My dad was born in 1903... his first motor car (that’s what he called it) was a 1913 Buick. He bought it to drive back and forth from Toledo to Columbus while in college at OSU. He had lots of stories about keeping that car running. When I was a boy in the ‘50s he still had a box of spare parts in our garage.
@@USA-freedom you might look at air craft spacecraft before making a blanket statement. Hubble and James Webb and the ISS are good examples of the skill which still exists...and which probably could not exist without capitalism. It's why China just did what the U.S. did 50 years ago when they finally go to the moon
@@TheHonestPeanut still beats socialism.. it's only the greed portion of capitalism that has led us to where we are today. just about every other aspect has led us to innovate some pretty amazing things. that doesn't happen with socialism
Unfortunately this is a dying trade. They more and more electronics in the cars, the more specialized tools you need. Like a diagnostic box even close to what software dealers have, the ones available for purchase to public, or the ones a place like auto zone has doesn't even come close to the dealer' software. There are some models of electric cars now that you cannot even open the hood without a dealers diagnostic box, because they are worried about people hurting themselves on high voltage components. Pretty soon you will need to be an electrician to work on these cars, not so much a mechanic any more
This is why I say I feel like I'm born in the wrong time. I'm fascinated by engines, wind up clocks, and all sorts of mechanical things that this so called "technology of tomorrow" is replacing. I feel like we rely too much on it, and should at least keep a majority of the past alive. Heck, if something happens we might even need that old time technology again
That is one of the prettiest engines I've ever had the pleasure to see and not because it's all polished up! The architecture is the standout for me, it's physically beautiful!
A bunch of old guys, getting and even older engine running in the garage in the middle of winter.... HA HA That is is so awesome.... God Bless and Happy New Years....
The sad thing is many are getting older and not able to continue doing this work, or are dying and the skills and talents they have are being lost because the kids of today aren't interested. I think when the current generation get older they're going to regret the fact they spent their formative years with their heads buried in phones and ipads.
What a beautiful sounding engine, especially the sound coming out of the tailpipe. Brings back a flood of memories when I was a little kid, not back in 1914 of course, but when engines were simple, and sounded like engines, and could be fully maintained by the owner. The old Dodge Power Wagon being one that I really love.
You’re correct, that is beautiful. A work of art, for sure. But thank goodness engines today don’t look like that. As pretty as that is and sounds, it was woefully weak and inefficient and polluting. But yeah, bless these guys for keeping these engines alive.
The Kettering starter needs 24V to work right. There are four six-volt batteries wired in series, and one is tied in to provide six volts for the ignition. The starter also acts as the generator for charging the batteries through a shaft which also drives the air compressor in the front of the engine, which is used for inflating the tires if needed.
@@jasbirsmith299 That looks like a tiny pump, so it would just need a lot of storage. Extra storage wouldn't be a big deal, I think it's got something to with seals, hydraulics hadn't taken off yet either. I've never found out what the hold-up was keeping hydraulics from being developed. I think it wasn't until the 50s that hydraulics started being used in heavy equipment.
@@bigredc222 Parker Hydraulics did all the work to give us modern hydraulics. Well - Vickers-Armstrong did some of it by inventing swash+plunger pumps and motors. You are welcome.
Wow, this is so far beyond what I’m used to. About the oldest engine I’ve torn into was a ford flathead V8 which is still honestly a fairly modern engine. But this? I wouldn’t know where to start! This is seriously just way too cool.
just a pushrod operated four cylinder, with some shiny brass sleeves over the cylinders, its pretty much the exact same engine thats in a honda civic, only built in 1914 instead of 2014.
What a beautiful piece of art. Have often heard that anything automotive can’t be considered as art. I think we can agree looking at this engine that theory is totally wrong. Thanks so much for sharing this video.
What an absolutely beautiful engine! That low compression, long stroke with its slow rpm with up draught carby and low BMEP had a sound all to its own! You can see the engineering and near architectural design that not only went into the car itself but also what they installed under hood or bonnet as we say here in Australia, I only wish I was able to have a close look and hearing her running, as I love engines especially older sidevalve units the only thing the manufacturers do these days for aesthetics is making the cheap plastic covers to hide ugliness of their engines, take them off and they look like a skinned cat!
