This has been one of my favorite projects. Blacksmithing, woodworking, investigating, history and the like! I always enjoy your approach and craftsmanship. Thank you Dave as always for taking the extra time to teach and take us all along on the journey! Until next time, happy trails!!
Wheelwright, coach builder and now...detective! Your work is fantastic. That is obvious in the craftsmanship. But your careful research and deductive reasoning leaves me in awe. You're going to have to invest in a Sherlock Holmes style deerstalker cap to go with the leather vest. Elementary, my dear UA-cam!
Your homework never stops. I like how you rebuild the wagon to its original design. Changing your mind always helps the rebuild. Great content Dave. Stay safe.
Yes, I say thank you also. That is an interesting story. I can see why Dave gets into these old pieces of history and makes himself available to build these coaches, and put new life to the equipment that comes in and goes out of the doors of Engels Coach Shop. Thank you Dave and Dianne
Another all-to-short episode featuring the incredible craftsmanship of Dave Engel. I have to admit I'm envious of the satisfaction you must feel when a project like this one is completed and delivered to the customer. Thanks Dave and Diane for sharing your incredible accomplishments iwht us.
I am learning so much watching your videos. My tendency, as a woodworker, is to stand back and appreciate the work. But that is usually at the beginning and end of the day. Admire your dedication to history and recreation of the bygone Era. We may need that again if things ever go south. Simplicity has its place. Thank you for sharing.
This video is why I enjoy watching your channel. I don’t recall seeing you change your mind as often as I have with one. The best part is always the end and the work that went into it! Thanks!
This is a major step forward. A lot of people forget that photographers often donated their prints and negatives to State Universities. Problem is, there are too many donated collections to process.
Your channel to me, is the most interesting one that I watch… Many times it feels like I am sitting in your shop drinking a cup of coffee and conversing with you while you are working!!! Thank you and Diane for making your library and sharing your videos!!!
😮 THANKS. really. Just 😢 what I needed. ANOTHER high quality UA-cam channel. wait🤚you did mention TWO DIFFERENT CHANNELS😭With so much garbage out there, and I'm 70 years old & pretty much recliner bound, I still need more time to keep up with all the very very high quality UA-cam channels. Mr. Engel just 2 weeks ago sent me down the "Working Horses With Jim" rabbit hole (not to mention, but THEIR daughter has her own channel, following her old house restoration) Then EVERY Monday Wednesday & Friday there's Itchy Boots (nearly all of Noraly's current season 7, in North Africa made my "Itchy Boots Best" playlist (public)) Fridays Ron Pratt (good Christian man, good family man, great problem solver) Ship Happens (tongue in check British couple rebuilding "Surender" a wooden mine sweeper, D-Day lead ship (the small navel vessels in front) I could go on 😊😉😋✌️
I do some antique restoration and have similar puzzles to unpack and decipher if things are repaired or original? This was a good one , I suspect you get the same feeling of satisfaction when you know you have it figured out! I really enjoy your channel, I grew up on a farm in Alberta but have retired after 40 years in engineering on 5 continents we lived on 3 of them and are enjoying living in the SE of USA an I spend most days in my workshop or gardens . I understand your draw to having your own piece of ground to grow and look after and run a few head of cattle.
It's fascinating how small details can lead to construction problem answers. Thank goodness for old photographs. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Backwards facing fold down jump seats also used to be common in many vehicles. In fact, I think they made it into the Checker Cab era. I've seen them in Broughams, and I've seen them in sleighs. Well done figuring that out. It does make sense now. That was definitely a "form follows function" wagon.
It's always wonderful to watch a Blessed tradesman handle his tools. You are a gifted worker no two ways about it. Thanks for sharing your skills with us.
I don't always remember to click a like but when i see 24k views in 8 hours and 5k thumbs up i think more people should remember to hit that like button... another enjoyable video ... i'm mesmerized by your research and foundry skills. Fantastic sleuth work!
