• RCR - 1925 Ford Model T Roadster
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[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l103bj8M21k[/media] A decent portion of the video is actually Mr. Regular learning how to start and drive the T.
I wish he did more regular cars. Like I get it a Model T is a novelty and all that fun stuff but the last couple of cars he did [I](VW Ghia, Porsche Cayman, etc)[/I] felt less like regular car reviews and more like "look at all the cars I get to review people send me!" I love the dude but damn son, give us the regular ho-hum cars your channel title says you review.
To be fair a Model T was a very regular car.... 90 years ago
Starting them is easy as hell, I don't know how to drive them yet - but I can gas one up and start it. Once I was stupid, and knew the engine was hot, touched to check. That stung like a bitch.
If I lived somewhere that freeways weren't a necessity to commute, I might consider daily driving a Model T if I had the means to keep it going. And a backup car, of course. A Model A would probably be a more realistic proposition, though. Ford's 2-speed bizarro-world transmission in the T is a terrible thing.
so a neat thing when you're starting it via the crank (the one I do work with is a 1916 rebuilt as an ambulance). If the engine is cold, you have to hold the clutch, and crank it three times. Then, you do the shit with the throttle and what not, and then you go back to the front and have to crank it (if the engine is hot, you just have to crank it). If it doesn't start on the first crank, it'll start on the third crank - like clock work. Never the second. model t's are fun
[QUOTE=gnampf;52622216]I wish he did more regular cars. Like I get it a Model T is a novelty and all that fun stuff but the last couple of cars he did [I](VW Ghia, Porsche Cayman, etc)[/I] felt less like regular car reviews and more like "look at all the cars I get to review people send me!" I love the dude but damn son, give us the regular ho-hum cars your channel title says you review.[/QUOTE] He seems to waggle back and forth between wierd/cool cars and basic ones. The UK run had a lot of regular stuff.
[QUOTE=gnampf;52622216]I wish he did more regular cars. Like I get it a Model T is a novelty and all that fun stuff but the last couple of cars he did [I](VW Ghia, Porsche Cayman, etc)[/I] felt less like regular car reviews and more like "look at all the cars I get to review people send me!" I love the dude but damn son, give us the regular ho-hum cars your channel title says you review.[/QUOTE] We got a SHO a week ago. Its kind of regular.
I have two neighbors who treat their model T's as regular everyday drivers. These things can pretty much go on forever.
[QUOTE=RenaFox;52622290]To be fair a Model T was a very regular car.... 90 years ago[/QUOTE] That's an understatement. It was the [I]original[/I] regular car.
[QUOTE=Callinstead;52623595]I have two neighbors who treat their model T's as regular everyday drivers. These things can pretty much go on forever.[/QUOTE] Simple things tend to be the most reliable of things.
[QUOTE=Callinstead;52623595]I have two neighbors who treat their model T's as regular everyday drivers. These things can pretty much go on forever.[/QUOTE] The funny thing is, the metallurgy on those things is really whack, because the later ones were made out of just hap-hazzardly recycled metal. Near the end they were just taking in fleets of scrap T's, and shoving them whole hog into the open harth furnaces to supplement virgin ore pig iron. Meaning chrome headlight reflectors to pigiron blocks are all in the same batch of "steel" going into the new cars. So you get this really weird thing where some T's are fucking bulletproof and will outlast human civilization, and others have bizzaro world metallurgy where some parts of the frame rust straight through to the core, and another part of the same frame has some different makeup and refuses to rust in the slightest. the early 1900s was a weird time
[QUOTE=gnampf;52622216]I wish he did more regular cars. Like I get it a Model T is a novelty and all that fun stuff but the last couple of cars he did [I](VW Ghia, Porsche Cayman, etc)[/I] felt less like regular car reviews and more like "look at all the cars I get to review people send me!" I love the dude but damn son, give us the regular ho-hum cars your channel title says you review.[/QUOTE] The Model T was the original regular car, dude
[QUOTE=Trilby Harlow;52628742]The funny thing is, the metallurgy on those things is really whack, because the later ones were made out of just hap-hazzardly recycled metal.[/QUOTE] Both neighbors I've mentioned have lots of experience with maintaining these, one is a blacksmith that can craft his own replacement parts and has a small fleet of old timey Fords, though a few of them end up as lawn art.
[QUOTE=gnampf;52622216]I wish he did more regular cars. Like I get it a Model T is a novelty and all that fun stuff but the last couple of cars he did [I](VW Ghia, Porsche Cayman, etc)[/I] felt less like regular car reviews and more like "look at all the cars I get to review people send me!" I love the dude but damn son, give us the regular ho-hum cars your channel title says you review.[/QUOTE] I get your point, but technically, the Model T was a regular car. The only reason it doesn't have that connotation now is because of its historical significance. There was a time when these were a dime a dozen, literally. That said, I do want to see more normal average joe cars, but I'm not particular about the era either. Exotics are interesting, but his weirdness describing regular cars is what drew me to the channel. "[i]STAY THE COURSE, MOUNT YOUR HORSE[/i]". Also, its funny that a Model T drives more like a tractor than a car. I got the gist when the owner described it.
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