Runs as smooth as a sewing machine... Love those oldies... Love doing this with old A's.. Can you guys do an air cooled Franklin or early GM (exposed rocker) next?
That guy in the apron that did all the work putting that engine back together is your age. He just fell in love with old things at an early age and is now and expert. And hates computers so I'm in here speaking for him.
I talk to Fred every few months when we get together. I'm older than him and I still learn stuff from him. He's been toying with old cars for a very long time.
i have a 53 dodge m37 tinker with all the time runs good im 87 looks like it will out live me it should be good another 50 yrs with all i have done to it
We had a 1956 Packard Executive and I’m still amazed to this day with some of the engineering that went into those massive land yachts back in the day. This model had the air Ride suspension on it so when you started the car , it would rise about 6” and was auto leveling when going thru curves. The older cars are absolutely incredible!!
My dad restored a 1914 Cadillac. He used Ford power stroke aluminum pistons instead on the cast iron ones. Had to machine off them off to flat tops - the original are dished - so he made a 'high compression' Caddy motor. With the two speed read diff it could go quite fast considering the age it was made. Beautiful to look at - Nice job there!
One of my dad's friends sold a 14 Caddy out of Upstate South Carolina about 15 - 20 years. ago. They picked it up on the way back from Hershey in 1975. Touring car with jump seats. Runs alot smoother than the 1905 Cadiallac Engine I helped my father in law do a ring and valve job on. His car will go 25mph top speed No windshield No top...
There needed to be a round of applause and a lot of smiles when it started...not a funeral casket viewing. I would be doing back-flips if it was mine!! A real piece of jewelry worth as much as the Hope diamond!!!
Awesome. I have 3 just like it in my garage that I saved from goin to the scrapyard last year. If anyone wants to buy them I have $400 bucks in em and will take that for em. I just didn't want them to get scrapped. All 3 run
My dad was born in 1903... his first motor car (that’s what he called it) was a 1913 Buick. He bought it to drive back and forth from Toledo to Columbus while in college at OSU. He had lots of stories about keeping that car running. When I was a boy in the ‘50s he still had a box of spare parts in our garage.
Great memories! Thanks for shearing.
He didn't drive back then. He traveled
Respect Chris, I thought I was old until I read your comment. Ace !
Seu pai estava na faculdade com apenas 10 anos de idade e já tinha um carro e já podia dirigir?! Algo de errado não está certo.
@@ivantaler
When you get to 17 or 18 the car is still a 1913 model, in fact, it may well still be a 1913 model, they built them to last! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Good to see some 'ol boys still play with their toys. Smiles for miles.
Oh how our country used to have pride and true craftmenship in everything we made...beautiful motor...so smooth and balanced
That's capitalism for you; an endless push to produce the cheapest disposable product possible.
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@@USA-freedom you might look at air craft spacecraft before making a blanket statement. Hubble and James Webb and the ISS are good examples of the skill which still exists...and which probably could not exist without capitalism. It's why China just did what the U.S. did 50 years ago when they finally go to the moon
@@TheHonestPeanut still beats socialism.. it's only the greed portion of capitalism that has led us to where we are today. just about every other aspect has led us to innovate some pretty amazing things. that doesn't happen with socialism
@@UnacceptableViews greed is capitalism. That's the entire portion. What part of workers owning the means of production do you not like?
Man, look at all the brass and copper--engine styling back then was a real art, and you can tell. Such a cool old engine.
A real beauty; that one was for keeps!
When you go from centuries of walking and horse drawn [fill in the blank], this WAS the future! A lot of pride went into these designs!
They wouldn't spend that kind of money on a modern engine.
@@l337pwnage You are joking right? Copper and brass is cheap... Modern engines are built from highly engineered alloys
@@dickard8275 recycled coke cans and other crap)) with silicone from a tube instead of gaskets
People that can do this kind of work are simply incredible. The youth of today should be studying with people of this caliber. Great stuff..