Old pictures tell better stories than new ones while our vehicles today have everything we don’t need the ones from yesterday where built to serve a purpose with some what local materials that could be repaired rather easily makes you wonder what direction we’re going in!!!!
Hi Dave and Diane ☺, I did wonder if the space beneath the front seat was for a toolbox or something, but now this new information makes more sense, as usual a nice bit of forging is involved , thanks for another interesting video mate, stay safe, best wishe's to you and Diane. Stuart and Megan UK.
The forensic pathology that goes into your coach building is so interesting. I always learn something when I've watched one of your videos, Dave. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with all of us. Incidentally, I found some of the forging to be a bit...upsetting...ha! (I can't resist blacksmithing humor.)
Preserving the past through your videos is a treasure. I am confident that your UA-cam followers would agree this is knowledge worth saving. I would suggest that you reach out to some of the contacts you have made and search for a proper "fit" - an institution that would accept your documented work and preserve it in the way it deserves. UA-cam is a good medium to share information, but it being a for profit business may not make it the best choice as an archive.
And now we have the rest of the story !! What an ending find you all came up with. Fantastic job of researching done by those involved with the riddle. Thanks for sharing with us Dave and being such a patient person coming to a realistic answer to what was unseen from the photo's you were sent by the wagon owner. You did great. Fred.
Nothing like a good Friday night "who dun it" murder mystery.... I'm totally fascinated by this channel. The history of some of your projects is sometimes more fun than the project at hand. I've learned a lot about woodworking and some tips on how things should be and how to fix things when they are not. One of the things I found of interest is replacing the rubber tires on a wheel. Who knew about the steel wires inside the tire ..... Anyway , keep up the history lesson and projects we'll keep watching.
Это искусство! И ты очень великий человек Энгельс, я очень обожаю твою работу и твой талант! Благослови тебя Господь на долгие года.. Одесса . Украина.
Thank YOU UKRAINE!!! (and thanks to Google translate so I could read it) Thanks and honor to Ukraine for showing the rest of the world how to fight totalitarianism. "Live Free or Die" is, nor should it be, just the "official State moto" of a certain USA state. Воля України або смерть русский корабль, ид__ нахуй
keep watch you haven't seen anything yet. his tailoring sewing skills are outstanding plus his blacksmithing skills. give him a milling machine and metal lathe plus a foundry and there would not be anything he couldn't do.
It's amazing the way you have been able to build this wagon by solving the mystery of what it's original design was using bits and scraps of information. Great job. Thank you.
Wow, it all makes sense. It fits together. I _know,_ from other reliable sources, that a huge number of passenger coach lines were only financially viable because of revenue from hauling the U.S. Mail. Congress knew that this was happening, and it is one of the reasons so many small towns begged for their own Post Office. It was a way to provide a passenger service to them without actually saying that is what was happening. The U.S. mail was the initial financial support for commercial air lines. So I think Dave has it correct.
I get excited to see a new video from you about the mud wagon and then the video ends with me just enthralled at your work and detective skills! Please don’t take this as a criticism but they’re not long enough, I could watch for hours and probably will when the whole series is done. Thank you again for letting us follow along.
Thanks again to Dave & Diane for this video. "National" treasure...no, International treasure. This video library will doubtless prove to be a refection of the knowledge & skills of a man who places the passing of knowledge to others alongside his particular craft.
Yup, I said it a month ago that the front seats didn't have solid sides to them 🤗 ...still, this is only plan C - or is it D now? I wouldn't be surprised to see it change again. Great viewing as always - not just just the building of a wagon but also the design processes too!
I was always thinking the front seat had open sides but I kept my mouth (fingers) shut following Abraham Lincoln's adage “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.” Anyway, would it have been possible to remove the front seat if there were a large load of mail bags? I think that would have been easier to tie down than some below the seat and some on top of it. Great video, as always.
