They only had a few minutes for the segment. That's exactly why May wasn't put in the Model T. They made him drive the French Car with the Crowbar of Embriage.
Another problem with the model T was that there was no fuel pump, the fuel was fed to the carburetor by a sloped pipe via gravity so if you tried driving it up a hill it would stall halfway up and you'd need to push it so it was facing downhill to start it again, or drive it all the way up in reverse
That only applied if it was a steep enough hill and that the gas tank was mostly empty. The design was to be simple. , no fuel pump , no water pump , no external generator it was built into the fly wheel
To be fair the Model A solved the issue by simply mounting the fuel tank higher in the car (As part of the cowl). This allowed the Model A to scale all but the steepest hills without issue on its simple gravity fed fuel system.
@@ChadTrainEnjoyer Keep it up sir! I have a weird job where I talk to many Model T owners regularly and have met a few that still daily them. My favorite was an 86-year-old and his Wife who still daily and maintain their 1921 Model T Woody. Great woodworking too.
@@Goat4459 I think he’s referring to a character from a book called The Wind in the Willows named Mr. Toad. He loved driving his model t at high speeds but crashed often so he wasted a lot of his inheritance like that.
Well, a bastard certainly. "Funny" would require a specific sense of humour. If you think coloured people and Jewish people are a lower form of life, think that Hitler had some good ideas, and you deserve all the money in the world and f*ck the people who died in a war you supplied the motor vehicles for while collecting more money that most people (even today) will ever see in their lives, then yeah, he was funny....
Well James, it’s been defunct in cars now for over 100 years, and people generally prefer operating a clutch with their feet, rather than their hands. So no.
I believe in 1919, half the cars were Ts. By 1927 they were obsolete and losing car sales. And shifting to 2nd requires dropping the gas to idle, shift, and then increase throttle. As for being "obtuse," there was no defined method of car control placement. Nearly every car of the same period was "obtuse."
Thing is with the model T, it is not difficult to drive in my opinion, the hard part is to learn how to drive it, if you are use to how modern cars work. I actually prefere to drive the model T in some ways, to modern cars
Why would you ever prefer a car with a very heavy clutch which has cruise control in second gear with the throttle on the steering wheel? Why is that better than being able to precicely controll your throttle, breaking, clutch and gear
It's not a Constant Mesh Transmission. It's more like an Automatic without the Torque Converter. You basically Neutral Drop it to get going in First, and then into Direct Drive for Second, by disengaging the First Gear, and connecting the Clutch that directly connects to the Crankshaft and Driveshaft. And it doesn't have Wheelbrakes as Standard. Your Brake sits in the Transmission, and is of the same type as the Transmission Bands, so it has very little Authority, and if any of the flimsy Shafts in the Trannie ot the Differential break, you can't brake anymore. It's very, very, very different from any other Car.
I would agree so. You gotta learn to speed with your hand and turn the ignition up and down according to your speed. Otherwise you have two gears working nearly without clutch like modern cars. Push the left - first gear; let it go - the second gear + putting the handlever forward.
The Model T is a car that can be kept running with homemade parts. It is one of the few cars that could still be viable after all of the magnetic pulses from the coming US/Russia nuclear war.
On an episode of QI I Believe, Jeremy once said that the Model T Ford only has two speeds: fast and really quite very fast indeed. I think this clip illustrates that quite well. Edit: Found the clip, but I got the quote slightly wrong: ua-cam.com/video/plCaDXE7_NQ/v-deo.htmlsi=ICMZN_5xHJtgDzDd
You laugh at Jeremy's comment about Henry Ford being "obtuse", but it's actually true, as once he had built the Model T, he didn't see any reason to innovate beyond that. His son always tried to get him to do that, but he was adamant the Model T was the absolute best car there ever was or ever would be, and only decided to make the Model A when it became absolutely clear that updates and lower prices for the Model T would no longer help the company turn a profit anymore. Money was the only thing that made him change his mind.
@BumbleBeeGS Yeah, it was part of a History Project, but I thought instead of watching this on its own, I'd make it a bit more interesting with Metallica :P
Oh my God another Brit ragging on the Model T. If it had been made in England they'd be raving about it. The T is NOT complicated to drive. If you've never driven before, it's very easy which was an important selling point when customers were used to horses and wagons. The fact is that the T was perfect for its time. That's why there were 15 million of them.
@@plum_bit Oh please, he goes on at length about its shortcomings and delights in his own whining. It was a good car in its day. Compare it to the crap that rolled out of English factories in the 1970s and it looks like a real gem.
So they won t talk about the crowbar of embryadge
No, he had to hurl the mover without brutality, then it gave all its strength.
@@boilerhousegarage If enyone knows how it stop. You have to yell: WE RE GOING TO BE KILLED (Also some poops must come out)
@@f1championyoutube2.09 Lol the crowbar of embrayage is the clutch bar
OMG THIS IS THE BEST CAR COMMUNITY EVER!!!!!
Well that only to make the carriage walking remember.