These guys are mechanics not part changers
Unfortunately this is a dying trade. They more and more electronics in the cars, the more specialized tools you need. Like a diagnostic box even close to what software dealers have, the ones available for purchase to public, or the ones a place like auto zone has doesn't even come close to the dealer' software.
There are some models of electric cars now that you cannot even open the hood without a dealers diagnostic box, because they are worried about people hurting themselves on high voltage components.
Pretty soon you will need to be an electrician to work on these cars, not so much a mechanic any more
This is why I say I feel like I'm born in the wrong time. I'm fascinated by engines, wind up clocks, and all sorts of mechanical things that this so called "technology of tomorrow" is replacing. I feel like we rely too much on it, and should at least keep a majority of the past alive. Heck, if something happens we might even need that old time technology again
today China rules the world!
That is one of the prettiest engines I've ever had the pleasure to see and not because it's all polished up! The architecture is the standout for me, it's physically beautiful!
Ahh I love old machines from the early 1900s. Like art and engineering meeting; functional yet looks like some sort of steampunk art piece.
A bunch of old guys, getting and even older engine running in the garage in the middle of winter.... HA HA That is is so awesome.... God Bless and Happy New Years....
Boys with toys, but thankfully there are men like this keeping these beautiful machines running!
What a credit to the guy who rebuilt it, marvelous.
Yes, he's amazing. Not much he can't fix, watches, guitar amps, cast parts, he does it all.
Never underestimate an old man in an apron! These guys have knowledge
Keep their clothes clean and wife happy, that's a smart man!
The sad thing is many are getting older and not able to continue doing this work, or are dying and the skills and talents they have are being lost because the kids of today aren't interested. I think when the current generation get older they're going to regret the fact they spent their formative years with their heads buried in phones and ipads.
That is quite possibly the most beautiful piece of machinery I have ever seen. I'd have that in my living room as a talking piece. Work or art!
I'd have it in my living room instead of the TV. I could watch it all day.
I'd like to have the engine in a low slung roadster and go racing.
What a beautiful sounding engine, especially the sound coming out of the tailpipe. Brings back a flood of memories when I was a little kid, not back in 1914 of course, but when engines were simple, and sounded like engines, and could be fully maintained by the owner. The old Dodge Power Wagon being one that I really love.
What beautiful craftsmanship. You will never see a engine in any car of today that comes close to looking this good at any price!
You’re correct, that is beautiful. A work of art, for sure. But thank goodness engines today don’t look like that. As pretty as that is and sounds, it was woefully weak and inefficient and polluting.
But yeah, bless these guys for keeping these engines alive.
Oh wow that’s beautiful! As a true gearhead I’ve honestly never seen one of these. This would be pure jewelry in a 20’s / 30’s rod!
I know right? Won’t get you there fast but it will get you there in style!!!
What a piece of art
That's a real piece of art
Just the ol boy's having all the fun !
Get those youngsters in there !🤓
and teach .
Just A BEAUTIFUL ENGINE......PURRING LIKE A NEW BORN KITTEN💪🇺🇸😊❤👍👁
The engine alone is a peace of artwork. Great job..👍👍👍
The Kettering starter needs 24V to work right. There are four six-volt batteries wired in series, and one is tied in to provide six volts for the ignition. The starter also acts as the generator for charging the batteries through a shaft which also drives the air compressor in the front of the engine, which is used for inflating the tires if needed.
I wonder why they didn't use compressed air to start car engines?
@@bigredc222 im going to imagine it wasn't a big enough compressor. Air starters need a lot of go.
A lot of cars were 6v back then.
@@jasbirsmith299 That looks like a tiny pump, so it would just need a lot of storage.
Extra storage wouldn't be a big deal, I think it's got something to with seals, hydraulics hadn't taken off yet either.
I've never found out what the hold-up was keeping hydraulics from being developed.
I think it wasn't until the 50s that hydraulics started being used in heavy equipment.
@@bigredc222 Parker Hydraulics did all the work to give us modern hydraulics.