Wheelwright....Crowdsourcing, sponsored and presented by EngelsCoachShop. Imagine that, not very many content creators take kindly from their audience's input, but when the host like Dave has the "never to old to learn" mindset, well....the possibilities are endless. When you add a very supportive wheelwright wife like Diann, it sure makes the wheels turn a whole lot easier. There is much to be learned, adopted and applied from these two wheelwrights,...... I have no doubt Diann can swing a hammer like her husband Dave. Thank You Dave, Diann and the crowdsource sleuths doing what they do to help rebuild history. God bless y'all!
Right in the moment you assumed there was a place for Mailbags or freight of some kind, I was like "well, there have to be some hooks then". Craftsmenship is a mindset. Greetings from Germany, Marcus
Industrial archeology is one of the challenges that goes hand in glove with restoration or recreation of an old "thing". It's as if you try to put yourself into the time period of the item and attempt to think as the craftsman or machinist did. An enjoyable process.
Hope someone can create drawings with descriptions of all of the different parts, features and various uses that you have rediscovered by researching, reverse engineering, and building this coach and the other thing you have built. Would make a very interesting book and documentation for everyone.
As another commenter's has said already, this is very much like a Sherlock Holmes mystery. I will suggest, we'll see if anyone else seconds, that after you finish this mud wagon, you edit the series, not just for your fans, but for sale to maybe National Geographic, is the first television show that comes to mind. Your business could make some mulla $$$ and gain a whole new audience.
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This channel has become a national treasure. Your reverse-engineering skills are unparalleled.
National treasure is exactly right
I agree very interesting. More please
They kind of remind me of those old wood working shows that where on tv many years ago. I absolutely love this channel 🌴👍👍😎🌴
Thank You 🙏. Fun to watch how you deduce how the mud wagon was together
Absolutely Fascinating
This has been one of my favorite projects. Blacksmithing, woodworking, investigating, history and the like! I always enjoy your approach and craftsmanship. Thank you Dave as always for taking the extra time to teach and take us all along on the journey! Until next time, happy trails!!
Thanks for taking me along with you
I bet you were able to sleep better once you figured that out, with the additional information you received! Congrats!
Wheelwright, coach builder and now...detective! Your work is fantastic. That is obvious in the craftsmanship. But your careful research and deductive reasoning leaves me in awe. You're going to have to invest in a Sherlock Holmes style deerstalker cap to go with the leather vest. Elementary, my dear UA-cam!
Man, that belt sander is a hungry beast!😂
Your homework never stops. I like how you rebuild the wagon to its original design. Changing your mind always helps the rebuild. Great content Dave. Stay safe.
I could not agree with you more!
This is one one the few channels I specifically check to see if I missed any content! Great work with great skills.
Yes, I say thank you also. That is an interesting story. I can see why Dave gets into these old pieces of history and makes himself available to build these coaches, and put new life to the equipment that comes in and goes out of the doors of Engels Coach Shop. Thank you Dave and Dianne
Another all-to-short episode featuring the incredible craftsmanship of Dave Engel. I have to admit I'm envious of the satisfaction you must feel when a project like this one is completed and delivered to the customer. Thanks Dave and Diane for sharing your incredible accomplishments iwht us.
I am learning so much watching your videos. My tendency, as a woodworker, is to stand back and appreciate the work. But that is usually at the beginning and end of the day. Admire your dedication to history and recreation of the bygone Era. We may need that again if things ever go south. Simplicity has its place. Thank you for sharing.
DAVE LOOKING GREAT AND GREAT VIDEO...TELL ALL HELLO...SEE YOU TUESDAY...
This video is why I enjoy watching your channel. I don’t recall seeing you change your mind as often as I have with one. The best part is always the end and the work that went into it! Thanks!
This is a major step forward. A lot of people forget that photographers often donated their prints and negatives to State Universities. Problem is, there are too many donated collections to process.
And far too many photos have been lost that would be useful in situations like this.
Like a hound on a Fox's tail, the coach detective found the clue with the help of his informants! Nice.
Your channel to me, is the most interesting one that I watch… Many times it feels like I am sitting in your shop drinking a cup of coffee and conversing with you while you are working!!!
Thank you and Diane for making your library and sharing your videos!!!