"The only way around this is to change into Top Gear"
He said it! He said the thing!
I kinda want to make a cinema sins reference but I won't
🤯
Can't expect him to reference fifth gear now, could we?
There's something very, very wrong about Clarkson in a Model T, but if May had done it... this segment would have been two hours long!
They only had a few minutes for the segment. That's exactly why May wasn't put in the Model T. They made him drive the French Car with the Crowbar of Embriage.
But if james may HAD been able to do 2 hours, I'd have watched it. I always wanted to hear the end of james' rants whenever they started.
and if hammond had done it he'd have crashed
Funnily enough in another series, James May actually did do a segment on the Model T
Another problem with the model T was that there was no fuel pump, the fuel was fed to the carburetor by a sloped pipe via gravity so if you tried driving it up a hill it would stall halfway up and you'd need to push it so it was facing downhill to start it again, or drive it all the way up in reverse
That only applied if it was a steep enough hill and that the gas tank was mostly empty. The design was to be simple. , no fuel pump , no water pump , no external generator it was built into the fly wheel
To be fair the Model A solved the issue by simply mounting the fuel tank higher in the car (As part of the cowl). This allowed the Model A to scale all but the steepest hills without issue on its simple gravity fed fuel system.
i just know about this information, thanks whovianhistory and citizen ship
You could always add a vacuum tank like the one my '22 Essex has. Properly maintained they work great.
Hang on, that old joke about Rolls Canardly's ....
Master! Master! Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings...
Metallica!!!
Master! Master! Master of Puppets i’m pulling your crowbar of embrayage!
Twisting your minds and smashing your dreams....
blinded by me you can't see a thing
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Jeremy complaining about the Model T just makes me want to drive a Model T even more
I daily mine. It’s a ton of fun! Always lots of waves and smiles!
@@ChadTrainEnjoyer Keep it up sir! I have a weird job where I talk to many Model T owners regularly and have met a few that still daily them. My favorite was an 86-year-old and his Wife who still daily and maintain their 1921 Model T Woody. Great woodworking too.
@@joeleonard9965I have a 17'. Most fantastic thing in the world.
Jezza flying through the gate at mach3 in a Model T is the best thing i think ive seen today
MOP is oddly fitting for this. I still have no clue why this was in my recommendations tho lmao
Does anyone else get some serious Mr. Toad vibes when Jeremy is speeding off in the Model T?
Who?
@@Goat4459 I think he’s referring to a character from a book called The Wind in the Willows named Mr. Toad. He loved driving his model t at high speeds but crashed often so he wasted a lot of his inheritance like that.
@@thejonguy3248 lol nice thx
@@thejonguy3248 Were you referring to Richard Hammond instead?
I remember watching the movie adaptation back in primary school.
I'd be shitting myself doing 40 in what is essentially 2 motorcycles strapped together with plywood
Oh god, this is so early 2000’s! 16:9 stretched to 4:3, super compressed audio, and 240p resolution!
Metallica....ups top speed to 50 mph!
He meant kilometers. The Model T was only capable of about 25mph
The ending reminds me of the wind in the willows..."motorcar!?..... Putt putt putt"
"push the crowbar without brutality"
Henry still laughing in his grave, funny bastard.
Well, a bastard certainly. "Funny" would require a specific sense of humour. If you think coloured people and Jewish people are a lower form of life, think that Hitler had some good ideas, and you deserve all the money in the world and f*ck the people who died in a war you supplied the motor vehicles for while collecting more money that most people (even today) will ever see in their lives, then yeah, he was funny....
So does that mean the crowbar of embrayage won´t be coming on then.....
Well James, it’s been defunct in cars now for over 100 years, and people generally prefer operating a clutch with their feet, rather than their hands. So no.
I believe in 1919, half the cars were Ts. By 1927 they were obsolete and losing car sales. And shifting to 2nd requires dropping the gas to idle, shift, and then increase throttle. As for being "obtuse," there was no defined method of car control placement. Nearly every car of the same period was "obtuse."
take that jeremy
Thing is with the model T, it is not difficult to drive in my opinion, the hard part is to learn how to drive it, if you are use to how modern cars work. I actually prefere to drive the model T in some ways, to modern cars
Yep
True
Why would you ever prefer a car with a very heavy clutch which has cruise control in second gear with the throttle on the steering wheel? Why is that better than being able to precicely controll your throttle, breaking, clutch and gear
Driving a T is not difficult but just different. E.g. you don't need to synchronize gears to shift.
It's easier isn't it
It's not a Constant Mesh Transmission. It's more like an Automatic without the Torque Converter.
You basically Neutral Drop it to get going in First, and then into Direct Drive for Second, by disengaging the First Gear, and connecting the Clutch that directly connects to the Crankshaft and Driveshaft.
And it doesn't have Wheelbrakes as Standard. Your Brake sits in the Transmission, and is of the same type as the Transmission Bands, so it has very little Authority, and if any of the flimsy Shafts in the Trannie ot the Differential break, you can't brake anymore.