Well - Vickers-Armstrong did some of it by inventing swash+plunger pumps and motors.
You are welcome.
Wow, this is so far beyond what I’m used to. About the oldest engine I’ve torn into was a ford flathead V8 which is still honestly a fairly modern engine. But this? I wouldn’t know where to start! This is seriously just way too cool.
just a pushrod operated four cylinder, with some shiny brass sleeves over the cylinders, its pretty much the exact same engine thats in a honda civic, only built in 1914 instead of 2014.
@@carlwheezerofsouls3273 Those are copper cylinders not brass sleeves.
@@goingjag Ehrmm akctually~
@@carlwheezerofsouls3273 Actually that's what the guy that did the work told me.
A friend of mine has two of these he is restoring . The design ,especially regarding the cam followers etc was world leading at that time.
Cadillac always had the best engineers and designers!
That's not an engine, that's a work of art.
You can't get that sound out of an electric engine (motor).
I love it !
What a beautiful piece of art. Have often heard that anything automotive can’t be considered as art. I think we can agree looking at this engine that theory is totally wrong. Thanks so much for sharing this video.
What an absolutely beautiful engine! That low compression, long stroke with its slow rpm with up draught carby and low BMEP had a sound all to its own! You can see the engineering and near architectural design that not only went into the car itself but also what they installed under hood or bonnet as we say here in Australia, I only wish I was able to have a close look and hearing her running, as I love engines especially older sidevalve units the only thing the manufacturers do these days for aesthetics is making the cheap plastic covers to hide ugliness of their engines, take them off and they look like a skinned cat!
Built like an old church organ. Ingenuity and art combined to a beautiful piece that makes music.
We don't say that in Australia. Maybe you're from Perth.... eugh
That tickover sound is music to my old ears! Beautiful job guys, I am impressed!
Runs as smooth as a sewing machine... Love those oldies... Love doing this with old A's.. Can you guys do an air cooled Franklin or early GM (exposed rocker) next?
Been doing similar work for the past 6 years , It's a bloody good feeling when you fire up a car that hasn't run in decades
That’s the most beautiful looking and sounding engine I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing.
Absolutely beautiful! What an amazing piece of history!
That is just awesome! I’m 70 and still amazed by these things created before I was born and stand in wonder on how they did that back then!
That guy in the apron that did all the work putting that engine back together is your age. He just fell in love with old things at an early age and is now and expert. And hates computers so I'm in here speaking for him.
Would have loved to have seen more of the restoration... Sounds fantastic, wel done, Guys.. 👍
This must be the most beautiful engine I've ever seen. Congrats. I'm sure a lot of work went into this restoration!
There’s a lot to be learned from guys like that!
I talk to Fred every few months when we get together. I'm older than him and I still learn stuff from him. He's been toying with old cars for a very long time.
Bellissimo ! Un opera d'arte , suono e ritmo perfetti !
Sounds almost as beautiful as it looks! Remarkable piece of American Engineering history.
Old dudes and old engines. Never gets boring.
So smooth and quiet! I love it!
I love that polished copper! Imagine if the modern engine under your hood had lots of that - what eye candy!
An absolute work of art!
That’s not an engine. That’s a work of art!
Absolutely beautiful engine WOW I was amazed to hear it run nice work guy's.
How beautiful ! And it makes a beautiful noise.
That very signature popping/putting sound from these early inline engines! Very great!
Beautiful. I wish engineers these days would put some art into their design
They kinda do.
We just dont see it that way.
The engineers of the day would be in awe looking at a modern engine. Especially the plastic parts.
We would but the bean counters won't let us.
Bravo.....looks like a still that runs a engine......cheers.......
Beautiful when cars were built right great job
My Honda K24 engine is superior to this in every way...except for the extreme cool factor.
Wow….I wouldn’t know where to begin to get that work of art running. The comment at the end “ That’s without a muffler” is a true statement!!
My wife and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in 1915 and we celebrated by buying a 15 Cadillac. It still runs this good. Nice job guys 👍
Your a hundred and fifty years old? Nice bro
@@Jordan__Sloan lots of vegetables and pop rocks 👍
@@Jordan__Sloanonly 150 years old? No, "bro" had already been married over 155 years when you commented.