You are an artist in league with Baumgartner Art restoration and Thomas Johnson furniture restoration.
My top 3 UA-cam sites. Thank you.
😮 THANKS. really. Just 😢 what I needed. ANOTHER high quality UA-cam channel. wait🤚you did mention TWO DIFFERENT CHANNELS😭With so much garbage out there, and I'm 70 years old & pretty much recliner bound, I still need more time to keep up with all the very very high quality UA-cam channels. Mr. Engel just 2 weeks ago sent me down the "Working Horses With Jim" rabbit hole (not to mention, but THEIR daughter has her own channel, following her old house restoration)
Then EVERY Monday Wednesday & Friday there's Itchy Boots (nearly all of Noraly's current season 7, in North Africa made my "Itchy Boots Best" playlist (public))
Fridays Ron Pratt (good Christian man, good family man, great problem solver)
Ship Happens (tongue in check British couple rebuilding "Surender" a wooden mine sweeper, D-Day lead ship (the small navel vessels in front) I could go on 😊😉😋✌️
I love that Dave is putting so much thought into replicating what the mud wagon was meant to be. And using the existing irons wherever possible.
Thanks D & D, it is fun watching it come together!!
I do some antique restoration and have similar puzzles to unpack and decipher if things are repaired or original? This was a good one , I suspect you get the same feeling of satisfaction when you know you have it figured out!
I really enjoy your channel, I grew up on a farm in Alberta but have retired after 40 years in engineering on 5 continents we lived on 3 of them and are enjoying living in the SE of USA an I spend most days in my workshop or gardens . I understand your draw to having your own piece of ground to grow and look after and run a few head of cattle.
At 16:45 it looks like Dave has a brand new power hammer. The frame has clean new paint, the bolts are shinny, as are the anvil and hammer. Nice.
I can not thank you enough for sharing your life with me. But thanks again!
The minivan is the modern mudwagon. Thank you for showing us how it all started.
Glad to get another wagon or wheel building fix this afternoon instead of skipping your channel altogether.
that box of junk was lucky it found it's way to the Engels Coach Shop. Truly amazing
I love how the mystery of the coach continues to unravel. History is SO fascinating. Amazing how one small detail opens up the story of so much more.
Gotta love those "aha!" moments...!
Don't you just love it when all the pieces fall together?
It's fascinating how small details can lead to construction problem answers. Thank goodness for old photographs. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Backwards facing fold down jump seats also used to be common in many vehicles. In fact, I think they made it into the Checker Cab era. I've seen them in Broughams, and I've seen them in sleighs.
Well done figuring that out. It does make sense now. That was definitely a "form follows function" wagon.
Wow, Dave.... what an amazing journey...those photos saved the project!
AWESOME doesn't give this continuing build credit! He is an absolute Master at his Craft .
Love your show !
It's always wonderful to watch a Blessed tradesman handle his tools. You are a gifted worker no two ways about it. Thanks for sharing your skills with us.
Dave you are now going to need to add to your list on this project. Some replica U.S. Mail bags ! THANKS Dan H
I don't always remember to click a like but when i see 24k views in 8 hours and 5k thumbs up i think more people should remember to hit that like button... another enjoyable video ... i'm mesmerized by your research and foundry skills. Fantastic sleuth work!
WOW. That was GREAT! Nice piece of cognitive analysis. Thanks. Loved it.
That is a sweet power hammer.
I have been really enjoying the journey you have been on to solve the mystery of the Mud Wagon from the past.
Old pictures tell better stories than new ones while our vehicles today have everything we don’t need the ones from yesterday where built to serve a purpose with some what local materials that could be repaired rather easily makes you wonder what direction we’re going in!!!!
What an interesting journey of discovery. You are a true archaeologist revealing the past.
The craftsmanship along with the Historical accuracy is what keeps me coming. God Bless You and Mrs. Engels.
You have skills that today's kids may desperately need in the years to come....
