats why we didn't have exotic cars on our roads so thats why we see so much Prius today on the roads when we should be seeing Pagani's if only the Government paid our Soldiers Sport players salaries
LEAVE IT ALONE!
TheGuerillapatriot Exactly, just give it a good cleaning, and some routine maintenance, only 11K miles not even broken in.
+TheGuerillapatriot It was repainted the wrong color. They showed the restoration last night on T.V
Do not let Clarkson near it! Though it does look far more stable than the Reliant Robin. Maybe Davis should have sold these in England, Davis, Reliant and Morgan.
What is the name of that short vocal music right at the start that ends with a yip?
I wanna go to the Peterson Museum & see the car that was a scam
The Dale & actually build a working replicar as it was advertized as having hehe
25:03 So awkward...
I woder what kind of car Jey Leno would build? Not that he needs to.
PrivateEyeYiYi He has built a jet car
L.A Noire anyone?
No.
Ahhh the 50s. I mean they made boat cars...for reals. Good stuff and forward thinking
It doesn't go fast as expected.
stick a 4 wheel sup in it that would take of the crazie
***** you looked at this thing and thought it went fast? lol
Fast? It looks electric and slow. Its nostalgia not NASCAR
***** Why she'll do 120mph........downhill in a hurricane.
Why does it have to be fast anyway ?
Because...MURICA ! FCK YEA !
I never knew they made a car to look like Jay Leno-His "Irish twin"-made around the corner.
Why would u want to restore it, its a museium peace, its stationary, no need to restore it to total perfection.
I'm a 52yr old car guy much like yourself. I would love to meet you and see your garage. Hell, if you invited me I don't know how the hell I would get there? Maybe I would drive my Porsche 914 from North Carolina, that would be an adventure itself! Anyway, maybe you could have a contest or something. You know, I don't even care about you being famous. This is totally about being and meeting another car guy. In fact, if I can get an invite to see your cars, I'll figure out how to get there. I'm not interested in getting anything from you other than a little time to see your cars. My vast collection consist of one Porsche 914. I think I have a car that you don't? I've never seen one on your show or heard you mention owning one.... Anyway, I hope I hear from you! Thanks Tracy Johnson
Central Scrutinizer ...sounds like one of those Top Gear challenges
So basically it's a piece of crap, a worse 3 wheeler than the Reliant Robin! Need a 3 wheeler? Just get a Morgan, far better, and it can actually go round corners fast without tipping over!
I really enjoyed watching Clarkson rolling around like a drunken turtle in the Robin - disappointed that I didn't get the same thrill with Jay. But a very odd, interesting vehicle.
David Archer haha yeah I was hoping it would tip over :D
Drew Able even without the breakdowns it's horrible!
Carl Draper haha you're missing the point man....
It's rare but shite
I had a feeling it was vapor locked. I love it when the solution is simple!
Leno, not only has a massive collection,he gets to also drive some very rare ones also.The one I like best is the Steamer that he took out.
I saw a similar car in a Donald Duck cartoon just never thought it was real,if there is a consolation at least it drives Better than a Reliant Robin.
Hilarious! I could picture a hipster with 3 hot women driving down the road in a car like this
Preston Tucker DID NOT go to jail. Neither for fraud nor anything else. He went to court to face charges of "manipulating" the stock market relating to his car, but all charges were dropped. Just not as loudly as the charges against him were announced. You know how they did it, you would find the "correction" on page 27 of the newspaper in fine print. Therefore, everyone heard the charges and assumed that he went to jail, but that never happened.
I know that this was widely "known" at the time, but I had to do a school paper on him way back in high school in 1967, a year before I graduated. Information was very hard to come by in those days. Remember, there wasn't any such thing as the internet in those days. We were given a few months to do our research, which I needed, as the information I couldn't find in our city's library, had to come from letters of request which I wrote. Some of the replies took a while, but I was able to verify the facts of his court case. I'm sorry that I don't still have that information, what with moving several times, getting married and having kids, (and now 4 grandkids).
I just get so mad about this one rumor being spread when I know better. Oh well, you reach more people than I do, so I guess we will hear more about "Tucker was a jailbird" stuff, (for want of a slightly different word).
Thanks for clearing his name 🐶🐶🐶
Fantastic Q&A, Leno you really are good pulling out the pertinent history and creating a full story that is more than just a look & see. You take your time, let ideas come to mind, wonderful to watch (and I don't even particularly like the car). Thanks!
THE FUTURE - lol Imagine showing someone from 1948 the McLaren P1.
Hey Jay; Reminds me of an electric bumper car at a carnival. And that trunk could fit four BODIES in there !!. As far as the gas goes my old lawn mower did that you needed to burp it - ( open the cap and let air in or it wasn't going to run ) Love the two arm power steering LOL. Thanks Jay for your channel.