And it's so pleasing to the eye. What amazing work went into that engine.
Superb looking engine ! 👍
I would have loved to have been there when it fires. This is history! I am envious!
That’s a work of art.
Work of practical art!!!!!
A very nice video. Great to see and hear.
wow es un placer ver una reliquia como esa
What a lovely contraption.
Thanks for sharing this, this was great 👍🏻 🎶🎵
i have a 53 dodge m37 tinker with all the time runs good im 87 looks like it will out live me it should be good another 50 yrs with all i have done to it
Never even knew what kind of engine was in those old cars. Beautiful restoration running smooth as a prom queen's thighs!
Impressive old beauty!!
Absolutely a beautiful piece of machinery.
What a piece of art.
Well done fantastic
Quelle merveille! Un prodige de compétence! Merci!
Wonderful craftsmanship
Just how good is that. Congratulations to all involved.
The days when you had to adjust the carb to get air/ fuel mixture right..what a work of art that thing is.
What a beautiful part of history restored
That is one Beautiful Engine, and OMG that sound is heavenly, especially idle. Great job guys.
North East is the best! I work for a Packard repair shop in Holden Ma. Constantly amazed by the great local talent we have up here.
We had a 1956 Packard Executive and I’m still amazed to this day with some of the engineering that went into those massive land yachts back in the day. This model had the air Ride suspension on it so when you started the car , it would rise about 6” and was auto leveling when going thru curves. The older cars are absolutely incredible!!
@@1982MCI I'm amazed too. They are really something.
My dad restored a 1914 Cadillac. He used Ford power stroke aluminum pistons instead on the cast iron ones. Had to machine off them off to flat tops - the original are dished - so he made a 'high compression' Caddy motor. With the two speed read diff it could go quite fast considering the age it was made. Beautiful to look at - Nice job there!
Cladding the cylinders in copper seems like a great idea, copper being an excellent heat conductor.
One of my dad's friends sold a 14 Caddy out of Upstate South Carolina about 15 - 20 years. ago. They picked it up on the way back from Hershey in 1975. Touring car with jump seats.
Runs alot smoother than the 1905 Cadiallac Engine I helped my father in law do a ring and valve job on. His car will go 25mph top speed No windshield No top...
That's a beautiful sound and sight, please keep the posts up!!
Awesome piece of art, its history alive now
love it! i looked it up- 365 ci, 4 cyl, 50hp
What a fantastic running engine. Great job.
That's a beautiful engine
Absoulutly brilliant first start for a rebuilt motor obviously a lot of careful preparation prior to starting.
Beautiful machine. A holy union of form and function.
Now that is one Sweet Sound to here
Beautifull piece of mechanic..... absolutly wonderfull
Work of art. I can't bilevel how well it ides.
There's more metal and craftmanship in that engine than in today's Cadillacs!
That engine sounds perfect. Excellent job.
Got a love it. Three old birds just got young again!
Beautiful it purrs like a kitten fantastic job on the restoration 👏
👍👌👏 Oh WOW! Simply fantastic! Pretty nice and wondered quiet engine. Impressive restoration!
Damn, that thing is a work of art! Just gorgeous.
That was a great looking engine and it sounded really smooth while running. Good job.
There needed to be a round of applause and a lot of smiles when it started...not a funeral casket viewing. I would be doing back-flips if it was mine!! A real piece of jewelry worth as much as the Hope diamond!!!
Neat! Where is the rest of the car?
scrapyard
"what does it sound like outside?"
"sounds like an engine."
my kinda man.
Awesome. I have 3 just like it in my garage that I saved from goin to the scrapyard last year. If anyone wants to buy them I have $400 bucks in em and will take that for em. I just didn't want them to get scrapped. All 3 run
That engine looks like a marine grade whiskey still. Dunno why I say that.....beautiful.
What a nice job!That motor looks and sounds great
that is so cool. a work of art. engines today have no beauty.