Hi Dave and Diane ☺, I did wonder if the space beneath the front seat was for a toolbox or something, but now this new information makes more sense, as usual a nice bit of forging is involved , thanks for another interesting video mate, stay safe, best wishe's to you and Diane. Stuart and Megan UK.
Good work. Well done putting the clues together.
The forensic pathology that goes into your coach building is so interesting. I always learn something when I've watched one of your videos, Dave. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with all of us. Incidentally, I found some of the forging to be a bit...upsetting...ha! (I can't resist blacksmithing humor.)
Forging ... upsetting ..... had to do some googling around .... 🤔 .... 😃 ..... 🤭 ..... now 🤥I get it! Good pun!
@@tinydancer7426 Try to resist!
@@gordbaker896 Resist what?
Well done Dave, I guess mrs Marple and Columbo has been students of you. Warm greetings from the Netherlands, Bram
Always a pleasure. The shear number of different skills you possess is amazing
Well done! Crowd Sourcing.
Your blacksmithing skills are amazing! Awesome work, from sight - no plans - just knowledge.
Watching those hooks being made was incredibly satisfying.
Preserving the past through your videos is a treasure. I am confident that your UA-cam followers would agree this is knowledge worth saving. I would suggest that you reach out to some of the contacts you have made and search for a proper "fit" - an institution that would accept your documented work and preserve it in the way it deserves. UA-cam is a good medium to share information, but it being a for profit business may not make it the best choice as an archive.
I've been thinking the same thing. I'd love to see a copy of the entire series in the library of congress, just for starters
I love your channel, I learn so much. Generations to come will learn from it!
And now we have the rest of the story !! What an ending find you all came up with. Fantastic job of researching done by those involved with the riddle. Thanks for sharing with us Dave and being such a patient person coming to a realistic answer to what was unseen from the photo's you were sent by the wagon owner. You did great. Fred.
This Sherlock Holmes stuff is so satisfying, thanks for deciding to share this journey with the rest of us. Charles.
Отличная работа. Прекрасно проведено расследование
Thanks for taking the time to film this I pray that my grandchildren and great grandchildren will get to see theas videos😊
Another awesome video!!! Thanks Dave!¡!¡!
Nothing like a good Friday night "who dun it" murder mystery.... I'm totally fascinated by this channel. The history of some of your projects is sometimes more fun than the project at hand. I've learned a lot about woodworking and some tips on how things should be and how to fix things when they are not. One of the things I found of interest is replacing the rubber tires on a wheel. Who knew about the steel wires inside the tire ..... Anyway , keep up the history lesson and projects we'll keep watching.
Wow Dave, amazing fabrication, again! Thanks for the video!
With your knowledge and easy to listen to voice you would make one heckuva guest speaker at historical societies or universities.
Это искусство! И ты очень великий человек Энгельс, я очень обожаю твою работу и твой талант! Благослови тебя Господь на долгие года..
Одесса . Украина.
Slava Ukraini!
Thank you.
Thank YOU UKRAINE!!!
(and thanks to Google translate so I could read it)
Thanks and honor to Ukraine for showing the rest of the world how to fight totalitarianism.
"Live Free or Die" is, nor should it be, just the "official State moto" of a certain USA state.
Воля України або смерть
русский корабль, ид__ нахуй
keep watch you haven't seen anything yet. his tailoring sewing skills are outstanding plus his blacksmithing skills. give him a milling machine and metal lathe plus a foundry and there would not be anything he couldn't do.
@@dianeengel4155⚘️ beckoning from Minas Gerais State, Brazil. I appreciate Dave accent, he speaks singing like we in Minas Gerais State. Greetings.
This is great project.
Such a large amount of detective work, every element you’ve done so far makes sense.
Love watching you do Blacksmithing work Dave !!!
It's amazing the way you have been able to build this wagon by solving the mystery of what it's original design was using bits and scraps of information. Great job. Thank you.