It's very, very, very different from any other Car.
I would agree so. You gotta learn to speed with your hand and turn the ignition up and down according to your speed. Otherwise you have two gears working nearly without clutch like modern cars. Push the left - first gear; let it go - the second gear + putting the handlever forward.
I wasn’t expecting metallica here
The Model T is a car that can be kept running with homemade parts. It is one of the few cars that could still be viable after all of the magnetic pulses from the coming US/Russia nuclear war.
So do I understand correctly the T had a cruise control?
Well not exactly but kinda
Lol
Yeah but only if you wish to go 40
Yes just set the throttle lever and she will cruise all day long.
@@xKuukkelix that blazing speed bak in it's day
On an episode of QI I Believe, Jeremy once said that the Model T Ford only has two speeds: fast and really quite very fast indeed. I think this clip illustrates that quite well.
Edit: Found the clip, but I got the quote slightly wrong: ua-cam.com/video/plCaDXE7_NQ/v-deo.htmlsi=ICMZN_5xHJtgDzDd
my ninja!
Ah yes, the car that revolutionised everything.
MASTER !!!! lol
2-gear boxes were common in States even in 1960s
I remember a bunch of Impalas with that. It'd hit second around 50.
Damn humans have come a long way.
The book that came with this car is a good read
Link plz?
metallica..... in top gear!
Obey your MASTER!!...duh duh...duhnuhnuhnuuuuuhhhh...duhduhduhduhduhduhduh...
Captain Slow’s dream car!
Every video I see with Clarkson in it , he is complaining about something and it’s usually something to do with North American Autos
Why is master of puppets playing?
Because why not
You laugh at Jeremy's comment about Henry Ford being "obtuse", but it's actually true, as once he had built the Model T, he didn't see any reason to innovate beyond that. His son always tried to get him to do that, but he was adamant the Model T was the absolute best car there ever was or ever would be, and only decided to make the Model A when it became absolutely clear that updates and lower prices for the Model T would no longer help the company turn a profit anymore.
Money was the only thing that made him change his mind.
@BumbleBeeGS Yeah, it was part of a History Project, but I thought instead of watching this on its own, I'd make it a bit more interesting with Metallica :P
When Ford was a spirit of driving, now it's just a batch of a depressed brand.
Yeah, especially with some current models that requires a patch to update in order to keep it going,wtf ?
"ₐₐₐₐₐₐₐₐaaaaaaAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHhhhhhhₕₕₕₕₕₕₕₕ!"
An illiterate farm hand from Ohio or Wyoming or some place similar could drive a Model T. Clarkson finds it similar to eye surgery
Master of puppets!!!
Master of puppets in the background
Dude I'm your age, miss these days
Why was it play Master of Puppets? I mean, THANK YOU, but why?
Well chosen song haha
The car looks tiny with Jeremy in it!
powerrrrrrrrrrr!!!!1
Speed and power!!!
When 20cv is like to control 200cv 🤣🤣🤣🤣
OK so 40... MPH? God I hope not. 40 KPH would be well frikkin beyond an elegant sufficiency.
what episode is this?? I cant find the rest of this segment
+Jack Sadler December 2 2007.
He said what episode not fuCKING DATE UUGH
SEASON 10 EPISODE 8?
what episode is this from?
awesome11991 December 2 2007
*sigh* This episode is from the top gear show.
SEASON 10 EPISODE 8
?
@@ChapuleTaylor she/he meant to say "From what episode is this from?"
master of puppets? ........(confused)ok
Which season was this?
No real brakes either
Is....is that doom music playing in the background
(for school)
Why they playing mettalica lol
It’s just like tractor
Oh my God another Brit ragging on the Model T. If it had been made in England they'd be raving about it. The T is NOT complicated to drive. If you've never driven before, it's very easy which was an important selling point when customers were used to horses and wagons. The fact is that the T was perfect for its time. That's why there were 15 million of them.
@@plum_bit Oh please, he goes on at length about its shortcomings and delights in his own whining. It was a good car in its day. Compare it to the crap that rolled out of English factories in the 1970s and it looks like a real gem.
@@allenhanford Jeremy is constantly shitting on 1970s British cars though. Your ego is seriously fragile if this is annoying you.
@@invalidcrazy7034 I only think about it when someone replies to this thread.
@@allenhanford Or when you did the comment in the first place.
@@invalidcrazy7034 that's because I had just finished working on my ridiculously primitive 1968 MG.
It wasent the first car to be mass produced
Yes it was
@@bggraham83 No it the mercedes
@fredenord2411 ford t was first mass produced car using interchangeable parts using assembly line method.
It was the Benz Velo
@@fredenord2411 but not the first automated assembly line made car.
SEASON 10 EPISODE 8
THANKS
Champion
Legend
Bleeding winger....15,000,000 successes vs 1 'Winger'..... do the math.
Worse than a 1979's ten speed.
pussy
The shaky weight anecdotally spare because hardboard differently tow amidst a filthy bengal. crazy, sore moon