Wow, it all makes sense. It fits together. I _know,_ from other reliable sources, that a huge number of passenger coach lines were only financially viable because of revenue from hauling the U.S. Mail. Congress knew that this was happening, and it is one of the reasons so many small towns begged for their own Post Office. It was a way to provide a passenger service to them without actually saying that is what was happening. The U.S. mail was the initial financial support for commercial air lines. So I think Dave has it correct.
I get excited to see a new video from you about the mud wagon and then the video ends with me just enthralled at your work and detective skills! Please don’t take this as a criticism but they’re not long enough, I could watch for hours and probably will when the whole series is done. Thank you again for letting us follow along.
Always a pleasure to look at you.
Thanks again to Dave & Diane for this video. "National" treasure...no, International treasure. This video library will doubtless prove to be a refection of the knowledge & skills of a man who places the passing of knowledge to others alongside his particular craft.
It must feel great to solve these mysteries and have reasoning behind your decisions.
Nice I can't wait to see this wagon come back home!
Yup, I said it a month ago that the front seats didn't have solid sides to them 🤗
...still, this is only plan C - or is it D now? I wouldn't be surprised to see it change again.
Great viewing as always - not just just the building of a wagon but also the design processes too!
I was always thinking the front seat had open sides but I kept my mouth (fingers) shut following Abraham Lincoln's adage “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.”
Anyway, would it have been possible to remove the front seat if there were a large load of mail bags? I think that would have been easier to tie down than some below the seat and some on top of it.
Great video, as always.
Nice! Puzzle pieces falling in place. You’re quite the detective Dave!
Thanks Diane!
Wheelwright....Crowdsourcing, sponsored and presented by EngelsCoachShop. Imagine that, not very many content creators take kindly from their audience's input, but when the host like Dave has the "never to old to learn" mindset, well....the possibilities are endless. When you add a very supportive wheelwright wife like Diann, it sure makes the wheels turn a whole lot easier. There is much to be learned, adopted and applied from these two wheelwrights,...... I have no doubt Diann can swing a hammer like her husband Dave. Thank You Dave, Diann and the crowdsource sleuths doing what they do to help rebuild history. God bless y'all!
It is always so enjoyable to see that cherry red steel submit to the blows of the smith's hammer...
Who's this Smith fella? We're watching Dave here.
Right in the moment you assumed there was a place for Mailbags or freight of some kind, I was like "well, there have to be some hooks then". Craftsmenship is a mindset.
Greetings from Germany,
Marcus
Your new nickname “Colombo”
Nice work
Industrial archeology is one of the challenges that goes hand in glove with restoration or recreation of an old "thing". It's as if you try to put yourself into the time period of the item and attempt to think as the craftsman or machinist did. An enjoyable process.
Imagine if that is indeed the exact wagon in the photos... amazing!
Interesting learning the history as well as watching it put back together .
This certainly has become an extremely interesting build. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the build. Cheers :)
Dave fantastic to watch your workmanship.
SUPER!
This mud wagon replica is "clean" as a whistle!
That's a beautiful power hammer!
Hope someone can create drawings with descriptions of all of the different parts, features and various uses that you have rediscovered by researching, reverse engineering, and building this coach and the other thing you have built. Would make a very interesting book and documentation for everyone.
thank you for making all of these great videos
You are a true Cartman I love your channel.
Thanks for the ride very entertaining.
Terrific! Your middle name should be Sherlock! Really enjoyed this series!
Great deductive reasoning. Also entertaining and educational lesson at the smithy. Thank you.
Thank you.
Amazing! Dave the detective! Great work!✌🏻❤️🙏🏻🇺🇸
Stay safe and we'll see you next week.
nice dective work and nice work
Another great video.
As another commenter's has said already, this is very much like a Sherlock Holmes mystery. I will suggest, we'll see if anyone else seconds, that after you finish this mud wagon, you edit the series, not just for your fans, but for sale to maybe National Geographic, is the first television show that comes to mind. Your business could make some mulla $$$ and gain a whole new audience.
Nice job. Thank you for this update.
It is a mystery indeed, and watching you meticulously work it out is fascinating! Thank you.
This is very exciting